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Very engaging alt-history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)

The Man in the High Castle is an American dystopian alternate history television series created for streaming service Amazon Prime Video, depicting a parallel universe where the Axis powers of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan rule the world after their victory in World War II. It was created by Frank Spotnitz and produced by Amazon Studios, Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions (with Scott serving as executive producer), Headline Pictures, Electric Shepherd Productions, and Big Light Productions.[1][2] The series is based on Philip K. Dick's 1962 novel of the same name.[1]

And unsatisfying alt-history continuation: Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell's 1984

Very inconsistent -- First third was engaging, second third was boring, last third was ghastly -- simply badly written. Bizarre word choices, overly adjectival descriptions, as though another writer picked up the story. Ultimately much too long and quite unsatisfying.

https://www.amazon.com/Julia-Novel-Sandra-Newman/dp/0063265338

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