Alternate Americas


Alternate Americas is an anthology of alternate history science fiction short stories edited by Gregory Benford and Martin H. Greenberg as the fourth volume in their What [Might Have Been (anthology series)|What Might Have Been] series. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Spectra in October 1992. It was later gathered together with Alternate Wars into the omnibus anthology What Might Have Been: Volumes 3 & 4: Alternate Wars / Alternate Americas.
The book collects fourteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Benford.

Contents

  • "Introduction"
  • "Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life"
  • "Ink from the New Moon"
  • "Vinland the Dream"
  • "If There Be Cause"
  • "Isabella of Castile Answers Her Mail"
  • "Let Time Shape"
  • "Red Alert"
  • "Such a Deal"
  • "Looking for the Fountain"
  • "The Round-Eyed Barbarians"
  • "Destination Indies"
  • "Ship Full of Jews"
  • "The Karamazov Caper"
  • "The Sleeping Serpent"