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Subscriber Edition: Alternate Histories and Coming Attractions, 9/9/19

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Subscriber Edition: Alternate Histories and Coming Attractions, 9/9/19

Jonathan M. Katz
Sep 9, 2019
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Subscriber Edition: Alternate Histories and Coming Attractions, 9/9/19

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I’ve long been a fan of alternate history, the sci-fi cousin in which some event in the past goes differently than we know it, and everything spins forward from there. There’s something deeply attractive to me about the notion (legit, I think) that nothing is inevitable and slight shifts can have long-lasting results.

This is especially appealing right n…

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