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The Aphasian posted:Can anyone suggest a book (or even tell me the proper term) for whatever the opposite of alternate-history fantasy/sci-fi is? I'm thinking that all the main historical points up to now are the same, but the details are different--Hannibal crossed the Alps on Dragons, or WWII with laser rifles, or the Apollo moon landing actually involved enlisting the aid of the god Apollo. Something that explores how the more things change, the more they stay the same, or that, at least politically, escalation would assure similar outcomes whether with atomic bombs or magical plagues. I read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and liked it quite a bit. Have you read the Temeraire series? It's the Napoleonic wars with dragons.
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sewermancer posted:Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 series is pretty good too, but Turtledove isn't really that creative and it shows (the books are just a reshuffling of history in the end, but fun popcorn stuff) they begin with How Few Remain. This series starts out ok but it gets really bad as it goes on.
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Vexer posted:The types of movies I enjoy most are things like 'Body of Lies', 'Black Hawk Down', the 'Bourne' trilogy is absolutely amazing. These movies are all based on books why don't you try one of those? Except Black Hawk Down if you want fiction because it's not.
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