The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century

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Introduction and compilation copyright © 2001 by Harry Turtledove

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Permission acknowledgments follow.

“The Lucky Strike” by Kim Stanley Robinson. Copyright © 1984 by K. S. Robinson. First published in Universe 14, ed. by Terry Carr. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Winterberry” by Nicholas A. DiChario. Copyright © 1992 by Nicholas A. DiChario. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Islands in the Sea” by Harry Turtledove, Alternities, ed. by Robert Adams and Pamela Crippin Adams, 1989. Copyright © 1989 by Harry Turtledove. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Suppose They Gave a Peace” by Susan Shwartz. Copyright © 2000 by Susan Shwartz. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“All the Myriad Ways” by Larry Niven, from What Might Have Been, ed. by Gregory Benford and Martin H. Greenberg. Copyright © 1989 by Larry Niven. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Through Road No Whither” by Greg Bear. Copyright © 1985 by Greg Bear. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Manassas, Again” by Gregory Benford. Copyright © 1991 by Abbenford Associates. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dance Band on the Titanic” by Jack L. Chalker. Copyright © 1979, 1997 by Jack L. Chalker. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Undiscovered” by William Sanders. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 1997. Copyright © 1997 by William Sanders. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Bring the Jubilee” by Ward Moore. Copyright © 1952, 1980 by the Estate of Ward Moore. First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author’s Estate and the Estate’s agents, the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.

“Eutopia” by Poul Anderson. Copyright © 1967 by Poul Anderson. First published in Dangerous Visions (Doubleday 1967). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Mozart in Mirrorshades” by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner. First appeared in Omni, September 1985. Copyright © 1985 by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“The Death of Captain Future” by Allen Steele. Copyright © 1995 by Allen Steele. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Moon of Ice” by Brad Linaweaver. First published as a novella: 1982 Amazing Stories; 1986 Hitler Victorious; as a novel: 1988 William Morrow/Arbor House; 1989 Grafton; 1993 Tor. Copyright © 1982, 1986 by Brad Linaweaver. Reprinted by permission of the author.

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