Other Earths

Eleven original stories about the different paths our world might've taken... Alternate history explores the many possible directions our world could follow if certain key events didn't occur at all or were changed in some crucial way. Is our Earth the only Earth, our reality the only one that exists? Or are there many parallel worlds and societies, some very similar to ours, some barely recognizable?What if...Lincoln had never become president, and the Civil War had never taken place?Columbus never discovered America, and the Inca developed a massive, technologically advanced empire?Magic was real and a half-faery queen ruled England?Hitler and Germany won the war because America never got involved?Many of the world's religions were totally commercialized, their temples run like casinos, religions deisgned purely for profit?An author discovered a book written by an alternate version of himself?These are just some of the possible pathways that you can take to explore the Other Earths that may be waiting just one event away...This anthology includes stories by:Robert Charles Wilson — Jeff Vandermeer — Stephen BaxterTheodora Goss — Lizz Williams — Gene WolfeGreg Van Eekhout — Alastair Reynolds — Paul ParkLucius Shepard — Benjamin Rosenbaum Eleven original stories about the different paths our world might've taken... Alternate history explores the many possible directions our world could follow if certain key events didn't occur at all or were changed in some crucial way. Is our Earth the only Earth, our reality the only one that exists? Or are there many parallel worlds and societies, some very similar to ours, some barely recognizable? What if... Lincoln had never become president, and the Civil War had never taken place? Columbus never discovered America, and the Inca developed a massive, technologically advanced empire? Magic was real and a half-faery queen ruled England? Hitler and Germany won the war because America never got involved? Many of the world's religions were totally commercialized, their temples run like casinos, religions deisgned purely for profit? An author discovered a book written by an alternate version of himself? These are just some of the possible pathways that you can take to explore the Other Earths that may be waiting just one event away... This anthology includes stories Robert Charles Wilson Jeff Vandermeer Stephen Baxter Theodora Goss Lizz Williams Gene Wolfe Greg Van Eekhout Alastair Reynolds Paul Park Lucius Shepard Benjamin Rosenbaum Introduction / Nick Gevers, Jay Lake This peaceable land, or, The unbearable vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Robert Charles Wilson Goat variations / Jeff VanderMeer Unblinking eye / Stephen Baxter Csilla's story / Theodora Goss Winterborn / Liz Williams Donovan sent us / Gene Wolfe Holy City and Em's reptile farm / Greg van Eekhout Receivers / Alastair Reynolds A family history / Paul Park Dog-eared paperback of my life / Lucius Shepard Nine alternate alternate histories / Benjamin Rosenbaum. What if Lincoln never became president, and the Civil War never took place? What if Columbus never discovered America, and the Inca developed a massive, technologicallyadvanced empire? What if magic was real and a half-faerie queen ruled England? What if an author discovered a book written by an alternate version of himself? These are just some of the possible pathways that readers can take to explore the Other Earths that may be waiting just one page away.