Eric G. Swedin is an American author of science fiction and academic nonfiction works. He is a professor of history at Weber State University in Utah. Swedin is the 2010 long form winner of the

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for his alternate history novel ''When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis''. He was a consultant for the Emmy Award-winning documentary, ''Clouds Over Cuba'', which was created for the

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Biography

Swedin is a professor of history at Weber State University in Utah. He has written several non-fiction textbooks and academic works, as well as five novels, and his books and papers have been cited in over 70 academic works. He won the

for his 2010 alternate history novel, ''When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis''. He was a consultant on two documentaries about the

Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) ( es, Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis () in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United S ...

: '' Clouds Over Cuba'', which won an Emmy Award, and ''What If...? Armageddon 1962'', a documentary which aired on the Military Channel in 2014.

Bibliography

Nonfiction

*''Healing Souls: Psychotherapy in the Latter-day Saint Community'' (2003,

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, ) *''Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia'' (2005, part of the ''History of Science'' series, ABC-CLIO, ) *''Science Fiction and Computing: Essays on Interlinked Domains'' (2011,

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, , as editor with David L. Ferro) *''Survive the Bomb: The Radioactive Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Survival'' (2011, Zenith Press, , as editor) Essays *"Murray Leinster and 'A Logic Named Joe'" (2011, with David L. Ferro, in ''Science Fiction and Computing: Essays on Interlinked Domains'',

, ) *"Rebooting 'A Logic Named Joe': Exploring the Multiple Influences of a Strangely Predictive Mid-1940s Short Story" (2011, with David L. Ferro, in ''Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy'', McFarland & Company, )

Fiction

*''The Killing of Greybird'' (2004, CFI, ) *''When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis'' (2010, Potomac Books, ) *''Anasazi Exile'' (2011, Borgo Press/Wildside Press, ) *''Fragments of Me'' (2012, Borgo Press/Wildside Press, ) *''Seeking Valhalla'' (2013, Borgo Press/Wildside Press, )

Documentaries

Swedin consulted on ''Clouds Over Cuba'' and consulted on and appeared in ''What If...? Armageddon 1962''. *''Clouds Over Cuba'' (2012, created by and aired at

) Note: Site is entirely in Flash. Click on the "Credits" link in the bottom right to view the credits. This program won an Emmy Award for "New Approaches: Documentaries". * ''What If...? Armageddon 1962'' (2014, Military Channel)

References

External links

Alternatives: Histories of the Past and Future
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