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Is anyone still writing alternate histories?

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Naomi K
Aug 25, 2014
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It feels like a bit of a sleeper genre, but I could also just be out of the loop. I remember that when I was growing up, it felt like there was quite a bit of it (most of it written by Harry Turtledove). But I feel as though I haven't heard any buzz about an alternate history novel in a long time. Maybe the last one that I recall hearing about was Lavie…

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