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Old 23rd January 2010, 02:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories

Woohoo!

Just received my complimentary copies of The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories which I've co-edited with Ian Watson. Fantastic to finally see it in the flesh (or rather paper). Delighted with the way the book has turned out.

Not released until February, but the book can be pre-ordered at a good discount via Amazon:
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories: Amazon.co.uk: Ian Watson, Ian Whates: Books

What Amazon doesn't give is the contents list, so...

Ian Watson and Ian Whates -- Introduction
James Morrow – THE RAFT OF THE TITANIC
Ken MacLeod – SIDEWINDERS
Eugene Byrne & Kim Newman – THE WANDERING CHRISTIAN
Suzette Hayden Elgin – HUSH MY MOUTH
Harry Harrison & Tom Shippey – A LETTER FROM THE POPE
Esther Friesner – SUCH A DEAL
A A Attanasio – INK FROM THE NEW MOON
Pat Cadigan – DISPATCHES FROM THE REVOLUTION
Fritz Leiber – CATCH THAT ZEPPELIN
Paul McAuley – A VERY BRTITISH HISTORY
Rudy Rucker – THE IMITATION GAME
Keith Roberts – WEINACHTSABEND
Kim Stanley Robinson – THE LUCKY STRIKE
Marc Laidlaw – HIS POWDER’D WIG, THIS CROWN OF THORNES
Judith Tarr – RONCESVALLES
Ian R MacLeod – THE ENGLISH MUTINY
Chris Roberson – O ONE
Harry Turtledove – ISLANDS IN THE SEA
George Zebrowski – LENIN IN ODESSA
Pierre Gιvart – THE EINSTEIN GUN
Robert Silverberg – TALES FROM THE VENIA WOODS
Gregory Benford – MANASSAS AGAIN
Pamela Sargent – THE SLEEPING SERPENT
Frederik Pohl – WAITING FOR THE OLYMPIANS
Stephen Baxter – DARWIN ANATHEMA
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We've tried to collect the very best Alternative History stories under one cover, so there are some real classics (such as Leiber's "Catch that Zeppelin" and KSR's "Lucky Strike"), some overlooked gems (such as McAuley's "A Very British History" and Attanasio's "Ink from the New Moon"), more modern masterpieces (such as Roberson's "O One" and I. MacLeod's "The English Mutiny), a first English translation (Gιvart's "The Einstein Gun") and some cracking originals (Baxter, Morrow, and K. MacLeod).

I really hope the book goes down well -- a lot of hard work to edit, commission and compile, but great fun as well.
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Old 23rd January 2010, 02:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Thanks Ian. I'm definitely bookmarking this one to purchase when it releases. Looks great!
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Old 23rd January 2010, 03:37 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Whoa! Save me one with your scrawled monicker on it for next time I see you please, Ian...
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Old 10th February 2010, 05:08 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Great stuff. Just seen the cover. It says over 40 stories and your list has about 20 plus. Any idea of the exact figure?
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I really like the look of this and at that price, what a bargain!
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Old 10th February 2010, 06:29 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Great stuff. Just seen the cover. It says over 40 stories and your list has about 20 plus. Any idea of the exact figure?
Hi, Sethanon, I'm afraid the cover on Amazon is an early draft, with both the error you've spotted and the misspelling of Stephen Baxter's name.

The list above is complete... but, come on, be fair, that's still 591 pages worth. Had there been 'over 40 stories', the book (a paperback) would have been falling apart before you open it!
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Old 11th February 2010, 10:11 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Busted. Good to hear alternate histories are becoming of more interest to the mainstream, possibly something to chat about at the water cooler in about, what, 50 years?

At least that's the only topic on another world.

Thanks Ian
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Old 11th February 2010, 12:40 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I think I might get this one.
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Old 11th February 2010, 02:25 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I have wondered where do i go for Alternate history of quality and this book with cheap prize looks perfect.
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That's a great line-up of writers.
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Old 16th February 2010, 01:59 AM   #11 (permalink)
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This looks great, Ian - congratulations. I just wonder where you find all the extra hours in the day to get all these different projects to completion ...
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Old 16th February 2010, 03:01 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Ian is the Wordinator, he comes back in time on the instructions of Booknet and relentlessly pursues their goal of domination of the literary world.

Beneath his soft and cuddly exterior lies a 24th century complexity of cybertronics and state of the art circuitry.

And he keeps it ticking over very nicely with lots of liquid engineering for writerobots - beer.

And gallons of it!

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Ken Macleod blogs about the anthology: The Early Days of a Better Nation
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