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Lost Continent of AtlantisSeries
series5 books2005
Alternate history, set in alternate earth and 19th century.
“The point of divergence occurs around 85 million years ago when the eastern portion of the North American continent splits off from the rest of the continent and forms Atlantis, a separate continent farther east in the Atlantic Ocean.”
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The Years of Rice and SaltNovel
Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2002
About reincarnation and plague and pandemic, set in our world and east asia.
“What if the Black Death had killed nearly everyone in Europe instead of a third of it?”
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A Thousand Perfect ThingsNovel
Kay Kenyonstandalone novel2013
Historical fantasy, emotional in tone, about forbidden love, set in south asia.
“A young Victorian woman and aspiring botanist journeys to Bharata where she faces a choice between two suitors and two irreconcilable realms.”
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The Difference EngineNovel
William Gibson & Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1990
Steampunk, about political intrigue, set in british isles.
“The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”
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Ada or Ardor: A Family ChronicleNovel
Vladimir Nabokovstandalone novel1969
Literary & general and sagas & family, challenging in tone, about forbidden love.
Roma EternaSeries
series11 books1989
Alternate history, set in alternate earth.
“Robert Silverberg's Roma Eterna imagines an alternate history in which the Roman Empire never fell and endures into the present day, tracing its long, uneven survival through a sequence of pivotal moments across two millennia.”
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