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THE USENET ALTERNATE HISTORY LIST
Version 16 - 12 October 1993
APPENDIX I - NON-ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS
This appendix lists Alternate Histories published in languages other than
English. Much of the data was extracted from
Hacker, Barton C., & Gordon B. Chamberlain, "Pasts that Might Have Been, II: A
Revised Bibliography of Alternative History", in ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES (eds
Waugh & Greenberg) {Garland 86}
Helbig, Jorg, DER PARAHISTORISCHE ROMAN. EIN LITERARHISTORISCHER UND
GATTUNGSTYPOLOGISCHER BEITRAGE ZUR ALLOTOPIEFORSCHUNG {Lang 87}
Significant contributions were also made by Andreas Morlok and P.C. J┐rgensen.
Those entries which are not known to have been translated to the English
include an 'E:' line giving a translation of the title.
In Chinese:
Shi Jian, <title unknown>, in 'Strange Tales' May 90
E: "Cause and Effect"
W: Germany won WW2.
S:
In Czech:
Capek, Karel, "Pseudo-Lot cili o vlastenectvi", in KNIHA APOKRYFU {Borovy 45}
S: Lot rejects the warning of the angels to flee Sodom.
T: English "Pseudo-Lot, or Concerning Patriotism"; Esperanto "Pseudo-Lot au
pri patriotismo".
In Dutch:
Bertin, Eddy C., "Tijdstorm", in DE ACHTJAARLIJKSE GOD {Bruno & Zoon 71}
S: Barely AH story of a man, caught in a timestorm, who discovers humanoid
aliens tinkering with the human past, encouraging the spread of war.
T: English "Timestorm"
Mulisch, Harry, DE TOEKOMST VAN GISTEREN: PROTOKOL VAN EEN SCHRIJVERIJ {De
Bezige Bij 72}
E: YESTERDAY'S FUTURE: OUTLINE OF A WORK
W: Hitler was assassinated in 1944, which event was followed by an SS
countercoup and German victory in WW2.
S: An author in a world in which Germany lost WW2 explains why he isn't
writing about a world in which Germany won, in which world is an author...
Teng, Tais, AAN DE OEVERS VAN DE NACHT {Kraaikop cube-reeks 83}
E: AT THE SHORES OF THE NIGHT
>--------<, "Alle namen in het zonlicht", in SF Terra #73 zine (85)
>--------<, "Bevers voeren", in SF Terra #73 zine (85)
>--------<, "Een dukaat voor de veerman", in BIZARRE VISIOENEN {Diram 88}
>--------<, "Hoe de wijze handelt", in King Kong Kerstgeschenk zine {88} and
Science Fiction Festival {...Con 89}
W: Elephants evolved only to a small size, and Hannibal's sea-borne attack
on Rome succeeded.
S: Tales of a Dutch empire.
Tengbergen, Thijs van Ebberhorst: see Teng, Tais
Van Herck, Paul, CAROLINE OH CAROLINE
W: Napoleon won at Waterloo.
S: Hitler leads an AmerInd-Negro army against Europe.
T: French CAROLINE OH CAROLINE
In Esperanto:
Capek, Karel, + Josef Vondrousek (tr), "Pseudo-Lot au pri patriotismo", in
LIBRO DE APOKRIFOJ {Ceha Esperanto-Asocio 70}
T: Czech "Pseudo-Lot cili o vlastenectvi"
In French:
Andrevon, Jean-Pierre, "L'Anniversaire du Reich de mille ans", in C'EST
ARRIVE MAIS ON N'EN A RIEN SU {Denoel 84}
E: "The Anniversary of the Thousand-Year Reich"
W:
S: Nazi power lasts *exactly* 1000 years.
Andrevon, Jean-Pierre, "Qu'est-ce qu'il faisait, le jeune docteur
Frankenstein, en mai 81? et en mai 68?", in C'EST ARRIVE MAIS ON N'EN A RIEN
SU {Denoel 84}
E: "What Was He Doing, Young Dr. Frankenstein, in May 1981 and May 1968?"
W: Camus, Philipe and Vian did not die in the early 1960s.
S: A descendant of Dr. Frankenstein extends the lives of Camus, Philipe and
Vian to see how they would have affected later French history.
Arnoux, Alexandre, FAUT-IL BRULER JEANNE? MYSTERE EN TROIS JOURNEES
{Gallimard 54}
E: MUST JOAN BURN?
W: Joan of Arc was rescued.
S: God allows Joan to be rescued, much to her disillusionment.
Aron, Robert, VICTOIRE A WATERLOO {Andre Sabatier 37; Plon 64; Rombaldi 76}
E: VICTORY AT WATERLOO
W: Napoleon won at Waterloo.
S: Despite victory, Napoleon suffers an identity crisis and abdicates.
Balthasar, AS-TU VU MONTEZUMA? {Le Monde 80}; serial in Le Monde Jun-Sep 80
E: HAVE YOU SEEN MONTEZUMA?
S:
Barbet, Pierre, CARTHAGE SERA DETRUITE: SETNI ENQUETER TEMPOREL, 2 {Fleuve
Noir 84}
E: CARTHAGE WILL BE DESTROYED: TIME INVESTIGATOR SETNI, 2
W: Hannibal captured Rome.
S: A renegade time agent helps out Hannibal, and tries to found a
Carthaginian colony in Quebec.
Barbet, Pierre, L'EMPIRE DU BAPHOMET {Fleuve Noir 72}
W: A demon-like alien was shipwrecked on Earth in 1118.
S: The alien aids the Knights Templar as they set out in 1275 to save the
Holy Land and conquer the Mongols.
T: English BAPHOMET'S METEOR
--------------, CROISADE STELLAIRE {Fleuve Noir 74}
S: Outer-space sequel to the above.
T: English STELLAR CRUSADE
Barbier, J.-B., SI NAPOLEON AVAIT PRIS LONDRES {Librairie Francais 70}
E: IF NAPOLEON HAD TAKEN LONDON
S:
Blanqui, Louis-Auguste, L'ETERNITE PAR LES ASTRES: HYPOTHESE ASTRONOMIQUE {G.
Bailliere 1872}
E: ETERNITY THROUGH THE STARS: AN ASTRONOMICAL HYPOTHESIS
S:
Boireau, Jacques, "Les enfants d'Ibn Khaldoun", in UNIVERS 07 (ed Sadoul)
{J'ai Lu 76}
E: "Children of Ibn Khaldun"
W: The Arabs won at Tours.
S: Progressive Muslim southern France later suffers emigration from the
north.
Boireau, Jacques, "L'ete", in FICTION {Opta 84}
E: "Summer"
S:
Bon, Frederic, & Michel-Antoine Burnier, SI MAI AVAIT GAGNE: FACETIE
POLITIQUE {Pauvert 68}
E: IF MAY HAD SUCCEEDED: A POLITICAL PLEASANTRY
W: The May 1968 riots produced a socialist revolution rather than a
conservative backlash.
S:
Bopp, Leon, LIAISONS DU MONDE: ROMAN {vol 1, Gallimard 38; vol 2-4 Editions
du Dialogue 41-44; complete Gallimard 49}
E: LIFE'S CONJUNCTIONS
W: The Popular Front gov't of 1936 France led to a leftist revolution.
S: A detailed history text.
Burnier, Michel-Antoine: see Bon, Frederic, & Michel-Antoine Burnier
Caillois, Roger, PONCE PILATE: RECIT {Gallimard 61}
W: Pilate found Jesus innocent and released him.
S: Christianity is aborted.
T: English PONTIUS PILATE
Costa, A., L'APPEL DU 17 JUIN: ROMAN {Lattes 80}
E: THE APPEAL OF JUNE 17: A NOVEL
S:
Delisle de Sales, Jean Claude Izouard, MA REPUBLIQUE {... 1791}
E: MY REPUBLIC
C: A history text of France, but chapter 21 speculates on an alternate
French Revolution resulting from a stronger Louis XVI.
d'Ormesson, Jean, LA GLOIRE DE L'EMPIRE {Gallimard 71}
S:
T: English THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE
Douay, D., LE PRINCIPE DE L'OEUF {Calmann-Levy 80}
E: THE EGG PRINCIPLE
S:
Droit, Jacques, MALHEUREUX ULYSSE {... 56}
E: UNHAPPY ULYSSES
W: Louis XVI escaped arrest.
S: In 1870, France is ruled by Louis XIX.
Duits, Charles, PTAH HOTEP: ROMAN {Denoel 71, 81}
E: PTAH HOTEP: A NOVEL
W: Constantine suppressed Christianity.
S: Far future of a Egyptian-Roman-Arab world.
Etienne, Gerard, UN AMBASSADEUR-MACUTE A MONTREAL {Nouvelle-Optique 79}
E: A HAITIAN AMBASSADOR AT MONTREAL
W: Quebec seceded from Canada in 1970.
S: Interaction between the Duvalier dictatorship of Haiti and Quebecois
separatists.
Geoffroy-Chateau, Louis-Napoleon, NAPOLEON APOCRYPHE {Paulin 1841; Librairie
Illustree 1896; vt NAPOLEON ET LA CONQUETE DU MONDE, 1812-1823: HISTOIRE DE
LA MONARCHIE UNIVERSELLE, Dellaye 1836; J. Bry 1851; Tallandier 1983}
E: THE APOCRYPHAL NAPOLEON; vt NAPOLEON AND THE CONQUEST OF THE WORLD, 1812-
1823: HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSAL MONARCHY
W: Napoleon sought out and destroyed the Russian army rather than freeze in
Moscow.
S: Napoleon keeps on going.
C: Extensive synopsis in Alkon's "From Utopia to Uchronia".
C: Apparently *the* first AH written in novel length, the possible exception
being Lesage's LES AVENTURES DE M. ROBERT CHEVALIER.
Goldring, Maurice, LA REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU FRANCE, 1949-1981: DE
L'ASSASSINAT DU GENERAL DE GAULLE (12 JUIN 1949) AU COUP D'ETAT DU GENERAL
MASSU (10 MAI 1981) {Belfond 84}
E: THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, 1949-1981: FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF
GENERAL DE GAULLE (JUNE 12, 1949) TO THE COUP D'ETAT OF GENERAL MASSU (MAY
10, 1981)
S:
Grousset, Rene, FIGURES DE PROUE {Plon 49}
E: FIGUREHEADS
S:
Hertel, Francois, "Lepic et l'histoire hypothetique", in JEREMIE ET BARABBAS
{Le Jour 66}
E: "Lepic and hypothetical history"
W: Montcalm defeated Wolfe, leading to French victory in the French and
Indian War.
S: 1940s Canada as a prosperous, ultra-Catholic nation.
Jeanne, Rene: see Laumann, E.M., & Rene Jeanne
Laumann, E.M., & Rene Jeanne, SI, LE 9 THERMIDOR...: HYPOTHESE HISTORIQUE
{Tallandier 29}
E: IF, ON JULY 27, 1794...: AN HISTORICAL HYPOTHESIS
W: Robespierre escaped the guillotine.
S:
Le Brun, Claire, "Les chansons de geste: la tentation de l'uchronie au moyen
age", in Imagine Autumn 82
E: "The Chansons de Geste: the Temptation of Allohistory in the Middle Ages"
C:
Lesage, Alain-Rene, LES AVENTURES DE M. ROBERT CHEVALIER, DIT DE BEAUCHENE,
CAPITAINE DE FILIBUSTIERS DANS LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE {Ganeau 1732; Dufour &
Roux 1780}
E: THE ADVENTURES OF M. ROBERT CHEVALIER, AKA DE BEAUCHENE
W: AmerInds discovered Europe before vice versa.
C: Borderline AH, but if so, then possibly the earliest AH novel.
Mazarin, Jean, L'HISTOIRE DETOURNEE {Fleuve Noir 84}
E: HISTORY SIDETRACKED
W: Germany won WW2 using atomic weapons.
S: WW3 in 1989 against Japan.
Morin, Edgar, "Le Camarade-Dieu: un conte de Noel", in France Observateur 28
Dec 61
E: "The Comrade-God: a Christmas Story"
W: Surviving death in 1953, Stalin is proclaimed a living god in 1961.
S: Reactions from elsewhere.
Noel-Noel, VOYAGEUR DES SIECLES
E: TRAVELER THROUGH THE CENTURIES
S:
Quilliet, Bernard, LA VERITABLE HISTOIRE DE FRANCE {Presses de la Renaissance
83}
E: THE TRUE HISTORY OF FRANCE
S:
Renouvier, Charles, UCHRONIE (L'UTOPIE DANS L'HISTOIRE), ESQUISSE HISTORIQUE
APOCRYPHE DU DEVELOPMENT DE LA CIVILISATION EUROPEENNE TEL QU'IL N'A PAS
ETE, TEL QU'IL AURAIT PU ETRE {Bureau de la Critique Philosophique 1876;
Alcan 01; Artheme Fayard 88}
E: UCHRONIA (UTOPIA IN HISTORY), AN APOCRYPHAL SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF
EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION NOT AS IT WAS BUT AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
W: Marcus Aurelius helped reform the Roman army, free the slaves, repress
the Christians and avert the Dark Ages.
S: Narrative of a 17th-century man about to be executed by the Inquisition.
Richard-Bessiere, F., CROISIERE DANS LE TEMPS {Fleuve Noir 51}
E: CRUISE IN TIME
W: Time travelers prevented the assassination of Henri IV in 1610.
S: France unifies Europe, but world war begins a century later and
civilization collapses in the 20th century.
Rigaut, Jacques, "Un brillant sujet", in Litterature Mar 21 and PAPIERS
POSTHUMES {Sans Pareil 34}
E: "A Brilliant Subject"
S: A time traveler poisons Jesus, does plastic surgery on Cleopatra, etc.
Robban, Randolph, SI L'ALLEMAGNE AVAIT VAINCU {Tour du Guet 50}
E: IF GERMANY HAD WON
W: Germany won WW2 using atomic weapons.
S: A diplomat imagines a world in which Germany lost.
T: German WENN DEUTSCHLAND GESEIGT HATTE
Thiry, Marcel, ECHEC AU TEMPS {Nouvelle France 45; La Renaissance du Livre
62; Jacques Antoine 86}
E: REPULSE IN TIME or SET-BACK IN TIME
W: Napoleon won at Waterloo.
S: Time travelers reverse the event.
Van Herck, Paul, + Michel Vedewe (tr), CAROLINE OH CAROLINE {Champs-Elysee
76}
T: Dutch CAROLINE OH CAROLINE
Van Herck, Paul, OPERATION BONAPARTE
S:
Reference Materials:
Angenot, Marc, Farko Suvin, & Jean-Marc Gouanvic, "L'uchronie, histoire
alternative et science-fiction", in Imagine Autumn 82
E: "Allohistory, Alternative History and Science Fiction"
C:
Boireau, Jacques, "La machine a ralentir le temps"
E: "The Time-Slowdown Machine"
C: Contrasts utopian French AHs with distopian American AHs.
Brie, Marc-Andre, "Quelques reperes pour une bibliographie de l'uchronie"
E: "Some Benchmarks for a Bibliography of Allohistory"
C: A bibliography of AH.
Carrere, Emmanuel, LE DETROIT DE BEHRING: INTRODUCTION A L'UCHRONIE: ESSAI
{P.O.L. 86}
E: THE BERING STRAIT: INTRODUCTION TO ALLOHISTORY: AN ESSAY
C:
Gouanvic, Jean-Marc, "Pourquoi un 'Special Uchronie'", in Imagine Autumn 82
E: "Why an 'Allohistory Special'"
C: Discussion of AH in conjunction with a special issue of Imagine.
Herp, Jacques van, "Dans les corridors de l'espace-temps", in PANORAMA DE LA
SCIENCE-FICTION {Gerard 73; Marabout 75}
E: "In the Halls of Space-Time"
C: Includes discussion of AH.
Leccia, Pierre, "Uchronie: l'histoire detournee", in POLITIQUE/FICTION (ed
Riche)
E: "Allohistory: History Sidetracked"
C: Brief discussion and bibliography of AH.
Versins, Pierre, ENCYCLOPEDIE DE L'UTOPIE, DES VOYAGES EXTRAORDINAIRES ET DE
LA SCIENCE FICTION {L'Age du Homme 72; exp 84}
E: ENCYLOPEDIA OF UTOPIA, EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGES AND SCIENCE FICTION
C:
In German:
"Das Wort 'Wenn' ist das deutscheste aller deutschen Worter."
<<The word 'if' is the most German of all German words.>>
--'Friedrich Hebbel', in
Alexander Demandt's UNGESCHEHENE GESCHICHTE
Anthologies:
Armer, Karl Michael (ed), HIROSHIMA SOLL LEBEN! {Heyne 90}
E: HIROSHIMA SHALL LIVE!
C: Translations of stories by Aldiss, Effinger, Gibson, Lansdale, Martin,
Robinson, Shiner, Somtow, and Turtledove. Reference mat'l by Armer.
Oth, Rene (ed), SCHONE VERKEHRTE WELT: PHANTASTISCHE GESCHICHTEN ZUR
GESCHICHTE {Luchterhand 88}
E: NICE WRONG WORLD: FANTASTIC HAPPENINGS IN HISTORY
C: Translations of stories by Cox, Eklund, Elgin, Lafferty, Piper, Roberts
and Robinson. Reference mat'l by Oth.
Alternate Histories:
Aldiss, Brian W., + Barbara Heidkamp (tr), "Vorsicht! Religion", in <HSL>
T: English "Matrix"
Amery, Carl, AN DEN FEUERN DER LEYERMARK: ROMAN {Nymphenburger 79; Heyne 81,
83}
E: AT THE LIGHTS OF THE LEYERMARK: A NOVEL
W: Former Confederate soldiers were hired as mercenaries by Bavaria and used
to subjugate Bismarck's Prussia.
S: Bavaria replaces Prussia as the dominant German power and important
European player.
Amery, Carl, DAS KONIGSPROJEKT {Piper 74; Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag 78;
Heyne 84}
E: THE KING-PROJECT or PROJECT ROYALTY
S: The Vatican tries to use Leonardo da Vinci's time machine to support a
Bavarian-Stuart reversal of the Reformation.
Amis, Kingsley, + Walter Brumm (tr), DIE VERWANDLUNG {Heyne 86}
T: English THE ALTERATION
Bailey, Hilary, + Yvonne Krampen (tr), "Die verlorene Unschuld der Frenchy
Steiner", in WELTEN DER WAHRSCHEINLICHKEITEN (ed Hahn) {Ullstein 83}
T: English "The Fall of Frenchy Steiner"
Basil, Otto, WENN DAS DER FUHRER WUSSTE {Molden 66}
W: Germany won WW2 after dropping a nuclear bomb on London.
S: Hitler's death 20 years later leads to a power struggle.
T: English TWILIGHT MAN
Bensen, D.R., + Irene Holicki (tr), ZWISCHENHALT {Heyne 84}
T: English AND HAVING WRIT...
Bester, Alfred, + Alfred Joseph (tr), "Die Morder Mohammeds", in DIE
FUSSANGELN DER ZEIT (eds Armer & Jeschke) {Heyne 84}
T: English "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed"
Blumenberg, Hans C., "Und wenn er nicht gestorben ist...", in Tempo Jun 92
E: "And if he didn't die..."
W: Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder didn't die in 1982.
S: He later receives two Oscars, one for BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ starring
Robert DeNiro.
Boeheim, Carl von, DIE KAISERSAGA: UTOPIA AUSTRIACA {A. Kraft 60}
E: IMPERIAL SAGA: AN AUSTRIAN UTOPIA
W: Emperor Franz Josef had a 2nd son, named Franz Stefan.
S: Franz Stefan preserves the Hapsburg Empire by revolution from above.
Bohme, Gernot, Wolfgang van den Daele & Wolfgang Krohn, "Alternativen in
der Wissenschaft", in Zeitschrift fur Soziolofie 1
C: Includes discussion of a chemical rather than mechanical worldview at
the beginning of the scientific revolution.
T: English "Alternatives in Science"
Boyd, John, + Heinz Plehn (tr), DER UBERLAUFER {Droemer Knaur 78}
T: English THE LAST STARSHIP FROM EARTH
Churchill, Winston S., + Walter Brumm (tr), "Wenn Lee die Schlacht von
Gettysburg nicht gewonnen hatte", in Heyne Science Fiction Magazin #9
T: English "If Lee had not Won the Battle of Gettysburg"
Cox, Irving E., Jr., + Sylvia Brecht-Pukallus (tr), "Im Kreis des Nirgendwo",
in <SVW>
T: English "In the Circle of Nowhere"
de Camp, L. Sprague, + Werner Fuchs (tr), "Ein Yankee bei Aristoteles", in
EIN YANKEE BEI ARISTOTELES {Heyne 80}
T: English "Aristotle and the Gun"
Deighton, Len, + Kurt Wagenseil & Ursula Pommer (trs), SS-GB {Heyne 83}
T: English SS-GB: NAZI-OCCUPIED BRITAIN 1941
Dick, Philip K., + Heinz Nagel (tr), DAS ORAKEL VOM BERGE {Bastei-Lubbe 82}
T: English THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
Effinger, George Alec, + Juergen Langowski (tr), "Ziel: Berlin!", in <HSL>
T: English "Target: Berlin! The Role of the Air Force Four-Door Hardtop"
Eklund, Gordon, + Sylvia Brecht-Pukallus (tr), "Die Sonne geht auf", in <SVW>
T: English "The Rising of the Sun"
Elgin, Suzette Haden, + Sylvia Brecht-Pukallus (tr), "Schweig stille, Mund!",
in <SVW>
T: English "Hush My Mouth"
Farmer, Philip Jose, + Ronald M. Han (tr), "Weitersegeln! Weitersegeln!", in
DAS LACHELM DER GIOCONDA (ed Oth) {Luchterhand 85}
T: English "Sail On, Sail On"
Fisher, H.A.L., + Walter Brumm (tr), "Wenn Napoleon nach Amerika entkommen
ware", in Heyne Science Fiction Magazin #12
T: English "If Napoleon had Escaped to America"
Franzel, Emil: see Boeheim, Carl von
Gibson, William, + Reinhard Heinz (tr), "Das Gernsback Kontinuum oder: Der
amerikanische Traum", in <HSL>
T: English "The Gernsback Continuum"
Guedalla, Philip, + Walter Brumm (tr), "Wenn die Mauren in Spanen geseigt
Hatte", in DAS SCIENCE FICTION JAHR {Heyne 87}
T: English "If the Moors in Spain had Won"
Haffner, Sebastian, ANMERKUNGEN ZU HITLER {Kindler 78}
C: Biography of Hitler includes discussion (pp 131-139) of the Nazis making
a peace after the fall of France.
T: English THE MEANING OF HITLER
Hahn, Ronald M., "Hey, Mr. Spaceman", in EIN DUTZEND H-BOMBEN {Ullstein 83}
S:
Hahn, Ronald M., & Harald Pusch, DIE TEMPONAUTEN: SCIENCE FICTION-ROMAN
{Corian 83}
E: THE TEMPONAUTS: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
W: The first atomic bomb was used in 1943 on Berlin.
S: An amnesiac time traveller is hunted by a competing time travel agency in
the Klondike of 1896-97, where he meets Jack London, among others.
Harrison, Harry, + Bodo Baumann (tr), IM SUDEN NICHTS NEUES {Bastei Lubbe 84}
T: English A REBEL IN TIME
Harrison, Harry, + Tony Westermayr (tr), DER GROSSE TUNNEL {Goldmann 79}
T: English A TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL, HURRAH!
Hohlbein, Wolfgang E., "Im Namen der Menschlichkeit", in JUPITER (ed Le
Blanc) {Goldmann 85}
E: "In the Name of Humanity"
W: A peaceful revolution overthrew Rome and Jesus became the new "Caesar".
S: Travelers from a peaceful Empire are sent back in time to undermine the
Toltecs, but their time machine crashes near Jerusalem, 30 AD.
Jeschke, Wolfgang, DER LETZTE TAG DER SCHOPFUNG {Nymphenburger 81; Heyne 85}
W: Mexico stretched from Canada to Venezuela *or* the Axis enjoyed greater
success in WW2.
S: A US attempt to steal Arabian oil using a pipeline in the past runs into
trouble vs. people from other timelines.
T: English THE LAST DAY OF CREATION
Krohn, Wolfgang: see Bohme, Gernot, Wolfgang van den Daele & Wolfgang Krohn
Lafferty, R.A., + Karl H. Kosmehl (tr), "Karl der Grosse, frustriert", in
<SVW>
--------------, + Gisela Stege (tr), "So frustrieren wir Karl den Grossen",
in DIE FUSSANGELN DER ZEIT (eds Armer & Jeschke) {Heyne 84}
T: English "Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne"
Lansdale, Joe R., + Nobert Stresau (tr), "Brief aus dem Sueden, zwei Monde,
westlich von Nacogdoches", in <HSL>
T: English "Letter from the South Two Moons West of Nacogdoches"
Mahr, Kurt, MENSCHEN ZWISCHEN DER ZEIT {Terra 61}
E: MAN BETWEEN TIME
S: Hunt for a man who is trying to destroy the world financial system with
dollars from a timeline suffering high inflation.
Mahr, Kurt, 2 * PROFESSOR MANSTEIN {Terra 61}
S: A scientist from our world is transported to another to fight an alien
invasion.
Martin, George R.R., + Barbara Heidkamp (tr), "Belagert", in <HSL>
T: English "Under Siege"
Maurois, Andre, + Walter Brumm (tr), "Wenn Ludwig XVI. eine Spur von
Festigkeit gezeigt hatte", in DAS SCIENCE FICTION JAHR (Heyne 86}
T: English "If Louis XVI had an Atom of Firmness"
Mayer, Christian: see Amery, Carl
Mielke, Thomas R.P., GRAND ORIENTALE 3301 {Heyne 80}
W: The Arabs continued during the Middle Ages to rise in power and
technology, but became divided.
S: People from our world encounter Arabic nations fighting for control of
powerlines from hydroelectric plants in Europe.
Moorcock, Michael, + Sylvia Pukallus (tr), DER HERR DER LUFTE {Heyne 82}
T: English THE WARLORD OF THE AIR
-----------------------------------------, DER LANDLEVIATHAN {Heyne 82}
T: English THE LAND LEVIATHAN: A NEW SCIENTIFIC ROMANCE
-----------------------------------------, DER STAHLZAR {Heyne 84}
T: English THE STEEL TSAR
Moore, Ward, + Walter Brumm (tr), DER GROSSE SUDEN {Heyne 80}
T: English BRING THE JUBILEE
Piper, H. Beam, + Lore Strassl (tr), "Der Mann, der um die Pferde herumging",
in <SVW>
T: English "He Walked Around the Horses"
Pfaffe, Ivan, "Eisenhowers schwester Fehler: Wie den Tschechoslowakei fur den
Westen verlorenging", in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 23 Feb 85
E: "Eisenhowers biggest mistake: How Czechoslovakia was lost to the West"
S:
Robban, Randolph, WENN DEUTSCHLAND GESEIGT HATTE {Kohlhammer 81}
T: French SI L'ALLEMAGNE AVAIT VAINCU
Roberts, Keith, + Michael Nagula (tr), "Weihnachtsabend", in <SVW>
--------------, + Tony Westermayr (tr), "Weihnachtsabend", in DIE NEUEN
GOTTER {Goldmann 79}
T: English "Weihnachstabend"
Roberts, Keith, + Thomas Schluck (tr), DIE FOLGENSCHWERE ERMORDUNG IHRER
MAJESTAT ELISAETH I. {Heyne 77; vt PAVANE, Heyne 84}
T: English PAVANE
Robinson, Kim Stanley, + Michael Nagula (tr), "Der Flug de Lucky Strike", in
<SVW>
---------------------, + Michael Windgassen (tr), "Lucky Strike", in <HSL>
T: English "The Lucky Strike"
Russ, Joanna, + Werner Fuchs (tr), PLANET DER FRAUEN {Dromer Knaur 79}
T: English THE FEMALE MAN
Shiner, Lewis, + Michael Windgassen (tr), "Zeit des Zwielichts", in <HSL>
T: English "Twilight Time"
Silverberg, Robert, + Thomas Ziegler (tr), AUF ZU HESPERIDEN! {Droemer Knaur
82}
T: English THE GATE OF WORLDS
Smith, Martin Cruz, + Michael Gorden (tr), DER ANDERE SIEGER {Bastei-Lubbe
84}
T: English THE INDIANS WON
Somtow, S.P., + Ruediger Hipp (tr), "Aquila", in <HSL>
T: English "Aquila"
Spinrad, Norman, + Walter Brumm (tr), DER STAHLERNE TRAUM {Heyne 83}
T: English THE IRON DREAM
Trevelyan, G.M., + Walter Brumm (tr), "Wenn Napoleon die Schlacht von
Waterloo gewonnen hatte", in Heyne Science Fiction Magazin #10
T: English "If Napoleon had Won the Battle of Waterloo"
Turtledove, Harry, + Michael Windgassen (tr), "Das letzte Gebot", in <HSL>
T: English "The Last Article"
van den Daele: see Bohme, Gernot, Wolfgang van den Daele & Wolfgang Krohn
Waldman, Milton, + Walter Brumm (tr), "Wenn Booth Prasident Lincoln verfehlt
hatte", in Heyne Science Fiction Magazin #11
T: English "If Booth had Missed Lincoln"
Ziegler, Thomas, DIE STIMMEN DER NACHT {Ullstein 84}; exp of "Die stimmen
der Nacht", in PHANTASTISCHE LITERATUR 83 (ed Gorden) {Bastei-Lubbe 83}
E: VOICES OF THE NIGHT
W: FDR didn't die in 1945, and it required use of the bomb on Berlin to
force a German surrender.
S: Refugees from the agrarian German state dominate S America and cause a
nuclear war in 1984.
Reference Materials:
Demandt, Alexander, UNGESCHEHENE GESCHICHTE: EIN TRAKTAT UBER DIE FRAGE, WAS
WARE GESCHEHEN, WENN--? {Vandenheock & Ruprecht 84, 86}
C: Commentary on various possibilities, plus a synopsis of Toynbee's "If
Alexander the Great had Lived On".
T: English HISTORY THAT NEVER HAPPENED: A TREATISE ON THE QUESTION, WHAT
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF--?
Giordano, Ralph, WENN HITLER DEN KRIEG GEWONNEN HAETTE: DIE PLANE DER NAZIS
NACH DEM ENDSIG {Rasch & Roehring 89}
E: IF HITLER HAD WON THE WAR
C: Primarily a discussion of the Nazi's actual plans for world conquest, but
includes a synopsis of Deighton's SS-GB.
Helbig, Jorg, DER PARAHISTORISCHE ROMAN. EIN LITERARHISTORISCHER UND
GATTUNGSTYPOLOGISCHER BEITRAGE ZUR ALLOTOPIEFORSCHUNG {Lang 87}
E: THE PARAHISTORICAL NOVEL. A HISTORICAL AND TYPOLOGICAL STUDY IN
ALLOTOPIAN LITERATURE
C: Dissertation on AH, with focus on two general types (intellectual study
of history vs. fictional allegory) and a 30-page bibliography.
Tucholsky, Kurt, "Was ware, wenn...?", in GESAMMELTE WERKE (ed Gerold-
Tucholsky & Raddatz) {Rowohlt 60-62}
E: "What if...?"
C: Commentaries on use of AH for political satire.
In Greek:
Kazantzakis, Nikos, TELEUTAIOS PEIRASMOS
W: Jesus fled his doom.
S: Jesus dreams of the possible result.
T: English THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
In Hungarian:
Gaspar, Laszlo, "Mi, I. Adolf"
E: "We, Adolf 1"
S: Nightmare post-WW2 world in which fascists exert power through terror.
In Italian:
Bonanate, Ugo, ASCOLTA, ISRAELE {Lindau 91}
E: HEARKEN, ISRAEL!
W: Early Christian communities were wiped out, and Judaism became the
dominant Western religion.
S: Modern scholars are stunned when archaelogists unearth copies of the
Gospels.
Eriksson, James S., AMERICA VICHINGA {Frasinelli 84}
E: VIKING AMERICA
S:
Menard, Pierre, 1938: LA DISTRUZIONE DI PARIGI {Frasinelli 84}
E: 1938: THE DESTRUCTION OF PARIS
W: Petain led a successful French coup in 1934.
S:
Motta, Luigi, IL TONNEL SOTTOMARINO {... 27}
E: THE UNDERSEA TUNNEL
W: A transatlantic tunnel was begun in the 1920s.
S:
Pignotti, Lorenzo, STORIA DELLA TOSCANA SINO EL PRINCIPATO: CON DIVERSI SAGGI
SULLE SCIENZE, LETTERE E ARTI {Didot 1813-14; Marchini 1821; Gaetano Ducci
1826}
W: Lorenzo de Medici, il Magnifico, did not die in 1492.
S: He saves Italy from foreign invasion and Europe from the Protestants.
T: English THE HISTORY OF TUSCANY
In Japanese:
Hanmura Ryo, SENGOKU JIEITAI {Hayakawa Shobo 71; Kadokawa Shoten 78, 79}
E: THE WARRING STATES SELF DEFENSE FORCE
S:
C: Basis of the Kadokawa movie TIME SLIP.
Hirose Tadashi, EROSU {Hayakawa Shobu 71}
E: EROS
S:
Komatsu Sakyo, "Chi ni wa heiwa o", in SF Magajin ... 61
E: "Peace on Earth"
W: The US invaded Japan at the end of WW2.
S:
Mitsuse Ryu, SEITO TOTOKUFU {Hayakawa Shobu 75}
E: HEADQUARTERS OF THE FAR EAST
W: Japan lost the Sino-Japanese War.
S:
Toyota Aritsune, MONGORU NO ZANKO {Kadokawa Shoten 67}
E: AFTERGLOW OF THE MONGOLS
W: The Mongols conquered Europe during the 13th century.
S: Centuries later, a Caucasian falsely accused of murder steals a time
machine in order to prevent the Mongol dominance.
Toyota Aritsune, TAIMU SURIPPU DAISENSO {Kadokawa Shoten 67}
E: THE TIME SLIP WAR
S:
In Latin:
Livy (Titus Livius), AB URBE CONDITA
W: Alexander the Great lived longer and turned west to attack the Romans.
S: A digression in book IX, 17-19 of this history of Rome suggests that the
Romans would have beaten him.
C: Almost certainly the oldest AH, written during the reign of Augustus (31
BC-14 AD).
T: English AB URBE CONDITA
In Norwegian:
Gjaerevold, Einar, "Isens veg", in EVIGSKOGEN {Bok og Magasinforlaget 90}
E: "The Way of Ice"
W: A new Ice Age came in the 19th century.
S: An unorthodox woman's struggle to keep alive beside the ice-covered North
Sea.
Hermansen, Sjur, "Alternativ naatid", in Algernon Jan 92
E: "Alternate Present"
W: Germany won WW2, with a "Nazi-style Glasnost" in the 1990s.
S: Two friends contemplate founding a new party, "The Environmental
Fascists".
Jensen, Reidar, "Brev til min venn Wolfgang Wegener, februar 1924", in
HISTORIEN SOM IKKE VILLE SLUTTE {Gyldendal Norsk 78}
E: "Letter to My Friend Wolfgang Wegener, February 1924"
W: WW1 never took place, and Lenin died in Switzerland in 1924.
S: A letter-writer tells his friend about this strange Russian exile.
J┐rgensen, Per C., "Neste aar i Jerusalem", in Algernon Jan 92
T: "Next Year in Jerusalem"
W: Chaos elsewhere made imperial Russia the sole superpower, and about to
start a war with the Baghdad Califate in a different '91.
S: A Jewish refugee tries to get out of Jerusalem.
Olsen, Per G., "Medaljens bakside", in D»D OG VED GODT MOT I NEW YORK
{Gyldendal Norsk 79}
T: "The Back Side of the Medal"
W: Norway fought a bitter War of Independence against Sweden, 1905-37.
S: Journalist interviews war veteran.
Olsen, Per G., "I Albions tid", in ASTERVEG {Bok og Magasinforlaget 89}
T: "In the Age of Albion"
W: Wat Tyler's rebellion in 14th-century England succeeded. Magic works.
S: Two sailors are stranded in an "Albion" ruled by Dark Magic.
In Polish:
Parnicki, Teodor, CZAS SIANIA I CZAS ZBIERANIA
E: A TIME TO SOW AND A TIME TO REAP
S:
Parnicki, Teodor, I U MOZNYCH DZIWNY: POWIESC Z WIEKU XVII {Pax 65, 79}
E: STRANGE EVEN AMONG THE MIGHTY
S:
Parnicki, Teodor, MUZA DALEKICH PODROZNY: POWIESC {Pax 70}
E: THE MUSE OF DISTANT JOURNEYS: A NOVEL
W: The 4th Polish Kingdom was established following the 1793 uprising.
S:
Parnicki, Teodor, SAM WYIDE BEZBRONNY: POWIESC HISTORYCZNO-FANTASTYCZYNA W
TRZECH CZESCIACH {Pax 76}
E: I SHALL LEAVE DEFENSELESS
W: Julian the Apostate survived the Persian campaign and lived until 383.
S:
Parnicki, Teodor, SREBRNE ORLY {Pax 56, 60; Czytelnik 67}
E: THE SILVER EAGLES
W: A Polish state was created in the 10th century.
S:
Slonimski, Antoni, TORPEDA CZASU: POWIESC FANTASTYCZNA {Towarzystwo
wydawnicze Ignis 24; Czytelnik 67}
E: TIME TORPEDO
W: Time travellers seeking to prevent the nationalism of the 19th century
end up in 1796 Italy, where they defeat both Napoleon and the Austrians.
S: Carnot takes power in France, but is deposed by one of the time
travellers, who fails in an attempt to create a benevolent society.
In Portugese:
Gibson, William, + Eduardo Salo (tr), <title unknown>, in REFLEXOS DO FUTURO
{Edicao/Livros do Brasil 88}
T: English "The Gernsback Continuum"
Sterling, Bruce, & Lewis Shiner, + Eduardo Salo (tr), <title unknown>, in
REFLEXOS DO FUTURO {Edicao/Livros do Brasil 88}
T: English "Mozart in Mirrorshades"
In Russian:
Aksyonov, Vassily, OSTROV KRYM {Ardis 81}
W: The Crimea was an island and White Russians successfully held it against
the Bolsheviks and established a provisionary democratic gov't.
S: In the early 1980s, a Crimean newspaper editor spearheads the Common Fate
re-unification movement, playing into Soviet hands.
T: English THE ISLAND OF CRIMEA
In Spanish:
Caron, Carlos Maria, "La Victoria de Napoleon", in LOS ARGENTINOS EN LA LUNA
(ed Goligorsky) {Flor 68}
E: "Napoleon's Victory"
S: Future astronauts use a super telescope to look into Earth's history, but
they see Napoleon's conquest of England, a Chinese invasion of Europe, etc.
Gorodischer, Angelica, "De navegantes", in TRAFALGAR {Hyspamerica 88}
E: "Of Sailors"
W: Spain pursued an even more aggressive colonial policy.
S: An Argentine space traveler finds a planet exactly like Earth c. 1492,
and he speeds up the "Spanish" conquest of all the "Americas".
Gorodischer, Angelica, "El oro de Tiresias", in Axxon #22 (Jul 91)
E: "Tiresias' gold"
W: Peron never became president, and Argentina remained under the control of
the military.
S: Peron is imprisoned as he begins to become popular and dies in jail. 100
years later, a student speculates about what might have been.
--
R.B. Schmunk
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