Foreword - Stephen Baxter
Introduction - Glyn Morgan and C. Palmer-PatelI. Points of
DivergenceNapoleon as Dynamite: Geoffroy’s Napoléon Apocryphe
and Science Fiction as Alternate History - Adam Roberts
‘It Is One Story’: Writing a Global Alternate History in Kim
Stanley Robinson’s The Years of Rice and Salt - Chris Pak
‘Forever Being Yamato’: Alternate Pacific War Histories in Japanese
Film and Anime - Jonathan Rayner
‘Her dreams receding’: Gender, Astronauts, and Alternate Space Ages
in Ian Sales’ Apollo Quartet - Brian Baker
Time and Affect After 9/11: Lavie Tidhar’s Osama: A Novel - Anna
McFarlaneII. Manipulating the GenreThe Subjective Nature of
Time and The Individual’s (In)Ability to Inflict Social Change -
Molly Cobb
Between the Alternate and the Apocryphal: Religion and Historic
Place in Aguilera’s La locura de Dios - Derek J. Thiess
Weird history / Weird knowledge: H. P. Lovecraft versus Sherlock
Holmes in Shadows over Baker Street - Chloé Germaine Buckley
Quest for Love: A Cosy Uchronia? - Andrew M. Butler
Agency and Contingency in Televisual Alternate History Texts -
Karen HelleksonAfterword - C. Palmer-Patel and Glyn Morgan
Glyn Morgan is Project Curator for the science fiction exhibition at The Science Museum, London, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. C. Palmer-Patel is the founder and lead editor of Fantastika Journal.
‘Fascinating… the authors all help us understand how the Alternate
History genre itself stimulates and encourages us to think about
our own history, and our place in it.’
Martin Empson, Resolute Reader
‘A fine collection which is extremely well-edited… Sideways in Time
is a significant addition to science fiction scholarship in general
and alternate history in particular. It also raises fundamental and
pressing questions about agency that we need to consider in the
context of a twenty-first century which is turning out to be very
different from its predecessor.’
Nick Hubble, Vector
'Sideways in Time makes a rich, valuable, and timely intervention
in the nascent field studying alternate history... The cumulative
effect of reading Sideways in Time in its entirety is one of
generic saturation and full immersion in both the richness of the
field and the possibilities newly open for analysis. Particularly
impressive is the collegiality evident in the volume, with
virtually every chapter referencing at least one other chapter from
the collection. This is a difficult feat to accomplish and depends
both on editorial tenacity and on the generosity and willingness of
the authors to see their contributions as part of a larger
conversation. Indeed, Morgan and Palmer-Patel’s great achievement
lies not only in their own incisive and instructive framing
chapters, but, evidently, in their editorial leadership. Although
very different from one another in scope, perspective, material,
and claim, each chapter is just as valuable for stand-alone
scholarship pertaining to the primary material as it is for
contributing insights into the larger generic concerns of the
volume. As such, Sideways in Time is a book that takes alternate
history scholarship to the next level.'
Keren Omry, Los Angeles Review of Books
‘Readers of Sideways in Time whose predilection is for narratives
that focus on the thoughts and emotions of individuals or that play
with the weird and fantastic will have a different set of
favorites. To paraphrase the editors, they will be drawn to the
narratives that expand, stretch, subvert, and redefine the genre.
For all of us, however, the collection is worth reading and
consulting.’
Carl Abbott, SFRA Review
‘Taken as a whole, it is a fine addition to Liverpool University
Press’ own, ever-branching series of critical reflections upon SF.
Despite its preoccupation with genre, it can also be enjoyed by
readers for whom SF is not their primary interest. I very much hope
it finds as large a readership as possible.’
Paul March-Russell, Fantastika Journal
'Future studies of the genre will turn to this collection for key
scholarly definitions and inspiration for new ways to approach
alternate history texts... To that end, the book draws together a
thorough—possibly even comprehensive—catalog of the major
scholarship and names relevant to the scholarship of alternate
history texts. Ultimately, Sideways in Time is essential reading
for those with any interest in the genre as a whole or texts that
happen to intersect with it.'
Paul Williams, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
"A welcome addition to scholarship on alternative histories."
Suparno Banerjee, Science Fiction Studies
'The need for this edited collection is perhaps mirrored in the
rise, popularity and circulation of alternate histories across the
mass media... As alternate history continues to win audience and
accolades, collections such as this one will be welcomed by
scholars and fans alike.'
Kathryn Heffner, Foundation
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