The Best Alternate History

**Explore fascinating, often chilling** **“** **what if** **”** **accounts of the world that could have existed—and still might yet . . .** Science fiction’s most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you’ll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, *and* future, including: • **“The Lucky Strike”:** When the *Lucky Strike* is chosen over the *Enola Gay* to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson’s gripping tale. • **“Bring the Jubilee”:** Ward Moore’s novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which changes the course of the Civil War . . . and all of American history. • **“Through Road No Wither”:** After Hitler’s victory in World War II, two Nazi officers confront their destiny in Greg Bear’s apocalyptic vision of the future. • **“All the Myriad Ways”:** Murder or suicide, Ambrose Harmon’s death leads the police down an infinite number of pathways in Larry Niven’s brilliant and defining tale of alternatives and consequences. • **“Mozart in Mirrorshades”:** Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner explore a terrifying era as the future crashes into the past—with disastrous results. **. . . as well as** **“The Winterberry” by Nicholas A. DiChario • “Islands in the Sea” by Harry Turtledove • “Suppose They Gave a Peace” by Susan Shwartz • “Manassas, Again” by Gregory Benford • “Dance Band on the** Titanic **” by Jack L. Chalker • “Eutopia” by Poul Anderson • “The Undiscovered” by William Sanders • “The Death of Captain Future” by Allen Steele • and “Moon of Ice” by Brad Linaweaver** ** ** The definitive collection: fourteen seminal alternate history tales drawing readers into a universe of dramatic possibility and endless wonder.