Alternativna historija

Alternativna historija je naziv za specifičan podžanr spekulativne fikcije, odnosno naučne fantastike čija je radnja smještena u fiktivne svjetove u kojima je historija krenula drukčijim tokom od onog u stvarnom svijetu. Koncept alternativne historije se često vezuje uz koncepte vremenskog putovanja ili paralelnih univerzuma.

Ponekad se pod pojmom alternativna historija podrazumijeva i grana historijske nauke koja se bavi špekulacijama o tome kakve bi posljedice imali određeni događaji ili procesi da su se dogodili na način drukčiji od onog u zabilježenoj historiji. Historičari često za tu granu historije koriste izraz kontrafaktualna historija.

Pojam alternativna historija valja razlikovati od pojma tajna historija, koji predstavlja "stvarnu" i "nepromijenjenu" historiju koja se tumači na drukčiji način.

Eksterni linkovi

Interaktivni sajtovi

• Alternatehistory.com An active alternate history discussion board on the Internet.
• Althistory Wikia Alternate History Wikia, maintained by Wikia
• Counter-Factual.Net A website pertaining to the subject of alternate history and writing, with a regularly released zine and an active discussion forum.
• Other Timelines An active alternate history discussion board on the internet.
• Groups-Beta.google.com, Soc.history.what-if The usenet newsgroup on alternate history with over a decade of archives.

Non-interaktivni sajtovi

• Changing The Times, is an Alternate History Electronic Magazine written and maintained by alternate historians. It contains a discussion board.
• "For Want of a Genre", article by Christopher M. Cevasco.
• Histalt.com is author Richard J. (Rick) Sutcliffe's collection of Alternate History links.
• "How to Change the World", essay by Paul Kincaid.
• John Reilly's Alternative History
• Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction, frequently publishes alternate history stories.
• Shattered World: A Worse World War, a site based on an alternate historical scenario containing an active forum.
• The Sidewise Award for Alternate History lists all the winners and nominees for the award since its inception and provides information for recommending works for consideration.
• Today in Alternate History, a daily-updated blog, featuring "Important Events In History That Never Occurred Today" in several recurring timelines.
• Uchronia has an introduction to the topic, and lists over 2000 works of alternate history.
• Point of Divergence: Information about the APA Point of Divergence which has been publishing since 1996.