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1942 (novel)
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2009 novel by Robert Conroy
1945 or Red Inferno: 1945, also written by Robert Conroy
March 2025
1942 Robert Conroy - 1942.jpeg Robert Conroy United States English Alternative history Ballantine Books February 24, 2009 368 978-0-345-50607-8
1942 is an alternate history novel written by Robert Conroy. It was first published, as an e-
book, by Ballantine Books on February 24, 2009, with a hardcover edition following from the same publisher in March 2009.1149464http://www.uchronia.net/label/conr1942xx.html Uchronia: 1942 www.uchronia.net The novel won the 2009 Sidewise Award for Alternate History.http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html Sidewise Awards for Alternate History: Winners and Finalists Uchronia 20 May 2011
Plot
In the wake of an attack on Pearl Harbor that is far more successful than in reality, the novel depicts a fictitious Japanese invasion and conquest of Hawaii in late 1941 and the ensuing struggle by the United States to regain the islands in 1942.
See also
Novels
Days of Infamy series
References
Category:American alternate history novels
Category:Sidewise Award for Alternate History–winning works
Category:Novels about World War II alternate histories
Category:Novels by Robert Conroy
Category:Ballantine Books books
Category:Novels set in Hawaii
Category:2009 American novels
Category:2009 English-language novels
Category:Novels set in 1941
Category:Novels set in 1942
Category:Works of fiction named after a year