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Dec 22, 20241 min read
NEW RELEASES: A Very British Transition, Taken in Lycia, The Hated Chapters, and The Loyal Pursuit
Last minute ebooks for Christmas? After a quiet year from Sea Lion Press, we wanted to reassure you that we haven't gone anywhere. Four...
Jul 31, 20241 min read
Announcement: Out to Grass
Farewell. The time has come, the walrus said. I’m not exactly a walrus. A walrus is, after all, a mass of blubber, ungainly when moving...
Jul 29, 202418 min read
Paleofuture: Part 7. Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
By Tom Anderson. Blade Runner Spinner at the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles. This vehicle is in the SF section and not, alas, the...
Jul 26, 20245 min read
What if the British Empire had triumphed in North America?
By Steve Payne and Jeff Provine This article was originally posted on Today in Alternate History (twitter)and the original article can be...
Jul 24, 202414 min read
Paleofuture. Part 6: Emprise
By Tom Anderson. Picture courtesy Amazon. This entry in the Paleofuture article series, in which I look at classic works of science...
Jul 22, 20244 min read
Wait - Why does the Chief answer to the Servant in the Army?
By Andy Cooke Common Bigshot Stanley, from Pirates of Penzance. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. When writing any organisation with...
Jul 19, 202414 min read
Paleofuture Part 5. Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation
By Tom Anderson Artist impression of the planet Terminus. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In a previous article , I discussed...
Jul 17, 20246 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island. Jonathan Edelstein
Marooned guest: Jonathan Edelstein Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Today’s marooned guest on Lavender Island is one of the...
Jul 15, 20242 min read
Mark Ciccone Nominated for Sidewise Award
Sammy hopes to be on the red carpet to collect a winning prize. A short story published by Sealion Press has been nominated in the...
Jul 12, 202422 min read
Monthly Vignette: Dragon's Egg
By Charles Cartwright. What's the Vignette this month? Children see the world differently to adults. That’s what makes writing for...
Jul 10, 20246 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island: David Love
Marooned Guest: David Love We know the drill, don't we. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This time, our marooned guest on Lavender...
Jul 8, 20248 min read
Alternate Space. For All Mankind: Part 4
By Andy Cooke Buzz Aldrin removing the passive seismometer from a compartment in the Lunar Lander, OTL. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Jul 5, 202413 min read
Paleofuture. Part 4: Ringworld
Review by Tom Anderson. Ringworld computer image. Geometrically correct according to Niven's dimensions. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Jul 3, 20243 min read
Creative Typos
By David Flin Bottom right hand corner. I have a guilty pleasure. It doesn’t harm anyone, I hasten to add, but it’s not something I’m...
Jul 1, 20244 min read
Gerry Anderson's Five Star Five
By Matthew Kresal The man who started it all, Gerry Anderson. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Mention the name Gerry Anderson and...
Jun 17, 20243 min read
Book Nook: Casca
Reviewed by Colin Salt. Picture courtesy Amazon. A guy who was a one-hit wonder musician in the 1960s later starts a long semi-AH fiction...
Jun 14, 20246 min read
The D'Oliveira Affair of 1968
By David Flin Basil D'Oliveira, who, according to Wisden, was: "The most important sportsman who ever lived." Some hyperbole, but he had...
Jun 12, 202414 min read
Paleofuture. Part 3: Rendezvous with Rama
By Tom Anderson Arthur C Clarke, 1965. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. If you have not already read the first article in this series...
Jun 10, 20248 min read
Monthly Vignette: In The Cards.
By Paul Leone. This month, our vignette is from the 73rd vignette challenge, which had as its theme: “Occult.” This was from Paul Leone,...
Jun 8, 20245 min read
D-Day Vignette: Weather Report
By Paul Leone Into The Jaws of Death. Troops of Company A, 16th Infantry, 1st Division (US) disembarking onto the Fox Green section of...
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