Historical Amusement: What if you bought the book "What If?"

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What if you bought the book "What If?"

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Topic: What if you bought the book "What If?"

Posted By: Murph
Subject: What if you bought the book "What If?"
Date Posted: 07-Dec-2004 at 18:11

maybe this should go under literary, but there are several (i think two) books out of the "What If?" series. they are groups of essays by historians theorizing tons of "What If"'s, such as those which are on this forum. just thought that those of you who were interested in alternative histories such as those discussed in this forum would be interested (many of you may have already read it)

"What If?" edited by Robert Cowley

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0425176428/qid=1102464685/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-1190102-0131169?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0425176428/qid =1102464685/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-1190102-01311 69?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

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Posted By: hansioux
Date Posted: 07-Dec-2004 at 18:26

What if you heard the song "What if" by babyface.

Good song. Wongfu made a video out of it.

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Posted By: JanusRook
Date Posted: 07-Dec-2004 at 19:06

I actually bought that book when it first came out. (I wasn't looking forward to it, I just saw it in a bookstore.)

I think that its a very good book, although like all historical what if scenarios people tend to go a bit overboard. But that's what makes it fun right?

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Posted By: Tobodai
Date Posted: 08-Dec-2004 at 18:21

I actually thought they were pretty modest, and too many of the scenarios were describing either one way things would happen or were limited in some fashion, I would have prefered multiple interpretations for each scenario, because soem were just flat out nrealisitc.

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"the people are nothing but a great beast...
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value."
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