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Tom Anderson

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in Doncaster, The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy

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Terry Pratchett; Harry Turtledove; J. R. R. Tolkien; R. Austin Freeman ...more

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November 2019

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My day job is science, but I have always had an interest in writing fiction and in history, and it's probably not surprising that those all end up crossing over. Alternate history is a genre devoted to exploring the 'what ifs' of history, a recent high-profile example being the Amazon adaptation of Philip K. Dick's seminal "The Man in the High Castle". However, much of the interest to me comes in areas rather more obscure and subtle than the now-overdone 'the Nazis win WW2' type scenarios, and in exploring how different the world can become from a tiny change, as in the 'For Want Of A Nail' poem. My longest AH scenario, "Look to the West", is about a king tripping on his coronation carpet, which ultimately leads to America staying British, ...more

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Diverge and Conquer free on Amazon till June 18th!

To celebrate the release of Look To The West Volume 5, I and Sea Lion Press have made the very first volume, "Diverge and Conquer", available for FREE on Amazon! (ebook version only) See Twitter link below for details. Offer valid until Friday June 18th 2021.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 360 ratings · 45 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Diverge and Conquer (Look to the West #1) 3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncharted Territory (Look to the West #2) 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twilight's Last Gleaming 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equal and Opposite Reactions (Look to the West, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unreformed Kingdom 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	N'oublions Jamais and other alternate Great Wars by Tom Anderson (Goodreads Author), Bruno Lombardi, David Flin (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cometh the Hour... (Look to the West Book 4) 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Curse of Maggie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Dream Again (Look to the West, #5) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not An English Word 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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