Since we have been talking about the WORST AH books/series out there, I am curious as to which AH book/series that people think is the best or have enjoyed the most. Just stuff that has been published, cause let's face it, a good amount of stuff written here is better than a fair percentage of stuff that has been published.
What is the Best AH you have read?
- Thread starter SionEwig
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Never heard about it
Edit: I think I've seen it but don't recall skimming thru it. I looked it up at Amazon. It sounds good. What are the criticisms?
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Diamond
Banned
Well I don't have any criticisms of it.
Look through that 'rate AH books from 1-10' thread that was floating around a few weeks ago. Tielhard was none too fond of it.
Well I don't have any criticisms of it.
Look through that 'rate AH books from 1-10' thread that was floating around a few weeks ago. Tielhard was none too fond of it.
I thought you would know of some
I'll check that thanks.
no one else ever seems to agree with me, but I've always liked 1901 by Robert Conroy... others:
The Moscow Option
The Belisarius series
1632
The Moscow Option
The Belisarius series
1632
I actually read that when I was younger, and it was the first AH I read. I found it terrible, and if it weren't for the cool timelines on the web I doubt I'd have stuck around.
Hmmmm...I'd have to say On The Beach by Neil Shute...though some would argue that it is more of an EOW story rather than AH.
HelloLegend
Banned
Replay by Ken Grimwood
This qualifies as an alternate history because the man time travels back in time and alters in own life path over and over again in a 25 year period.
A man dies of a heart attack in Oct 1988, and wakes up in 1963. He uses the kentucky derby to start with some money then goes to vegas, then builds a stock market empire. That's all well and good, but 1988 roles around again, he dies of a heart attack again and wakes up in 1963 again.
Each time, he creates an alternate history.
The movie Groundhog's Day was inspired by this book says a reporter.
If you google Replay by Ken Grimwood, you will find that it is very true
that many people including myself, read the 250 page book in ONE read.
Because it is book, you literally don't put down until u find out how it ends.
This qualifies as an alternate history because the man time travels back in time and alters in own life path over and over again in a 25 year period.
A man dies of a heart attack in Oct 1988, and wakes up in 1963. He uses the kentucky derby to start with some money then goes to vegas, then builds a stock market empire. That's all well and good, but 1988 roles around again, he dies of a heart attack again and wakes up in 1963 again.
Each time, he creates an alternate history.
The movie Groundhog's Day was inspired by this book says a reporter.
If you google Replay by Ken Grimwood, you will find that it is very true
that many people including myself, read the 250 page book in ONE read.
Because it is book, you literally don't put down until u find out how it ends.
Max Sinister
Banned
I'll say Fatherland. I have to add that the only other AH novel I read completely was "The Iron Dream" - never read Turtledove or Stirling yet.
Thande
Donor
As a piece of AH: Decades of Darkness, in all honesty. I haven't seen anything else that compares to its level of detail - I myself am not a 'butterfly Nazi' but I appreciate the amount of work that has gone into developing the TL in line with that view. It's one of the few TLs built upon a strict interpretation of chaos theory that is actually interesting to read.
In terms of storytelling... The Peshawar Lancers, the first three Worldwar books, and L. Sprague de Camp's The Wheels of If.
In terms of storytelling... The Peshawar Lancers, the first three Worldwar books, and L. Sprague de Camp's The Wheels of If.
Seconded. It has everything that I'd always wanted: Near-Future Cyberpunk-ish people meeting WW2ers, Cultural clash, technothriller-like battles, satirical comedies and the ironies. Oh, you just got to love the ironies.
Bring the Jubilee. Although I think it was meant originally to be a time travel story when written. Its a good starter for a first AH read.