As I’ve mentioned before, I’m fascinated with the multiverse theory and will read up on any quantum physics essay about it, and that’s part of the reason I loved the show Sliders until it became the Kro-Mag show.
The other day at a yard sale I found a book that takes place in the 1950s or 60s in an America where the British stamped out the colonial rebellion which is a scenario I’ve wondered about. I have some Harry Turtledove who writes about the “South won” scenarios as well as an alien invasion during WW2 forcing the powers to unite.
Anyone have any other authors they read in this genre?
That's why I wrote it, because it has that creepy vibe of "shit this could actually happen" running under it.
The scariest sci-fi futures are the ones you can realistically see happening. I think that is a huge reason why the Matrix and Terminator films were so successful.