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                       THE USENET ALTERNATE HISTORY LIST
                            Version 13 - 12 Jan 1993

                      APPENDIX - NON-ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS

This appendix lists Alternate Histories published in languages other than
English. The bulk of this data is taken from the Hacker & Chamberlain
bibliography (described above) but some was also provided by Andreas Morlok.

Each entry contains an "E:" or "ELE:" line. The former indicates a translation
of the story's title; the latter is the title of an English-language edition of
the entry, details about which may be found in the main list.


In Czech:

Capek, Karel, "Pseudo-Lot cili o vlastenectvi", in KNIHA APOKRYFU {Borovy 45}
   ELE: "Pseudo Lot, or Concerning Patriotism"
   S: Lot rejects the warning of the angels to flee Sodom.


In Dutch:

Mulisch, Harry, DE TOEKOMST VAN GISTEREN: PROTOKOL VAN EEN SCHRIJVERIJ {De
   Bezige Bij 72}
   E: YESTERDAY'S FUTURE: OUTLINE OF A WORK
   W: Hitler was assassinated in 1944.
   S: Discussion of a possible novel about the assassination, the SS
   countercoup and German victory in WW2.


In Esperanto:

Capek, Karel, + Josef Vondrousek (tr), title unknown, in LIBRO DE APOKRIFOJ
   {Ceha Esperanto-Asocio 70}; orig "Pseudo-Lot cili o vlastenectvi"
   ELE: "Pseudo Lot, or Concerning Patriotism"
   S: Lot rejects the warning of the angels to flee Sodom.


In French:

Andrevon, Jean-Pierre, "L'Anniversaire du Reich de mille ans", in C'EST
   ARRIVE MAIS ON N'EN A RIEN SU {Denoel 84}
   E: "The Anniversary of the Thousand-Year Reich"
   W:
   S: Nazi power lasts *exactly* 1000 years.
Andrevon, Jean-Pierre, "Qu'est-ce qu'il faisait, le jeune docteur
   Frankenstein, en mai 81? et en mai 68?", in C'EST ARRIVE MAIS ON N'EN A RIEN
   SU {Denoel 84}
   E: "What Was He Doing, Young Dr. Frankenstein, in May 1981 and May 1968?"
   W: Camus, Philipe and Vian did not die in the early 1960s.
   S: A descendant of Dr. Frankenstein extends the lives of Camus, Philipe and
   Vian to see how they would have affected later French history.
Arnoux, Alexandre, FAUT-IL BRULER JEANNE? {Gallimard 54}
   E: MUST JOAN BURN?
   W: Joan of Arc was rescued.
   S: God allows Joan to be rescued, much to her disillusionment.
Aron, Robert, VICTOIRE A WATERLOO {Andre Sabatier 37; Plon 64; Rombaldi 76,
   2-231-00191-8}
   E: VICTORY AT WATERLOO
   W: Napoleon won at Waterloo.
   S: Despite victory, Napoleon suffers an identity crisis and abdicates.
Balthasar, AS-TU VU MONTEZUMA? {Le Monde 80}; serial in Le Monde Jun-Sep 80
   E: HAVE YOU SEEN MONTEZUMA?
   S:
Barbet, Pierre, CARTHAGE SERA DETRUITE: SETNI ENQUETER TEMPOREL, 2 {Fleuve
   Noir 84}
   E: CARTHAGE WILL BE DESTROYED: TIME INVESTIGATOR SETNI, 2
   W: Hannibal captured Rome.
   S: A renegade time agent helps out Hannibal, and tries to found a
   Carthaginian colony in Quebec.
Barbet, Pierre, L'EMPIRE DU BAPHOMET {Fleuve Noir 72}
   ELE: BAPHOMET'S METEOR
   W: A demon-like alien was shipwrecked on Earth in 1118.
   S: The alien aids the Knights Templar as they set out in 1275 to save the
   Holy Land and conquer the Mongols.
--------------, CROISADE STELLAIRE {Fleuve Noir 74}
   ELE: STELLAR CRUSADE
   S: Outer-space sequel to the above.
Barbet, Pierre, LIANE DE NOLDAZ {Fleuve Noir 73}
   ELE: THE JOAN-OF-ARC REPLAY
   S:
Barbier, J.-B., SI NAPOLEON AVAIT PRIS LONDRES {Libraire Francais 70}
   E: IF NAPOLEON HAD TAKEN LONDON
   S:
Blanqui, Louis-Auguste, L'ETERNITE PAR LES ASTRES: HYPOTHESE ASTRONOMIQUE {G
   Bailliere 1872}
   E: ETERNITY THROUGH THE STARS: AN ASTRONOMICAL HYPOTHESIS
   S:
Boireau, Jacques, "Les enfants d'Ibn Khaldoun", in UNIVERS 07 (ed Sadoul)
   {J'ai Lu 76}
   E: "Children of Ibn Khaldun"
   W: The Arabs won at Tours.
   S: Progressive Muslim southern France later suffers emigration from the
   north.
Boireau, Jacques, "L'ete", in FICTION {Opta 84}
   E: "Summer"
   S:
Bon, Frederic, & Michel-Antoine Burnier, SI MAI AVAIT GAGNE: FACETIE
   POLITIQUE {Pauvert 68}
   E: IF MAY HAD SUCCEEDED: A POLITICAL PLEASANTRY
   W: The May 1968 riots produced a socialist revolution rather than a
   conservative backlash.
   S:
Bopp, Leon, LIAISONS DU MONDE {vol 1, Gallimard 38; vol 2-4 Editions du
   Dialogue 41-44; complete Gallimard 49}
   E: LIFE'S CONJUNCTIONS
   W: The Popular Front gov't of 1936 France led to a leftist revolution.
   S: A detailed history text.
Burnier, Michel-Antoine: see Bon, Frederic, & Michel-Antoine Burnier
Caillois, Roger, PONCE PILATE: RECIT {Gallimard 61}
   E: PONTIUS PILATE: A STORY
   W: Pilate found Jesus innocent and released him.
   S: Christianity is aborted.
Costa, A., L'APPEL DU 17 JUIN: ROMAN {Lattes 80}
   E: THE APPEAL OF JUNE 17: A NOVEL
   S:
Delisle de Sales, Jean Claude Izouard, MA REPUBLIQUE {xxx 1791}
   E: MY REPUBLIC
   C: A history text of France, but chapter 21 speculates on an alternate
   French Revolution resulting from a stronger Louis XVI.
d'Ormesson, Jean, LA GLOIRE DE L'EMPIRE {Gallimard 71}
   ELE: THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE
   S:
Douay, D., LE PRINCIPE DE L'OEUF {Calmann-Levy 80}
   E: THE EGG PRINCIPLE
   S:
Droit, Jacques, MALHEUREUX ULYSSE {xxx 56}
   E: UNHAPPY ULYSSES
   W: Louis XVI escaped arrest.
   S: In 1870, France is ruled by Louis XIX.
Duits, Charles, PTAH HOTEP {Denoel 71, 81}
   W: Constantine suppressed Christianity.
   S: Far future of a Egyptian-Roman-Arab world.
Etienne, Gerard, UN AMBASSADEUR-MACUTE A MONTREAL {Nouvelle-Optique 79}
   E: A HAITIAN AMBASSADOR AT MONTREAL
   W: Quebec seceded from Canada in 1970.
   S: Interaction between the Duvalier dictatorship of Haiti and Quebecois
   separatists.
Geoffroy-Chateau, Louis-Napoleon, NAPOLEON ET LA CONQUETE DU MONDE, 1812-
   1823: HISTOIRE DE LAN MONARCHIE UNIVERSELLE {Dellaye 1836; J. Bry 1851;
   Tallandier 83}; as NAPOLEON APOCRYPHYE {Paulin 1841; Librairie Illustree
   1896}
   E: NAPOLEON AND THE CONQUEST OF THE WORLD, 1812-1823: HISTORY OF THE
   UNIVERSAL MONARCHY or THE APOCRYPHAL NAPOLEON
   W: Napoleon sought out and destroyed the Russian army rather than freeze in
   Moscow.
   S: Napoleon keeps on going.
   C: Believed to be the first AH written in novel length.
Goldring, Maurice, LA REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU FRANCE {Belfond 84}
   E: THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF FRANCE
   S:
Grousset, Rene, FIGURES DE PROUE {Plon 49}
   E: FIGUREHEADS
   S:
Hertel, Francois, "Lepic et l'histoire hypothetique", in JEREMIE ET BARABBAS
   {Le Jour 66}
   E: "Lepic and hypothetical history"
   W: Montcalm beat Wolfe at the battle of Montreal.
   S: 1940s Canada as a prosperous, ultra-Catholic nation.
Jeanne, Rene: see Laumann, E.M., & Rene Jeanne
Laumann, E.M., & Rene Jeanne, SI, LE 9 THERMIDOR...: HYPOTHESE HISTORIQUE
   {Tallandier 29}
   E: IF, ON 27 JULY 1794...: AN HISTORICAL HYPOTHESIS
   W: Robespierre escaped the guillotine.
   S:
Le Brun, Claire, "Les chansons de geste: la tentation de l'uchronie au moyen
   age", in Imagine Autumn 82
   E: "The Chansons de Geste: the Temptation of Allohistory in the Middle Ages"
   C:
Lesage, Alain-Rene, LES AVENTURES DE MONSIEUR ROBERT CHEVALIER, DIT DE
   BEAUCHENE {Ganeau 1732; Dufour & Roux 1780}
   E: THE ADVENTURES OF M. ROBERT CHEVALIER, AKA DE BEAUCHENE
   W: AmerInds discovered Europe before vice versa.
   C: Borderline AH, but a very early publication.
Mazarin, Jean, L'HISTOIRE DETOURNEE {Fleuve Noir 84}
   E: HISTORY SIDETRACKED
   W: Germany won WW2 using atomic weapons.
   S: WW3 in 1989 against Japan.
Morin, Edgar, "Le Camarade-Dieu: un conte de Noel", in France Observateur 28
   Dec 61
   E: "The Comrade-God: a Christmas Story"
   W: Surviving death in 1953, Stalin is proclaimed a living god in 1961.
   S: Reactions from elsewhere.
Noel-Noel, VOYAGEUR DES SIECLES
   E: TRAVELER THROUGH THE CENTURIES
   S:
Quilliet, Bernard, LA VERITABLE HISTOIRE DE FRANCE {Presses de la Renaissance
   83}
   E: THE TRUE HISTORY OF FRANCE
   S:
Renouvier, Charles, UCHRONIE {Bureau de la Critique Philosophique 1876; Alcan
   01}
   E: UCHRONIA or ALLOHISTORY
   W: Marcus Aurelius helped reform the Roman army, free the slaves, repress
   the Christians and avert the Dark Ages.
   S:
   C: Reputedly the origin of the word "uchronie".
Richard-Bessiere, F., CROISIERE DANS LE TEMPS {Fleuve Noir 51}
   E: CRUISE IN TIME
   W: Time travelers prevented the assassination of Henri IV in 1610.
   S: France unifies Europe, but world war begins a century later and
   civilization collapses in the 20th century.
Rigaut, Jacques, "Un brillant sujet", in Litterature Mar 21 and PAPIERS
   POSTHUMES {Sans Pareil 34}
   E: "A Brilliant Subject"
   S: A time traveler poisons Jesus, does plastic surgery on Cleopatra, etc.
Robban, Randolph, SI L'ALLEMAGNE AVAIT VAINCU {Editions de la Tour du Guet
   50}
   E: IF GERMANY HAD WON
   W: Germany won WW2 using atomic weapons.
   S: A diplomat imagines a world in which Germany lost.
Schuiten, Francois, & Benoit Peeters, LES MURAILLES DE SAMARIS {Casterman 83}
   E: THE WALLS OF SAMARIS
   S:
Thiry, Marcel, ECHEC AU TEMPS {Nouvelle France 45; La Renaissance du Livre
   62; Jacques Antoine 86}
   E: REPULSE IN TIME
   W: Napoleon won at Waterloo.
   S: Time travelers reverse the event.
Van Herck, Paul, CAROLINE OH CAROLINE {Champs-Elysee 76}
   W: Napoleon won at Waterloo.
   S: Hitler leads an AmerInd-Negro army against Europe.
Van Herck, Paul, OPERATION BONAPARTE
   S:


Reference Materials:

Angenot, Marc, Farko Suvin, & Jean-Marc Gouanvic, "L'uchronie, histoire
   alternative et science-fiction", in Imagine Autumn 82
   E: "Allohistory, alternative history and science fiction"
   C:
Boireau, Jacques, "La machine a ralentir le temps"
   E: "The time-slowdown machine"
   C: Contrasts utopian French AHs with distopian American AHs.
Brie, Marc-Andre, "Quelques reperes pour une bibliographie de l'uchronie"
   E: "Some Benchmarks for a Bibliography of Allohistory"
   C: A bibliography of AH.
Gouanvic, Jean-Marc, "Pourquoi un 'Special Uchronie'", in Imagine Autumn 82
   E: Why an "Allohistory Special"
   C: Discussion of AH in conjunction with a special issue of Imagine.
Herp, Jacques van, "Dans les corridors de l'espace-temps", in PANORAMA DE LA
   SCIENCE-FICTION {Gerard 73; Marabout 75}
   E: "In the Halls of Space-Time"
   C: Includes discussion of AH.
Leccia, Pierre, "Uchronie: l'histoire detournee", in POLITIQUE/FICTION (ed
   Riche)
   E: "Allohistory: History Sidetracked"
   C: Brief discussion and bibliography of AH.


In German:

        "Das Wort "Wenn" ist das deutscheste aller deutschen Worter."
          <<The word "if" is the most German of all German words.>>
                                             --'Friedrich Hebbel', in
                          Alexander Demandt's UNGESCHEHENE GESCHICHTE

Amery, Carl, AN DEN FEUERN DER LEYERMARK {Nymphenburger 79; Heyne 83}
   E: AT THE LIGHTS OF THE LEYERMARK or BY LEYERMARK CAMPFIRES
   W: Former Confederate soldiers were hired as mercenaries by Bavaria and used
   to subjugate Prussia.
   S: Bavaria replaces Prussia as the dominant German power and important
   European player.
Amery, Carl, DAS KONIGSPROJEKT {Piper 74; Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag 78;
   Heyne 84}
   E: THE KING-PROJECT or PROJECT ROYALTY
   S: The Vatican tries to use Leonardo da Vinci's time machine to support a
   Bavarian-Stuart reversal of the Reformation.
Basil, Otto, WENN DAS DER FUHRER WUSSTE {Molden 66}
   ELE: TWILIGHT MAN
   W: Germany won WW2 after dropping a nuclear bomb on London.
   S: Hitler's death 20 years later leads to a power struggle.
Blumenberg, Hans C., "Und wenn er nicht gestorben ist...", in Tempo Jun 92
   E: "And if he didn't die..."
   W: Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder didn't die in 1982.
   S: He later receives two Oscars, one for BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ starring
   Robert DeNiro.
Boeheim, Carl von, DIE KAISERSAGA: UTOPIA AUSTRIACA {A. Kraft 60}
   E: IMPERIAL SAGA: AN AUSTRIAN UTOPIA
   W: Emperor Franz Josef had a 2nd son, named Franz Stefan.
   S: Franz Stefan preserves the Hapsburg Empire by revolution from above.
Bohme, Gernot, Wolfgang van den Daele & Wolfgang Krohn, "Alternativen in
   der Wissenschaft", in Zeitschrift fur Soziolofie 1
   ELE: "Alternatives in Science"
   C: Includes discussion of a chemical rather than mechanical worldview at
   the beginning of the scientific revolution.
Franzel, Emil: see Boeheim, Carl von
Jeschke, Wolfgang, DER LETZTE TAG DER SCHOPFUNG {Nymphenburger 81; Heyne 85}
   ELE: THE LAST DAY OF CREATION
   W: Mexico stretched from Canada to Venezuela *or* the Axis enjoyed greater
   success in WW2.
   S: A US attempt to steal Arabian oil using a pipeline in the past runs into
   trouble vs. people from other timelines.
Krohn, Wolfgang: see Bohme, Gernot, Wolfgang van den Daele & Wolfgang Krohn
Mahr, Kurt, MENSCHEN ZWISCHEN DER ZEIT {Terra 61}
   E: MAN BETWEEN TIME
   S: Hunt for a man who is trying to destroy the world financial system with
   dollars from a timeline suffering high inflation.
Mahr, Kurt, 2 * PROFESSOR MANSTEIN {Terra 61}
   S: A scientist from our world is transported to another to fight an alien
   invasion.
Mayer, Christian: see Amery, Carl
Mielke, Thomas R.P., GRAND ORIENTALE 3301 {Heyne 80}
   W: The Arabs continued during the Middle Ages to rise in power and
   technology, but become divided.
   S: People from our world encounter a fight between Arabic nations fighting
   for control of powerlines from hydroelectric power plants in Europe.
Tucholsky, Kurt, "Was ware, wenn...?", in GESAMMELTE WERKE (ed Gerold-
   Tucholsky & Raddatz) {Rowohlt 60-62}
   E: "What if...?"
   C: Series of political commentaries on use of AH for political satire.
van den Daele: see Bohme, Gernot, Wolfgang van den Daele & Wolfgang Krohn
Ziegler, Thomas, DIE STIMMEN DER NACHT {Ullstein 84}; exp of "Die stimmen
   der Nacht", in PHANTASTISCHE LITERATUR 83 (ed Gorden) {Bastei-Lubbe 83}
   E: VOICES OF THE NIGHT
   W: FDR didn't die in 1945, and it required use of the bomb on Berlin to
   force a German surrender.
   S: Refugees from the agrarian German state dominate S America and cause a
   nuclear war in 1984.

Reference Materials:

Demandt, Alexander, UNGESCHEHENE GESCHICHTE: EIN TRAKTAT UBER DIE FRAGE, WAS
   WARE GESCHEHEN, WENN--? {Vandenheock & Ruprecht 84, 86}
   ELE: HISTORY THAT NEVER HAPPENED: A TREATISE ON THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD
   HAVE HAPPENED IF--?
   C: Commentary on various possibilities, plus a synopsis of Toynbee's "If
   Alexander the Great had Lived On".


In Greek:

Kazantzakis, Nikos, TELEUTAIOS PEIRASMOS
   ELE: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
   W: Jesus fled his doom.
   S: Jesus dreams of the possible result.


In Italian:

Eriksson, James S., AMERICA VICCHINGA {Frasinelli 84}
   E: VIKING AMERICA
   S:
Menard, Pierre, 1938: LA DISTRUZIONE DI PARIGI {Frasinelli 84}
   E: 1938: THE DESTRUCTION OF PARIS
   W: Petain led a successful French coup in 1934.
   S:
Motta, Luigi, IL TONNEL SOTTOMARINO {xxx 27}
   E: THE UNDERSEA TUNNEL
   W: A transatlantic tunnel was begun in the 1920s.
   S:
Pignotti, Lorenzo, STORIA DELLA TOSCANA {Didot 1813-14; Marchini 1821}
   ELE: THE HISTORY OF TUSCANY
   W: Lorenzo de Medici did not die in 1492.
   S: He saves Italy from foreign invasion and Europe from the Protestants.


In Japanese:

Hanmura Ryo, SENGOKU JIEITAI {Hayakawa Shobo 71}
   E: THE WARRING STATES SELF DEFENSE FORCE
   S:
   C: Basis of the Kadokawa movie TIME SLIP.
Hirose Tadashi, EROSU {Hayakawa Shobu 71}
   E: EROS
   S:
Komatsu Sakyo, "Chi ni wa heiwa o", in SF Magajin xxx 61
   E: "Peace on Earth"
   W: The US invaded Japan at the end of WW2.
   S:
Mitsuse Ryu, SEITO TOTOKUFU {Hayakawa Shobu 75}
   E: HEADQUARTERS OF THE FAR EAST
   W: Japan lost the Sino-Japanese War.
   S:
Toyota Aritsune, MONGORU NO ZANKO {Kadokawa Shoten 67}
   E: AFTERGLOW OF THE MONGOLS
   W: The Mongols conquered Europe during the 13th century.
   S: Centuries later, a Caucasian falsely accused of murder steals a time
   machine in order to prevent the Mongol dominance.
Toyota Aritsune, TAIMU SURIPPU DAISENSO {Kadokawa Shoten 67}
   E: THE TIME SLIP WAR
   S:


In Latin:

Livy (Titus Livius), AB URBE CONDITA
   ELE: AB URBE CONDITA
   W: Alexander the Great lived longer and turned west to attack the Romans.
   S: A digression in book IX, 17-19 of this work suggests that the Romans
   would have beaten him.
   C: Almost certainly the oldest AH, written during the reign of Augustus (31
   BC-14 AD).


In Polish:

Lem, Stanislaw, title unkown, in DZIENNIKI GWIAZDOWE
   ELE: "The Eighteenth Voyage"
   S: Scientist sends a specially tailored particle of matter back to cause the
   Big Bang. Someone else tampers with the particle and odd changes occur.
Parnicki, Teodor, CZAS SIANIA I CZAS ZBIERANIA
   E: A TIME TO SOW AND A TIME TO REAP
   S:
Parnicki, Teodor, I U MOZNYCH DZIWNY: POWIESC Z WIEKU XVII {Instytut
   Wydawniczy Pax 79}
   E: STRANGE EVEN AMONG THE MIGHTY
   S:
Parnicki, Teodor, MUZA DALEKICH PODROZNY {xxx 70}
   E: THE MUSE OF DISTANT JOURNEYS
   W: The 4th Polish Kingdom was established following the 1793 uprising.
   S:
Parnicki, Teodor, SAM WYIDE BEZBRONNY: POWIESC HISTORYCZNO-FANTASTYCZYNA W
   TRSECH CZESCIACH {Pax 76}
   E: I SHALL LEAVE DEFENSELESS
   W: Julian the Apostate survived the Persian campaign and lived until 383.
   S:
Parnicki, Teodor, SREBRNE ORLY {xxx 43}
   E: THE SILVER EAGLES
   W: A Polish state was created in the 10th century.
   S:


In Portugese:

Gibson, William, + Eduardo Salo (tr), title unknown, in REFLEXOS DO FUTURO
   {Edicao/Livros do Brasil 88}; orig "The Gernsback Continuum"
   A photographer glimpses/visits a timeline where architecture, transport,
   etc, are all out of 30s pulp SF.
Sterling, Bruce, & Lewis Shiner, + Eduardo Salo (tr), title unknown, in
   REFLEXOS DO FUTURO {Edicao/Livros do Brasil 88}; orig "Mozart in
   Mirrorshades"
   Europe and America of 1775 are exploited by the future of another timeline
   hungry for oil, but resistance forms.



In Russian:

Aksyonov, Vassily, OSTROV KRYM {Ardis 81}
   ELE: THE ISLAND OF CRIMEA
   W: The Crimea was an island and White Russians successfully held it against
   the Bolsheviks and established a provisionary democratic gov't.
   S: In the early 1980s, a Crimean newspaper editor spearheads the Common Fate
   re-unification movement, playing into Soviet hands.


In Spanish:

Borges, Jorge Luis, "El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan"
   E: "The Garden of Forking Paths"
   S:
Caron, Carlos Maria, "La Victoria de Napoleon", in LOS ARGENTINOS EN LA LUNA
   (ed Goligorsky) {Flor 68}
   E: "Napoleon's Victory"
   S: Future astronauts use a super telescope to look into Earth's history, but
   they see Napoleon's conquest of England, a Chinese invasion of Europe, etc.
Lindo, Hugo, "Espejos paralelos"
   E: "Parallel Mirrors"
   S:


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