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Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History

Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.
ISBN: 0345421949
ISBN-13: 9780345421944
Released: 01 Feb 1999
RRP: £6.99
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Rather US-biased - By: Colin Bell, 23 Mar 2004
A bit of a mixed bag: some I'd read again but others not. Most are based in US history, which I found a turn-off, not knowing enough about what had reallly happened.
Some stories are inovative, some could be better. - By: , 13 Mar 2000
Thanks to Dozois & Schmidt here is yet another collection of possible futures. Great reading though some stories could be better. Hope that some authors will continue the exploration of alteranate worlds & history.
Great intro to Uchronia for me - By: , 09 Aug 1999
By far, the two best stories were among the book's longest: Michael F. Flynn's "The Forest of Time" & L. Sprague de Camp's "Aristotle & the Gun." A couple of the shorter ones were forgettable or incomprehensible. Several were merely above average. I loved the premise of Harry Turtledove's "Must & Shalll," but the execution was not on par with the ones I cited above.
GREAT STORYTELLING - By: , 27 Jun 1999
A brilliant collection of unforgettable short stories that transports the reader to fascinating scenarios of alternate history. Every single one of these stories entices our imagination & create plausible alternate timelines that seem alien yet oddly familiar.
A great anthology - By: , 18 May 1999
Loved alll the stories in this book. Great group of authors.