Fiction Writer's Guide to Alternate History

Jack Dann is an internationally published author, editor, lecturer, anthologist and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland, Australia. He has written or edited over eighty books and his awards include the Nebula, World Fantasy, Aurealis, and Shirley Jackson awards. He received his PhD from the University of Queensland.

• About the AuthorAbout the Contributors1. A Few Introductory Notes and Thoughts About Alternate Historyand the Slippery Slope of Fiction2. Let’s Examine What We’re Talking About- Definitions and Divergence Points- ‘Alternate History’ and Science Fiction: a Potted History- Model making…3. Are we really Theorizing about History and Morality and Choice?- How To Bring Your Readers Up To Speed- Thinking About History…and Your Readers4. Taking a Break From Me: “White City” by Lewis Shiner5. Craft Problems and Solutions- Deconstructing Tesla and Assembling the Counterfactual Fiction Writer’s Toolbox- A Quick Inventory6. The Tactics of Creating Counterfactual Texts: a Roundtable Q & AWith Kim Stanley Robinson, William Gibson, Pamela Sargent, Harry Turtledove, John Crowley, Michael Bishop, , Lisa Goldstein, John Kessel, John Birmingham, Barry N. Malzberg, Janeen Webb, Bruce Sterling, Mark Shirrefs, Christopher Priest, Terry Bisson, Mary Rosenblum, Michael Swanwick, Paul Di Filippo, Richard Harland, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George Zebrowski7. A Very Personal Meditation On Writing: Or How I Do It…and Think About It8. A Very Few Last Words About…YouAppendixBibliographyIndex

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