What if....

I enjoy contemplating what if scenarios... i guess its part of the upbringing i had when i was a scout.. cos the motto was "Be Prepared", thus sometimes i do think of "what if" scenarios when making a decision... to this end, I have come to enjoyed books by Harry Turtledove. He writes a series of books that dwell with "What if".

What if the South won the Civil War in America? (FYI, the South lost the Civil war and thus we have USA today. Else America will look very very different now)

What if the South had access to AK47 (courtesy of time travelling Nazis)

What if Aliens visited Earth during WW2?

What if Japan followed up their attack on Pearl harbour with a land invasion?



Of course its not just about toying with these scenarios, the way he writes the stories and fleshes out the characters is quite amazing. So now I am eagerly waiting for the books to finish up on 3 series i am following

a) It is WW2 and the North and South america are fighting each other (as well as rest of the world). They are now both racing to build the atomic bomb. Who will finish first?
b) Japan has been pushed off Hawaii and now faces the full might of america. Will it survive?
c) It is the future and there is Crosstime Traffic. Where travellers from our world travel to alternate realities to do trade for natural resources.

Pretty amazing especially if they write beautifully and are able to paint a story that is plausible. :)

I often wonder if i can write a story that is captivating enough since i enjoyed writing composition a lot during my sec sch days (i often get very high scores :p )