Alternate Space For All Mankind, Part 2.
By Andy Cooke. The famous Earthrise photo taken from Apollo 8. Picture courtesy NASA (public domain). Part 1 of this article series can...
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May 62 min
Monthly Vignette: Protecting the Served.
By Alex Wallace. Oh, good. Vignette time again. This month, our vignette is from the 72nd vignette challenge, which had as its theme:...
May 312 min
The Alternate Lavender Island: Guest Liam Connell
Marooned Guest: Liam Connell. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This time on Lavender Island, we turn our attention towards the...
May 18 min
Paleofuture. Part 1: Introduction
By Tom Anderson The Jetsons, from Hanna-Barbera. Set in 2062. Is this what things will look like in 40 years time? Picture courtesy TV...
Apr 293 min
What if NASA had used as much existing Apollo hardware as possible for the Space Shuttle?
By Allen W. McDonnell and Jeff Provine This article was originally posted on Today in Alternate History (twitter)and the original article...
Apr 2614 min
Sport and Politics - The Olympic Games. Part 8
By Pete Usher. The Royal Barge Gloriana moored at the London Olympic Park in 2012. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. And so we come to...
Apr 246 min
A Myth is Good for a While. Part 2: Stone Circles.
By the non-mythical Sergeant Frosty. Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Stone circles. There are...
Apr 2215 min
Fiction Friction: Pragmatic Adaptation, Part 2
By Tom Anderson Denethor, apparently, a character portrayed very differently in book and film. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Part 1...
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Apr 196 min
Book Nook: If It Had Happened Otherwise (Ed JC Squire, 1932[fn 1])
Review by Liam Connell A parlour game of the Might-Have-Beens. Picture courtesy Amazon. Alternate history, the historian EH Carr famously...
Apr 178 min
Alternate Space. For All Mankind.
By Andy Cooke For All Mankind, from Apple TV. Picture courtesy Apple. Introduction We are living in a Golden Age for alternate history in...
Apr 157 min
Judge Dread Rides Out
By Charles EP Murphy. Could this have been the Face of Judge Dread? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Back when 2000AD was being...
Apr 127 min
The Earth is Round?
By JA Belanger. What, round like a ball? Sacrobosco's De Sphaera Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. While it is not as common now, the...
Apr 1013 min
Book Nook: For Want of a Nail
Review by Ryan Fleming. There's no doubt. The title tells you what the book's about. Picture courtesy Amazon. Amongst the many...
Apr 89 min
Fiction Friction: Pragmatic Adaptation, Part 1.
By Tom Anderson. If Agatha Christie were alive today, she'd turn in her grave at what Branagh did to Orient Express. Picture courtesy...
Apr 65 min
Monthly Vignette: Comfort in Cartoons
By Alex Wallace. This month, our vignette is from the 36th vignette challenge, which had as its theme: “Anime.” This was the winning...
Apr 511 min
PODCast: 15 August 1399, Part 2
By Tim Venning Richard II exerting control during the Peasants' Revolt. According to James Doyle, anyway. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Apr 312 min
Sport and Politics: The Olympic Games. Part 7
By Pete Usher Promoting peace and harmony and with a complete absence of politics, right? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. People...
Apr 15 min
A Myth is Good For a While
By the Non-Mythical Sergeant Frosty. Siwash Rock, Vancouver. There is currently a debate on changing the name of the feature to...
Mar 293 min
The Grand Colonel Effect: One Author's Rules for Alternate Names
By Colin Salt. Brigadier General Norvell Coots, commander Regional Health Command Europe. Potentially a Grand Colonel. Picture courtesy...
Mar 2712 min
Writing Alternate History: The Unexpected Constant
By Tom Anderson. How often does this man appear in Timelines of the 1970s and 1980s? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Although I have...
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