![]() ![]() ![]() Dick's "The Man In The High Castle," where Germany and Japan win the war and divvy up the United States between them. Think, for instance, of Philip Roth's novel "The Plot Against America," in which Charles Lindbergh wins the 1940 election against Franklin Roosevelt and promptly signs a peace treaty with Germany and Japan.Īn even grimmer variant on World War II history is Philip K. What I mean by that is - most novels that imagine the different ways the past could have played out imagine things going really, really wrong. MAUREEN CORRIGAN, BYLINE: One of the comforts of reading a work of so-called alternate or speculative history is being able to stop reading it. Our book critic, Maureen Corrigan, says that however you classify "Underground Airlines," it's indisputably a winner. Winters's latest novel, "Underground Airlines," mashes together elements of the thriller with speculative history. Dick Award for distinguished science fiction. And his 2013 book, "Countdown City," won the Philip K. ![]() His 2012 book, "The Last Policeman," won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. ![]() Winters is a writer whose work has spanned different genres. ![]()
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