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Romanian Science Fiction / Dar dacă Alexandru Nevski nu i-ar fi învins pe teutoni? Dacă Hannibal ar fi cucerit Roma? Dacă Petru al III-lea ar fi condus Rusia şi nu Ecaterina cea Mare? Şi, în fine, dacă Franţa ar fi făcut parte din Imperiul Britanic sub George al V-lea şi toţi francezii s-ar fi îmbătat în puburi? Doar modificatorii ştiu răspunsurile la aceste întrebări. Modificatorii de istorie, cei care pot influenţa evenimentele... Aşa să fie? Liviu Radu încearcă să desluşească în acest volum iţele încurcate ale istoriei pe care credem că o ştim.
138 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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Liviu Radu
93 books31 followersScriitor, publicist și traducător român de science fiction și fantasy.
A fost membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din România și al Societății Române de Science Fiction și Fantasy.
A debutat în 1993 în revista Quasar cu povestirea Fața nevăzută a planetei Marte.
In 1999 a debutat editorial (în volum) cu romanul Trip-Tic publicat la editura Dacia.
A fost membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din România și al Societății Române de Science Fiction și Fantasy.
A debutat în 1993 în revista Quasar cu povestirea Fața nevăzută a planetei Marte.
In 1999 a debutat editorial (în volum) cu romanul Trip-Tic publicat la editura Dacia.
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May 8, 2013
One of the best books on alternative histories I have read in a while. Highly recommended. For a detailed review of this book, please visit my blog: http://tesatorul.blogspot.ro/2013/05/....
July 23, 2014
A collection of stories in which three strange characters whose identities are guessed soon (Michel who used to write obscure predictions in verses, Jose Balsam - this one is a bit obvious, and Germain - another obvious one) guide various Frenchmen from various histories into imagining how such will or won;t be changed by doing this or that.
I had a lot of fun reading this with its superb allusions to popular sfnal themes in alt-history as well as to various authors and of course the cameos of the famous and infamous are what ultimately power the narrative.
Of the 4 stories the opening one that starts in a Nazi occupied Paris, though not the one from our history - is the longest and strongest at novella length, while the other three that deal with Hannibal vs the Romans, Joan d'Arc and Catherine the Great are shorter and vignette like but still very good.
Like with other Romanian language stuff I read recently, i wish this book would find its way in English as it would stand well against any alt-hist stuff I;ve read, and I've read lots...
I had a lot of fun reading this with its superb allusions to popular sfnal themes in alt-history as well as to various authors and of course the cameos of the famous and infamous are what ultimately power the narrative.
Of the 4 stories the opening one that starts in a Nazi occupied Paris, though not the one from our history - is the longest and strongest at novella length, while the other three that deal with Hannibal vs the Romans, Joan d'Arc and Catherine the Great are shorter and vignette like but still very good.
Like with other Romanian language stuff I read recently, i wish this book would find its way in English as it would stand well against any alt-hist stuff I;ve read, and I've read lots...
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