I liked Harry Turtledove’s original alternative universe books. The first couple of his books where poorly written, but they did have some interesting moments. But after a while the books just started to repeat themselves and they started to all seem the same.
What are some new alternative universe or sci fi books that are really good ?
Magonia is a good one about a girl, caught in two races and two worlds and at times you think who is real or what is and enjoyable to read and will imagine yourself as a character and good to read at night. Prudence is about a women, who is given a airship or dirigeble and travels to India from USA to look for the perfect tea but get’s involved with ancient history and kidnapping and robbers a nice book but may appeal to women a bit more. Another book is Long live the queen , The immortal empire about a universe with werewolfs, humans, vampires and other creatures and want the goblins as whoever has them wins and a women who does not want to be queen but accepts and fights for justice and will be absorbed with what you read a exciting book as well.
One of my favorite books ever is 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. The setting/major plot device involves an alternate timeline. It leans more fantasy than sci-fi, but I still found it so compelling a story, I read it almost straight through over three days and nights. A female assassin, a religious cult, a story-within-a-story, animal allegories; I loved it all.
‘The Man Who Folded Himself’ by David Gerrold. Its a really interesting read, and I personally suggest it. Its about a man who discovers a ‘time belt’, which allows him to move through time. On his journey, he meets a lot of different versions of himself. The book is awesome if you love reading about paradoxes.
I can’t help it, and I know it’s probably all too familiar to everyone, but my favorite is still, “The Time Machine,” by H.G.Wells. It’s a disturbing book, if you’re a sensitive person, but I love it.
No shame in that! It’s a classic for a reason, I still love it as well. Spending time on this forum makes me want to reread it, in fact.
I’m enjoying Diana Gabaldon’s Outsider series (I’m only halfway through reading it). There are several books, and they focus on a war nurse’s adventures when she travels back to the 18th century while in Scotland. The stories follow two timelines, continuing to touch base with the ‘modern’ (just after WW2) storyline which follows her husband who is searching for her. It’s an historical adventure/romance/sci-fi blend that, although out of my usual genre, is a riveting read full of interesting characters and historic facts. It’s being made into a TV show, but I recommend reading the books first.
11/22/63 by Stephen King is absolutely fantastic and is both my favorite time travel AND Stephen King book to date:
Amazon.com: 11/22/63: A Novel (9781451627299): Stephen King: Books
Do you want fiction or non fiction?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvB2cgy7loA
Listen to this and learn another of life’s lessons if you dare!
The best time travel series I’ve seen is The Chronicles of the Harekaiian by Shanna Lauffey. The first book is called Time Shifters. Apart from being a fast moving story, what’s especially good about this one is the author uses plausible science, explaining Einstein’s special relativity in an easily followed way and in a later book going into more detail about accepted theories, referencing Kip Thorne, Stephen Hawking and Paul Davies. Yet it all fits smoothly within the context of the stories.