Alternate Warriors Author:Mike Resnick (Editor) THIS TIME THEY'RE NOT TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK! — What if ... — ... Mahatma Gandhi had become the high priest of a cult of death? — ... Jane Austen joined forces with Davey Crockett to combat the armies of Napoleon? — ... Albert Einstein, secret agent and ladies' man, waged a covert war against Adolf Hitler and his Nazi horde... more »s?
... Jesus Christ gathered his disciples -- and handed out swords?
History is full of conflict, and every conflict brings a choice: to fight back or to follow the path of peace. But what if history's great peacemakers had chosen bloodier destinies?
From Mother Teresa to Susan B. Anthony, from Saint Francis of Assisi to Martin Luther King Jr., Alternate Warriors presents startling sagas of the unlikeliest fighters; and how they come to make war!
In the startling tradition of Alternate Presidents ... here are fantastic stories about the most surprising warriors of all. Such leading sf writers as Mercedes Lackey and Michael P. Kube-McDowell invent new destinies for great peacemakers from King to Christ, Gandhi to Einstein.
Includes stories by Mike Resnick, Esther Friesner, Lawrence Schimel, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Kathe Koja, Laura Resnick, Maureen F. McHugh, Nicholas A. DiChario, Jack Nimersheim (2 stories), Mercedes Lackey, Mel. White, Anthony R, Lewis, Barry N. Malzberg, David Gerrold, George Alec Effinger, Judith Tarr, Bill Fawcett, Jack C. Haldeman II (2 stories), Michelle Sagara, Lea Hernandez, Beth Meacham, Tappan King, Barbara Delaplace, Brian Thomsen, Brad Linaweaver, Josepha Sherman, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.« less