A review by fibrejunky
Alternate Presidents by Mike Resnick

4.0

As with most short story collections, this set is a little uneven, but for the most part, editor Mike Resnick has put together an excellent grouping. The premise behind each offering is "what would happen if the losing person was elected in X year?" What kind of president would Dewey have been? What would have been the course of the Civil War if Abraham Lincoln had never been president and instead, served as a general for the North? And what about the result of the first election I was able to vote in? What if Michael Dukakis had won instead of George Bush?

Mike Resnick has quite a few alternate timeline books to his credit. If this sort of literary conjecture is your cup of tea, do not miss out on this one.