2 days ago4 minDoctor Who: Mind of The HodiacBy Matthew Kresal The mid-1980s is not remembered fondly by fans of the BBC's Doctor Who. The series began a downward trajectory after...
Jun 103 minMidway, Alternate History, and the Matter of InterpretationBy Matthew Kresal Eighty years ago this week, one of the defining battles of the Second World War's Pacific theatre took place. The...
May 275 minReview: For All Mankind: Season TwoBy Matthew Kresal In 2019, Apple TV+ brought viewers an alternate history vision of a space race that never ended. Created by Ronald D....
May 134 minReview: For All Mankind: Season OneBy Matthew Kresal The 1960s Space Race, and what might have followed a landing on the Moon, has proven a rich seam for alternate history...
Apr 294 minReview: BBC Radio 4's What If?By Matthew Kresal When he was interviewed on this blog earlier this year, Steven H Silver noted that the alternate history explosion he'd...
Apr 156 minReview: Titanic: Adventure Out of TimeBy Matthew Kresal A hundred and ten years ago, a grand ocean liner of the Edwardian era was caught up in fate and circumstances on its...
Apr 14 minThe Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Martian MenaceBy Matthew Kresal “You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.” "No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century,...
Mar 214 minReview: Larry Bond's CauldronBy Matthew Kresal As I type these words at the start of March 2022, the war between Ukraine and Russia has entered its second week. As...
Mar 44 minReview: Do You Dream Of Terra-Two? By Temi OhBy Matthew Kresal Space flight and alternate history, they're curious bedfellows, one might say. Both are born of dreams: one of what's...
Feb 184 minReview: Parting Shot By James KunetkaBy Matthew Kresal A Nazi atomic bomb. It's the lynchpin of numerous alternate history works for an Axis victory in World War II, from the...
Feb 43 minReview: The Kennedy EnterpriseBy Matthew Kresal The 1960s: the decade politically dominated by the Kennedys in the United States and saw the debut of one of science...
Jan 215 minSpike's Alternate History: Nazi's Win WW2 (2011)By Matthew Kresal As Matt Mitrovich noted recently on Twitter, alternate history primary residence continues to be literature. Something...
Dec 24, 20214 minReview: The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette KowalBy Matthew Kresal The Moon, our nearest celestial neighbor, has long occupied a place in the human imagination. Before Apollo 11 landed...
Dec 19, 20211 minMatthew Kresal wins a Sidewise Award!A short stories published by Sea Lion Press has won the short-form category of the Sidewise Awards, the annual prize for alternate...
Dec 10, 20215 minDoctor Who Unbound: Masters Of WarBy Matthew Kresal What would Doctor Who be without the Daleks? If they hadn't featured in the second-ever serial, broadcast in the winter...
Nov 26, 20215 minI, Alastair & The Inferno UniverseBy Matthew Kresal Some of the first exposures to alternate history people often come across are when popular franchises tell such tales,...
Nov 12, 20215 minDoctor Who Unbound: A Storm Of AngelsBy Matthew Kresal The Elizabethan age of British history often is portrayed as something of a golden age. The Virgin Queen on the throne,...
Oct 29, 20216 minOn Her Majesty's Secret Service ‘67By Matthew Kresal In 1967, Sean Connery departed the role of James Bond following a souring relationship with the franchise's producers,...
Oct 15, 20214 minDoctor Who Unbound: ExileBy Matthew Kresal As I type these words at the tail end of summer 2021, Jodie Whittaker has played the Doctor in the BBC's Doctor Who...
Oct 1, 20213 minBatman: Gotham By Gaslight Film ReviewBy Matthew Kresal People come to alternate history in different ways. For some, it's through historical moments and scenarios, wondering...