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A series of novels featuring a grown-up version of E. Nesbit's Oswald Bastable (from The Story of the Treasure Seekers and other books) who experiences a variety of alternate realities that have diverged from his own timeline. Warlord of the Air (1971) The Land Leviathan (1974) The Steel Tsar (1977) Operation Otherworld: Poul Anderson
F&SF reviewer Charles de Lint received the novel favorably, describing it as "a fine, thoroughly engaging story about real people in an extraordinary situation." [3]Kirkus Reviews called the book a "[s]inewy shoot-'em-up, with pikes and muzzle-loaders squared off against modern automatics and 20th-century tactics: a rollicking, good-natured, fact-based flight of fancy that should appeal to ...
1862 is an alternate history novel by Robert Conroy. It was first published in paperback by Presidio Press/Ballantine in June 2006 and as an ebook by Presidio on December 18, 2007. [1] [2] The novel depicts an alternative version of the American Civil War in which the United Kingdom allies with the Confederacy after the Trent Affair.
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The first comic book marketed with a variant cover was the 1986 first issue of The Man of Steel, which featured two different covers by writer/artist John Byrne.One featured a full shot of Superman ripping open the shirt comprising part of his civilian clothing to reveal the "S" emblem on his chest, along with a shot of the spaceship that brought him to Earth escaping Krypton.
Look for articles on books published in the US before 1923 (as well as most other books published before that date as well, and all published before 1909 [3]) that use copyrighted, modern book covers as illustrations. Category:Books by year and its many subcategories are useful. Add them to the list if they're not already on it. Another good ...
The Emberverse series—or Change World [1] —is a series of post-apocalyptic alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling. [2]The novels depict the events following a mysterious—yet sudden—worldwide event called "The Change" that occurs at 6:15 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, March 17, 1998.
The action of the story follows Sybil Gerard, a political courtesan and daughter of an executed Luddite leader; Edward "Leviathan" Mallory, a paleontologist and explorer; and Laurence Oliphant, a historical figure who, as is portrayed in the book, was a travel writer whose work was a cover for espionage activities "undertaken in the service of Her Majesty". [2]