An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
32. What if?
March 15, 2021
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Robert Harris
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Mentioned at the opening as a counterfactual novel imagining the Nazis winning World War II, used to introduce the topic of counterfactual history
Author: Richard Evans
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Referenced as a book by the Cambridge historian analyzing counterfactuals in history, including analysis of Dominic's own counterfactual essays
Author: William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
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Referenced as a science fiction novel imagining a world where Babbage and Ada Lovelace invented the computer, with Victorian England run by computers
Author: Walter Scheidel
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Discussed as a book arguing that the industrial revolution required the collapse of the Roman Empire, using counterfactual reasoning throughout
Author: Kingsley Amis
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Mentioned as a favorite alternative history novel about a Catholic England
Author: Len Deighton
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Referenced as a good alternative history novel, noted as not as well known as Fatherland, was also televised
Author: Philip K. Dick
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Mentioned as an alternative history work that was realized on screen, referring to the novel about Axis powers winning WWII