The Alternate World of 1929

A world reborn through invention — where cooperation changed everything.

A retro-futuristic illustration of a golden train on a curved railway track beside a body of water with mountains and a bridge in the background, used as a book cover for 'The Alternate World of 1929' by Epic Foundry Press.

82 pages of full-color illustrated alternate history stories

  • Three major accomplishments: a global high-speed rail network, a manned mission to Mars, and water infrastructure

  • A richly imagined world blending historical fact with speculative innovation

  • Presented as a visual record and storytelling artifact from a reimagined 1929

  • Detailed illustrations paired with concise narrative captions

  • Designed in the style of vintage technical manuals and documentary art books

  • A tribute to early 20th-century engineering, utopian vision, and collaborative progress

The Alternate World of 1929 explores a world transformed by global cooperation and technological leaps following the First World War.

Presented as a visual record of three groundbreaking accomplishments—a global high-speed rail network, a solo Mars mission, and innovative water infrastructure—the book blends historical speculation with vivid, full-color illustrations.

Designed as a Crown Quarto deluxe edition (7.44 × 9.69", 82 pages), it offers an immersive, artful glimpse into an alternate history where humanity’s ambition reshaped the early 20th century.

Description | ISBN: 9781969944000

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Browse selected pages from the book’s illustrated interiors.

A woman and a young boy are looking at a large display of vintage posters, photographs, and newspaper clippings behind glass panels from an alternate world of 1929.
A cozy vintage bakery or cafe with glass jars filled with cookies and candies on a wooden counter, natural light coming through large windows overlooking a scenic countryside from an alternate world of 1929.
An astronaut kneeling on the Martian surface from an alternate world of 1929.
A water tower and snow-capped mountains in the background from an alternate world of 1929.