1942 (novel)
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1942 is an alternate history novel written by Robert Conroy
. It focuses on Japan's
fictional invasion of the Hawaiian Islands
on December 8, 1941, and the ensuing fight back for the islands between Japan and the USA
in 1942.
In 2010, the novel won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History
.
Robert Conroy
-Writing career:*His first novel, 1901, deals with a German invasion of Long Island.*His second novel, 1862, is based on what might have happened had the United Kingdom entered into the American Civil War on the side of the Confederacy....
. It focuses on Japan's
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
fictional invasion of the Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
on December 8, 1941, and the ensuing fight back for the islands between Japan and the USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1942.
In 2010, the novel won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History
Sidewise Award for Alternate History
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.The awards take their name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with...
.