"Alternative History" . Fantastic assumptions on the topic "What would happen if...". If Alexander the Great had not died at such an early age...If Napoleon had not lost the Battle of Waterloo...If Hitler had won the Second World War...Long time ago one of the favorite genres of world science fiction! The genre in which Harry Harrison and Robert Silverberg, Paul Anderson and Philip K. created Dick, Michael Moorcock and Sprague de Camp...All the great masters of "alternative history" are not listed. But the works included in this collection are rightfully recognized as classics of the genre!