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InterNet: Still Waiting for Doomsday is an alternate history book series written by German-Transylvanian authors Herta Muller and Richard Wagner that explores a world where the tragic event known as Doomsday in 1983 never happened. It is a best-seller with millions of copies sold worldwide and highly known across the world, especially in ANZC and ADC countries. It is well praised for the plausibility and well-thought through scenarios and detail throughout the book series though more vocal critics suggest that literature like this would be unhealthy for the reader.
Alternate History and Point of Divergence[]
The series starts off in Soviet Russia where the military officer, Stanislav Petrov, is stationed as a watch officer at the Serpukhov-15 bunker near Moscow, which checks for US missiles and a potential attack on the USSR. Instead, Colonel Gennady Akrimov is assigned to a bunker, which later becomes a detail which would lead to the aversion of Doomsday. Petrov ends up saving the world by correctly identifying a warning attack of US missiles as a false alarm which would end up being known as the 1983 Soviet Nuclear Alarm Incident. After this, various little details welcome the reader into this fictional world, including Kinnock being elected as leader of the British Labour Party and US invasion of Grenada.
The remainder of the timeline will be divided into their corresponding years.
1984[]
Konstantin Chernenko becomes leader of the Soviet Union in 1984. Indian president - Indira Ghandi - is assassinated. Famous basketball player in this timeline - LeBron James - is born and a miner strike would begin in the UK in this year.
1985[]
Beginning of the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration involving the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. An end to the military leadership in Brazil would also occur.
Books[]
Following books have been written by Wagner and Müller:
Collapse of Communism (1987) - A story about a post-Soviet democratic Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The book starts off with an introduction and a possible scene in where Doomsday is averted. It details the splitting of the USSR and a later expansion of NATO.
Bloodshed in the Balkans (1989) - A novel about a downfall and collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990's. It theorizes of a hypothetical divide between the Serbs and other ethnicities leading to the proclaimed independence of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia which leads to civil war. A notable moment is 'The Bosnian War' which highlights the potential disaster if two groups of people declared an ethnic war.
The Sleeping Giant (1993) - Focuses on America after the Cold War and the theorized 9/11 attacks in which, Arab extremists and fundamentalists previously funded by America, attack the US in several plane hijackings.
Operation Liberation, Operation Subjugation (1995) - The Americans send a military force in Afghanistan to fight Islamic extremists.
Red Dragon (1997) - A book about the People's Republic of China after the Cold War. Focuses on a scenario in which the Chinese experience major economic booms and rise up to become the second-largest economic power.
The Lost Decade (1999) - A relatively short book about the stagnation of the Japanese economy and theorized global economic recessions of 2008 and other periods within the 2000's and 2010's
The Bears Strikes Back (2001) - Goes in-depth over the policy of a new Russian president - Vladimir Putin - and his invasion of Ukraine in 2014 resulting in the divide between Russia and the West.
Fortress Europa (2003) - About the European Co-Operative Association, established in 1990, which later develops into the European Union.
The Double Eagle (2010) - Focuses on the rise of Russia in the 21st century and a "West vs East" rivalry.
Two People, Two Thousand Miles, No Travel (2015) - Talks about a network (called the Internet in this timeline) which stretches across the world and allows people to talk almost instantly, despite being thousands of miles away. This book especially received heavy applause from people for its detail and in-focus specifics on how the world could've gone without Doomsday.
Caucasian Syndrome (2016) - A conflict breaks out in the Caucasus region of Russia in 1994 between the government and Islamist separatists.
Glorious Caliphate (2017) - About a rise of Islamic militants all over the Middle East, including Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. These happen after Western intervention and subsequent civil wars.
Media (2018) - A more developed focus of 'the Internet' and its development into the 2010's and future 2020's.
Cult of Propaganda (2019) - Detailing the widespread falsification of events portrayed in the world and the effectiveness of Western propaganda.
Break in the Tides (2023) - Made to be an end to the series and released shortly after Wagner's death. About a global pandemic (called COVID-19) that spreads across the world and causes all nations to work together to find a cure.