I noticed it deep in the science fiction shelves. The Chicago Tribune ends up with egg on its face even in an alternate universe. Its stories move chronologically from President Benjamin Franklin's invention of media spin-doctoring to President Michael Dukakis' untimely death at the hands of space aliens.
Alternate history is an odd little genre within science fiction.
And a difficult one to sell. Fantasy writing for history majors must be a narrow market indeed. But not one without its breakthrough titles. Well, three, if you count self-importance. This term comes from speculation that Western history might have been quite a bit different if Cleopatra had been less appealing to Marc Anthony.