[fictionmags] early alternate histories

Andy Robertson · 02 Feb 2002, 16:02 · from urth-v0202.mbox · original

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From: "Andy Robertson" <andywrobertson at clara.co.uk>
Subject: (urth) Fw: [fictionmags] early alternate histories
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 16:02:28 -0000
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and yet earlier ones . . .=20

    hartshorn



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From: "Jean-Marc LofficierTo: <fictionmags at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [fictionmags] early alternate histories


> I was about to mention these two... The first one is terrific.
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> JM
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> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 8:28 AM
> Subject: [fictionmags] early alternate histories
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> > Dear All, Two alternate histories earlier than any mentioned so far:
> >
> > Louis Geoffroy, Napolon apocryphe, 1812-1832: Histoire de
> > la conqute du monde et de la monarchie universelle (Paris:
> > Tallandier, 1983). Originally published in 1836. Napoleon is not
> > defeated.
> >
> > Charles Renouvier, Uchronie (L'utopie dans l'histoire),
> > esquisse historique apocryphe du dveloppement de la civilisation
> > europenne, tel qu'il n'a pas t, tel qu'il aurait pu tre (Paris:
> > Fayard, 1988). Originally published in 1876. The Roman
> > Empire does not adopt Christianity.
> >
> > Gary Westfahl
> >



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