Saturday, 23 February 2019

Alternative World Wars

HG Wells wrote The War In The Air before World War I.

In SM Stirling's Black Chamber Trilogy, President Theodore Roosevelt fights World War I.

In Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series, alien invasion interrupts World War II.

In Poul Anderson's Operation Chaos, World War II is fought with magic against the Caliphate.

In James Blish's Black Easter, black magic initiates World War III as part of Armageddon.

Anderson's Psychotechnic History begins immediately after World War III.

Anderson's Shield begins after World War IV.

Stirling's Draka fight in the Great War, the Eurasian War and the Final War.

Now imagine that these eight timelines coalesce and combine.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And in Harry Turtledove's HOT WAR series (BOMBS AWAY, FALLOUT, and ARMISTICE) we see the Cold War becoming NUCLEAR hot after President Truman nuked China for interfering in the Korean War and Stalin deciding he would lose too much face if he sat still for that. And suddenly the Korean War became WW III! That would make for nine different and possible time lines.

Seam