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This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
Set in an alternate world where Osama bin Laden is a fictional character in a pulp detective novel. Castro's Bomb: Robert Conroy: Fidel Castro seizes control of Soviet nuclear bombs during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 11/22/63: Stephen King: A time traveler stops John F. Kennedy's assassination only to create an even worse late 20th century for ...
Universe connecting many fictional characters from several genres, including Tarzan, Doc Savage and Sherlock Holmes, who, according to the concept, were all created via genetic mutation caused by the fall of a radioactive meteorite in Wold Newton in 1795. Wonderland and Looking-Glass Land: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: 1865 Lewis Carroll
This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie.A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children ...
Jack Reacher is the protagonist of a series of crime thriller novels by British author Lee Child, [ 1] a 2012 film adaptation, its 2016 sequel, and a television series on Amazon Prime Video. In the stories, Jack Reacher was a major in the US Army 's military police. After leaving the army, Reacher roamed the United States, taking odd jobs ...
In this stage play, children of characters from the corresponding book series use a Time-Turner to try preventing the death of Cedric Diggory (which occurred in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). Repeated attempts have increasingly worse repercussions for the future. 2017 The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland
An aerial battle employing dirigibles with cannons, as depicted in En L'An 2000, a series of postcards printed between 1899 and 1910. The first flying experimental planes were between 1886 and 1910. This is a list of fictional stories that, when composed, were set in the future, but the future they predicted is now present or past.