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Other Ideologies - Christian Reconstruction
By Max Lindh From the very beginning, Christianity has had a strong political potential to it. Indeed, had it not been for that the...
Jun 28, 201910 min read


Ryan's Reviews - How Few Remain, by Harry Turtledove
By Ryan Fleming The two most widely used ideas in alternate history are that of Nazi Germany emerging as a victor from the Second World...
Jun 27, 20198 min read


Alternate Terminologies: Leftpondian Lingo—The Transatlantic Divide
By Tom Anderson In Harry Turtledove and Richard Dreyfuss’ “The Two Georges” (recently reviewed here on Sea Lion Press by Ryan Fleming), a...
Jun 25, 20198 min read


Vignette Sunday: National Social Credit
by Tom Black On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...
Jun 23, 20197 min read


Review - Rommels Game: Victory at El Alamein & Towards the Caucasus, by Claude Stahl
By Adam Selby-Martin I've mentioned in previous reviews my disdain for some of the dominant scenarios in the Alternate History genre -...
Jun 21, 20196 min read


Alternate Technologies - A World Without CDs
By Ryan Fleming How might technology have developed in the latter decades of the twentieth century without the ubiquitous compact disc?...
Jun 20, 201911 min read


PoDs of the Thirty Years War: Part V
By Alex Richards One of the joys of studying history is the way in which you can find your expectations waylaid by a unexpected...
Jun 19, 20195 min read


I Yam What I Yam: The Impact of Popeye
By Tom Anderson Today, though many will still recognise the character of Popeye the Sailor Man, and perhaps recall features such as his...
Jun 18, 20198 min read


Ten New Titles: Phase 10 Release
By Sea Lion Press Sea Lion Press is proud to unveil ten new titles, available now in ebook format. Taking readers from outer space to...
Jun 17, 20191 min read


First Chapters: Decisive Darkness
By Paul Hynes Welcome to the latest in our series of first chapters showcasing our books. Today, we have Decisive Darkness, by Paul...
Jun 16, 201916 min read


Airships: Part 4 - In the air
By Andy Cooke Airships are great for adding colour to your alternate history, and for showcasing that it is different from OTL. But...
Jun 15, 201910 min read


Ryan's reviews: Back in the USSA by Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman
By Ryan Fleming In some respects, alternate history is an examination of irony. There are many examples of serious alternate history...
Jun 13, 20199 min read


Alternate Terminology: Preservatives, Mountaineers and Skepticals
By Tom Anderson As has been discussed in previous articles, the value of alternate terminology in an alternate history (AH) work is as an...
Jun 11, 20199 min read


Vignette Sunday: My Dentist Is A Nazi
By Deyland Somer On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...
Jun 9, 20198 min read


Review - Altered America (anthology; edited by Martin T. Ingham)
By Adam Selby-Martin Altered America Martin T. Ingham (ed.) Martinus Publishing Back in June 2018, I reviewed for the SLP blog the...
Jun 7, 201910 min read


Popular Culture without... Kolchak: The Night Stalker
By Ryan Fleming Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Sopranos, The X-Files. None of these may have existed were...
Jun 6, 20198 min read


PoDs of the Thirty Years War - Part IV
by Alex Richards Over the last three articles, we've looked a lot at the politics of the first phase of the Thirty Years War and the...
Jun 5, 20195 min read


Consequences in Alternate History: How Goethe Created the World’s Biggest Computer Manufacturer
By Tom Anderson In the 1930s, Frederick Emmons Terman was the Dean of Engineering at Stanford University in California. He was one of the...
Jun 4, 20196 min read


Airships: Part 3 - Civilian Airships
By Andy Cooke After my introduction to airships in alternate history and my article on the roles of military airships if history had...
Jun 1, 20196 min read


Other Ideologies: Pirate Politics
By David Hoggard The European elections of last week have been a goldmine for opinion-merchants, providing a rich seam of data that can –...
May 31, 20199 min read
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