Alternate Generals III
Alternate Generals III, Baen, 2005, is a collection of short alternate history stories, edited by Harry Turtledove.[1][2] The novel includes 13 short stories, including Turtledove's own "Shock and Awe".[3]
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| Editor | Harry Turtledove |
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| Cover artist | Jeff Easley |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Alternate Generals |
| Genre | Alternate history, satire |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | April 1, 2005 |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Alternate Generals II |
The collection followed two earlier books in the series, Alternate Generals in 1998 and Alternate Generals II in 2002.
Stories
| Title | Author | Scenario |
|---|---|---|
| "A Key to the Illuminated Heretic" | A.M. Dellamonica | Joan of Arc is spared the death penalty in 1431 and returns to social activism in the 1450s. She founds a new sect of Christianity and leads her followers in a war against Charles VII of France and the Catholic Church. |
| "The Road to Endless Sleep" | James Fiscus | Mark Antony and Cleopatra defeat Caesar Augustus at the Battle of Actium and become the rulers of the Roman Republic. |
| "Not Fade Away" | William Sanders | Douglas MacArthur is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines while trying to escape Corregidor and becomes a prisoner of war. |
| "I Shall Return" | John Mina | Dwight D. Eisenhower is ordered back to the Philippines in late 1939. Two years later in 1941, he, George S. Patton and Jimmy Doolittle garrison the Philippines when the Japanese invade. |
| "Shock and Awe" | Harry Turtledove | Roman soldiers are sent to Jerusalem to suppress the Son of God's terrorist band. |
| "A Good Bag" | Brad Linaweaver | |
| "The Burning Spear at Twilight" | Mike Resnick | Jomo Kenyatta escapes from prison in 1955 and takes command of the Mau Mau Uprising. He wages a propaganda war against the British Empire and eventually leads the Kikuyu people to victory and independence of Kenya. |
| "It Isn't Every Day of the Week" | Roland J. Green | Stephen Decatur chooses a different course for the second cruise of the USS United States instead of capturing the HMS Macedonian off Madeira in October and defeating the Africa near Bermuda in November. The story is told by two brothers detailing a alternate version of the War of 1812 in which the United States enjoy a somewhat greater naval success (disrupting British activities in the Napoleonic War) but also some important losses so that the end result remains a stalemate. |
| "Measureless to Man" | Judith Tarr | During his youth, Genghis Khan converts to Judaism. A century later, Khubilai Solomon Khan decrees that a new Temple be built in Chengdu. Its builders fret about the motives of a mission of Jews from the West coming to inspect the site. |
| "Over the Sea from Skye" | Lillian Stewart Carl | During the Jacobite rising in 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie's turns around and attacks the Duke of Cumberland's forces as they are crossing the Spry on the way to the Battle of Culloden. As a result, Scotland successfully secedes from Great Britain. The postscript of the story mentions the Duke of Cumberland's escape thanks to a young Scottish woman and also suggests how an independent Scotland would effected the Seven Years' War and its further results. |
| "First, Catch Your Elephant" | Esther Friesner | A satire story through the grunt's eye view of the Carthaginian attempt to capture Rome during the Second Punic War. |
| "East of Appomattox" | Lee Allred | In 1863, the Confederacy wins the Battle of Gettysburg and then captures Washington, D. C.. Six years later, Robert E. Lee is dispatched to London because the United Kingdom has withdrawn its recognition of the Confederacy. Officially ignored, Lee finds a deeper game is afoot. |
| "Murdering Uncle Ho" | Chris Bunch | President John F. Kennedy survives an assassination attempt in 1963, gets reelected in 1964 and further commits the United States' to defending South Vietnam following the Gulf of Tonkin incident. As a result, American participation in the Vietnam War surges with disastrous results. Later on in April 1969, Kennedy's successor Nelson Rockefeller approves a mission to assassinate Ho Chi Minh, which doesn't go according to plan. |
See also
References
External links
- Review, sfsite.com, by Steven H Silver]
- "A Key to the Illuminated Heretic"
- "The Road to Endless Sleep"
- "Not Fade Away"
- "I Shall Return"
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