Alternative History

Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) and historical fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world. Alternate history literature asks the question, "What if history had developed differently?" Most works in this genre are based on real historical events, yet feature social, geopolitical, or industrial circumstances that developed differently than our own.

Alternate history discussion board and forum.

Alternative History is a community site that anyone can contribute to. Discover, share and add your knowledge!

The Alternate History List is a bibliography of over 3200 novels, stories, essays and other printed material involving the "what ifs" of history. The genre has a variety of names, but it is best known as alternate history.

A daily calendar with at least one alternate history scenario per day.

The Lost Civilizations of North America documentary is one in a long line of failed attempts to populate Americas ancient past with the denizens of lost tribes, lost cities, and, as its title indicates, lost civilizations.

Alternate history or alternative history, sometimes abbreviated as AH, is a genre of fiction consisting of stories that are set in worlds in which one or more historical events unfold differently from how they did in reality.

Decisions during wartime are monumental things. Each move and countermove has the potential to change the course of history. Here are ten shocking ways the Second World War could have unfolded differently than it did.

Alternate history is a genre of speculative fiction which alters historical events and sets stories within the worlds created by those changes.

How was the Second World War likely to end if the U.S. hadn't intervened? Who seemed to be winning the war before the U.S. joined after the Pearl Harbor attack? Would the Allies have been able to prevail without U.S. help?

Plenty of alternate history books focus on World War II, but a new series coming in 2011 goes one better. Because World War II played out differently, the Cold War is very different. Including spy cyborgs and super-enhanced terrorists.