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What-if questions are answered in different worlds
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What-if questions are answered in different worlds
By DUANE DUDEK ddudek@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Sunday, October 27, 2002
Have you ever lamented the road not taken, the kiss not stolen or
the harsh word spoken?
If so, and who hasn't, you understand on a personal level the
appeal of a category of speculative fiction, or science fiction,
known as alternate history.
There are no mulligans in the real world, no do-overs in the game
of life. But what...
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Veterans of World War II find themselves richly, newly celebrated.
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Guarding the Memories of World War II
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Why alternate history matters.(The World Hitler Never Made)(Book Review)
The New Leader
; The World Hitler Never Made By Gavriel D. Rosenfeld Cambridge. 524 pp. $30.00. OVER a half century ago Saul Lieberman, the renowned Talmudist and quasi-czar of the Jewish Theological Seminary faculty, reportedly introduced Gershom Scholem, who pioneered the field of Jewish mysticism, by saying: You
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