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Alternate History and Stargate: Part 8
By Tom Anderson. "You blow up one sun, and everyone expects you to walk on water." Sam Carter. Picture courtesy Stargate Wiki. Last time...
Dec 11, 202311 min read


Not-Trek Worldbuilding. Part 1: Gene Roddenburry's Andromeda
By Tom Anderson The crew of the Enterprise at the launch of the other Enterprise. The OTL one. Gene Roddenberry appropriately takes...
Dec 4, 202314 min read


Alternate History and Stargate. Part 7
By Tom Anderson Time to look butch. Time to look at Stargate. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. When we last left this rundown of...
Oct 20, 20237 min read


The Alternate Lavender Island
Marooned guest: Tom Anderson Lavendered, with just a few possessions. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Have you ever wondered what it...
Oct 16, 20239 min read


Alternate History and Stargate. Part 6
By Tom Anderson From left: Debbie Reynolds (actress), Richard Nixon (President), Carrie Fisher (actress), Pat Nixon (First Lady). None of...
Oct 9, 20238 min read


Writing AH. Anachronisms Part 6: War! Huh! What is it named for?
By Tom Anderson French military cemetery in Verdun; The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Ask...
Oct 6, 20239 min read


Alternate History and Stargate. Part 5
By Tom Anderson Asgard Transporter, Second Life. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. When we last left this series , I had approached the...
Sep 14, 202310 min read


Alternate History and Stargate. Part 4
By Tom Anderson What this team needs is a fashion designer. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Last time on this series , we had reached...
Aug 28, 202310 min read


Writing AH. Anachronisms Part 5: Fly Me to the Moon
By Tom Anderson A long way to go. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. My fellow SLP writer Andy Cooke has been known to opine his...
Aug 16, 202312 min read


Alternate History and Stargate. Part 2
By Tom Anderson Interest in reviving the franchise? According to Digital Spy, maybe. Picture courtesy Digital Spy. In my previous...
Aug 10, 20237 min read


Alternate History and Stargate. Part 1.
By Tom Anderson. The eponymous Stargate, from the 1994 film. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. The Stargate franchise debuted in 1994...
Jul 31, 202317 min read


Prequel Problems: My Brother's Keeper (Star Trek)
By Tom Anderson Not a red shirt in sight at the completion of construction of the Enterprise. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In part...
Jul 17, 202315 min read


Alternate History and Terry Pratchett. Part 6: Strata
By Tom Anderson Strata by Terry Pratchett. In my article series looking at the use of Alternate History (AH) tropes and concepts by Terry...
Jun 21, 20238 min read


Alternate History and Terry Pratchett. Part 5: Jingo
By Tom Anderson Of course there was a newspaper called Jingo. Curiously, American rather than British. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
May 31, 20239 min read


Alternate History and Terry Pratchett. Part 4: Lords and Ladies.
By Tom Anderson. They are not our friends. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In the next part of my look at Terry Pratchett’s use of...
May 24, 202315 min read


Writing AH: Anachronisms, Part 2.
By Tom Anderson. Good! Great! Awesome! Outstanding! Amazing! Awful, amusing, and artificial. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In a...
May 13, 20236 min read


Alternate History and Terry Pratchett, Part 3: Small Gods
By Tom Anderson The Turtle Moves; An Ouroboros encircling disc carried by four elephants atop a great turtle. Wood engraving after an...
May 10, 202310 min read


Alternate History and Terry Pratchett: Mort
By Thomas Anderson. A fan favourite. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In my previous article, we looked at how Terry Pratchett uses...
Apr 26, 202310 min read


Writing AH: Anachronisms
By Tom Anderson "My God, Sir, I've lost my leg." "My God, Sir, if you had a GPS tracker device fitted to it, you'd never lose it."...
Apr 10, 202311 min read


Alternate History in Star Trek Part 27: TNG Spinoffs of the Movie Era
By Tom Anderson Last time we looked at Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) non-canon spinoffs, such as comics and novels, which were...
Mar 28, 202321 min read
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