Background
Uchronia catalogues and chronicles almost every published alternate history novel, short story, anthology, collection, series, reference material and works published in other languages. Entries indicate the original publication date, the point of divergence and a brief synopsis of the plot. A search mechanism that can identify works by author, keyword or language of publication/translation is also included.
Uchronia also features a couple of real-world timelines: one devoted to alternate histories published before the Golden Age of Science Fiction, and another offering a complex chronological outline of point of divergences of the entries.
Uchronia also contains large cover art gallery and links to Amazon.com in order to obtain the listed alternate history books.
Read more about this topic: Uchronia: The Alternate History List
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