Sentences with phrase «alternate history novels»

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is the sine qua non of alternate history novels, in which time travelers return to keep Columbus from discovering America — or at least from returning to Europe after having discovered it.

That's the premise of this popular show based on the alternate history novel by Philip K. Dick.

He is best known for his alternate history novel Resurrection Day, which won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.

After expanding on Neuromancer with two more novels to complete the dystopic Sprawl trilogy, Gibson became an important author of another science fiction sub-genre — steampunk — with the 1990 alternate history novel The Difference Engine, written with Bruce Sterling.

Classic alternate history novel set in 1962 San Francisco, 20 years after Germany and Japan won the war and divided the US between them.

In anticipation of Scott Westerfeld's alternate history novel Leviathan, Simon & Schuster has made his book Uglies available for free download.

Not exact matches

Philip K. Dick's 1962 alternate - history novel took place mainly in Japanese - occupied California, with a look - in on the Neutral Zone in the Rocky Mountains.

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From the traditional (haunted castles, UFOs) to the unconventional (alternate histories, evil toys), these novels, all reviewed in Booklist between May 15, 2015, and July 2016, will satisfy fans of sf, fantasy, and horror.

Tortured Echoes is his second novel and continues the Resonant Earth cyberpunk alternate history series that began in Broken Mirror, which focuses on Victor Eastmore's quest to uncover the truth about his mental illness, mirror resonance syndrome.

Turtledove is one of the masters of alternate history and this novel seems like a fun side project for him.

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Nicola Yoon's novel takes place over 12 hours in New York City, alternating between the first - person perspectives of Natasha and Daniel, two strangers with very different histories.

Like Haruki Murakami in Hard - Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1991), Chabon plays with the conventions of the Chandlerian private - eye novel, but that's only one ingredient in an epic - scale alternate - history saga of Jewish life since World War II.

Drawing on the conventions of the Chandlerian private - eye novel, Chabon creates an epic - scale alternate history in which Alaska, not Israel, is the embattled Jewish homeland.

Guy Saville takes that perilous route in his new thriller, The Madagaskar Plan, a sequel to his first novel, The Afrika Reich, with a third to follow in the author's alternate history trilogy.

Described by the author as «an alternate history that wasn't alternate enough,» this fast - paced novel depicts a present - day U.S.A. where slavery is legal in four states in the South.

Forna's first novel is told through the alternating stories of four strong women that, in combination, powerfully capture the social and political history of the small West African country of Sierra Leone through at least 60 troubled years.

Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.

Alternate history SF novel, eleventh in the «Change» or «Emberverse» series following The Sunrise Lands (2007), The Scourge of God (2008), The Sword of the Lady (2009), The High King of Montival (2010), The Tears of the Sun (2011), Lord of Mountains (2012), The Given Sacrifice (2013), The Golden Princess (2014), The Desert and the Blade (2015), and Prince of Outcasts (2016).

«An alternate history echoes our current world in Underground Airlines, a novel full of twists, intrigue, government cover - ups, and a protagonist whose moral compass goes spiraling in a world where no one is truly free.

GLENN LONEY»S JANUARY, 2015 RAMBLES At The Asia Society: TAKAHIRO IWASKAI: In Focus, BUDDHIST ART OF MYANMAR, At The Brooklyn Museum of Art: KEHIND WILEY: A New Republic, At The CUNY Grad Center's James Gallery: SPECTERS OF COMMUNISM: Contemporary Russian Art, At The Frick Collection: COYPEL»S DON QUIXOTE TAPESTRIES: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth Century France, At The Galerie St Etienne: ALTERNATE HISTORIES: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Galerie St Etienne, At The Grolier Club: ALDUS MANUTIUS: A Legacy More Lasting Than Bronze, LITERATURE OF THE LIBERATION: The French Experience in Print — 1944 46, At LCLPA — The Lincoln Center Library for The Performing Arts» Vincent Astor Gallery: BROADWAY REVEALED: Behind the Theatre Curtain, At MMA — The Metropolitan Museum of Art: CAPTAIN LINNAEUS TRIPE: Photographer of India & Burma — 1832 1860, At The MLM — The Morgan Library & Museum: The World Monuments Fund 2015 Paul Mellon Lecture, RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE ROME: The Art of Urban Form, LINCOLN SPEAKS: Words That Transformed a Nation, PIRANESI & THE TEMPLES OF PAESTUM: Drawings from Sir John Soane's Museum, HEBREW ILLUMINATION FOR OUR TIME: The Art of Barbara Wolff, EMBRACING MODERNISM: Ten Years of Drawing Acquisitions, At MCNY — The Museum of the City of New York: EVERYTHING IS DESIGN: The Work of Paul Rand, SAVING PLACE: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks, At The Park Avenue Armory: WAS — The Annual Winter Antiques Show: A Benefit for the East Side House Settlement.

Between Max and his alternate «green energy» history and Phil and lolwot with scenarios of rogue nations committing climate terrorism we have some possibly interesting novels.