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.

Vanjske veze

Alternativna historija na Wikimedijinoj ostavi
Interaktivni sajtovi
  • Alternatehistory.com An active alternate history discussion board on the Internet.
  • Althistory Wikia Alternate History Wikia, maintained by Wikia
  • Counter-Factual.Net Arhivirano 2015-05-17 na Wayback Machine-u A website pertaining to the subject of alternate history and writing, with a regularly released zine and an active discussion forum.
  • Other Timelines Arhivirano 2019-07-15 na Wayback Machine-u An active alternate history discussion board on the internet.
  • Groups-Beta.google.com Arhivirano 2019-08-22 na Wayback Machine-u, Soc.history.what-if The usenet newsgroup on alternate history with over a decade of archives.
Neinteraktivni 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" Arhivirano 2012-09-05 na WebCite-u, article by Christopher M. Cevasco.
  • Histalt.com Arhivirano 2019-05-02 na Wayback Machine-u is author Richard J. (Rick) Sutcliffe's collection of Alternate History links.
  • "How to Change the World" Arhivirano 2008-02-15 na Wayback Machine-u, essay by Paul Kincaid.
  • John Reilly's Alternative History Arhivirano 2008-10-15 na Wayback Machine-u
  • 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.