Trapped in 1877, a historian writes an account of an alternate history of America in which the South won the Civil War. Living in this alternate timeline, he was determined to change events at Gettysburg. When he's offered the chance to return to that fateful turning point his actions change history as he knows it, leaving him in an all too familiar past. “[WARD MOORE IS] ONE OF THE BEST AMERICAN WRITERS.” The United States never recovered from The War for Southern Independence. While the neighboring Confederacy enjoyed the prosperity of the victor, the U.S. struggled through poverty, violence, and a nationwide depression. The Industrial Revolution never occurred here, and so, well into the 1950s, the nation remained one of horse-drawn wagons, gaslight, highwaymen, and secret armies. This was home for Hodgins McCormick Backmaker, whose sole desire was the pursuit of knowledge. This, he felt, would spirit him away from the squalor and violence. Disastrously, Hodgins became embroiled in the clandestine schemes of the outlaw Grand Army, from which he fled in search of a haven. But he was to discover that no place could fully protect him from the world and its dangerous realities…. “The Civil War has been often rethought, most effectively in Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee.” #42 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written. ‘Seminal… concise and elegiac.’ ‘A classic alternative world story.’ ‘One of the best American writers.’

Explore fascinating, often chilling “what if” accounts of the world that could have existed–and still might yet…Science fiction’s most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you’ll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including: • “The Lucky Strike”: When The Lucky Strike is chosen over The Enola Gay to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson’s gripping tale. • “Bring the Jubilee”: Ward Moore’s novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which changes the course of the Civil War… and all of American history. • “Through Road No Wither”: After Hitler’s victory in World War II, two Nazi officers confront their destiny in Greg Bear’s apocalyptic vision of the future. • “All the Myriad Ways”: Murder or suicide, Ambrose Harmon’s death leads the police down an infinite number of pathways in Larry Niven’s brilliant and defining tale of alternatives and consequences. • “Mozart in Mirrorshades”: Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner explore a terrifying era as the future crashes into the past–with disastrous results. …as well as works by Poul Anderson • Gregory Benford • Jack L. Chalker • Nicholas A. DiChario • Brad Linaweaver • William Sanders • Susan Shwartz • Allen Steele • and Harry Turtledove himself! The definitive collection: fourteen seminal alternate history tales drawing readers into a universe of dramatic possibility and endless wonder

"He came close, still humming, though a different tune if you could call it that; it was more like snatches of odd melodies. The boys she used to go out with were gluttonous infants, gurgling and slobbering their fatuous desires."

Уникальная в своем многообразии антология рассказов, опубликованных в золотой век научной фантастики: вашему вниманию представляется сборник под редакцией великих Айзека Азимова и Мартина Гринберга, включающие в себя отобранные ими научно-фантастические рассказы, вышедшие в 1960 году. Идеальное чтение для настоящих поклонников, дающее представление о классике научной фантастики

«Картины миров, в чем-то сходных с привычным, нашим миром, а в чем-то отличающихся от него, фантазии на тему параллельной истории, рассказы о необычных способностях человека, которые могут возникнуть в процессе его эволюции, — все это есть в сборнике. Богатая выдумка, авторское мастерство и гуманистическая направленность произведений наверняка привлекут к сборнику симпатии самого широкого круга читателей». Составление, вступительная статья В. Л. Кана

На ферму Мэксиллов прилетел пришелец. Он выглядит совсем как человек, только на руках у него по четыре пальца. Его родной мир далеко ушел по пути прогресса, там он считается недоумком. Он прирожденный фермер, но на его родине такой талант бесполезен, поэтому он и прилетел на Землю. © Ank