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"The Lincoln Train" is an alternate history short story published by Maureen F. McHugh, published in April 1995.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Adventure, Alternate history, Alternate Tyrants, American Civil War, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Indian Territory, John Wilkes Booth, Locus Award, Magazine, Maureen F. McHugh, Mississippi, Nebula Award, Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Oklahoma panhandle, Oklahoma Territory, Population transfer, Quakers, Science fiction, Short story, Slavery, St. Louis, Tennessee, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Trail of Tears, Underground Railroad, United States Secretary of State, Vegetative state, William H. Seward.

  2. 1990s science fiction short story stubs
  3. 1995 short stories
  4. Alternate history short stories
  5. American Civil War alternate histories

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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Adventure

An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky.

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Alternate history

Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply AH) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history.

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Alternate Tyrants

Alternate Tyrants is a 1997 Tor alternate history anthology, edited by Mike Resnick. The Lincoln Train and alternate Tyrants are American Civil War alternate histories and Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.

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Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction

Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005.

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Hugo Award for Best Short Story

The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The Lincoln Train and Hugo Award for Best Short Story are Hugo Award for Best Short Story winning works.

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Indian Territory

Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the United States government for the relocation of Native Americans who held original Indian title to their land as an independent nation-state.

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John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.

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Locus Award

The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California.

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Magazine

A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content.

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Maureen F. McHugh

Maureen F. McHugh (born February 13, 1959) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Nebula Award

The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States.

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Nebula Award for Best Short Story

The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories.

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Oklahoma panhandle

The Oklahoma Panhandle (formerly called No Man's Land, the Public Land Strip, the Neutral Strip, or Cimarron Territory) is a salient in the extreme northwestern region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma Territory

The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2, 1890, until November 16, 1907, when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as the state of Oklahoma.

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Population transfer

Population transfer or resettlement is a type of mass migration that is often imposed by a state policy or international authority.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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St. Louis

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Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (usually referred to as F&SF) is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press.

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Trail of Tears

The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850, and the additional thousands of Native Americans within that were ethnically cleansed by the United States government.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century.

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United States Secretary of State

The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.

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Vegetative state

A vegetative state (VS) or post-coma unresponsiveness (PCU) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness.

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William H. Seward

William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.

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See also

1990s science fiction short story stubs

1995 short stories

Alternate history short stories

American Civil War alternate histories

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lincoln_Train