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Alternate Terminology: Radio Killed the Telegraph Star
By Tom Anderson Few inventions have changed the world more than radio, and the multitudinous technologies it then gave birth to in turn,...
Mar 19, 20196 min read


When The World Held Its Breath: Fixed Bayonets
By Paul Hynes As Barbarossa began, Soviet troops at the front were often asleep. When the Germans struck their stocks of ammunition and...
Mar 16, 20197 min read


Review: Saving Hitler - An Alternate History Time Travel Adventure by Ian James
Review by Adam Selby-Martin In the alternate history genre, both in written form and in television and cinema, there have been a number...
Mar 15, 20195 min read


So You Want to Make a Map? Part V
By Alex Richards Having mastered the art of tracing, the next stage in creating a map is the addition of colour. While the actual...
Mar 13, 20194 min read


From Bourbons to Viacom - How Louis XIV Created Nickelodeon
By Tom Anderson For the next article in our series looking at chains of consequences in history (and the implications for alternate...
Mar 12, 20196 min read


First (or Second) Chapters: Reid in Braid
By Ryan Fleming Welcome to the latest in our series of first chapters showcasing our books. Today, we have the second chapter of Reid in...
Mar 10, 201912 min read


That was too close... Five asteroid impacts that never were
By Andy Cooke Five Asteroid Impact Disasters that never were... You’ve all seen the diagrams – the Solar System, and Earth’s orbit around...
Mar 9, 20197 min read


Other Ideologies: 4 - Eurocommunism
By David Hoggard It is almost incredible how much of our present-day politics can be traced back to ideas articulated in 1968. On the...
Mar 8, 20198 min read


Boom Boom Goes The Tank: The Time Periods of World War III
By Colin Salt World War III fiction in written form (and sometimes in wargames too) tends to cluster into two sizable segments. The first...
Mar 7, 20194 min read


Days of Future Past: Part 4
By Ryan Fleming ...We could be sure that robber barons and monopolistic trusts would lead to a growing Socialist Party in the United...
Mar 6, 20198 min read


Alternate Terminology: Computers, Ordinators, or Ypologists?
By Tom Anderson In this second article on alternate terminology, we will explore the origins of the terms used in Our TimeLine (OTL) for...
Mar 5, 20196 min read


Vignette Sunday: The Price of Success
By Andy Cooke On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...
Mar 3, 20197 min read


When The World Held Its Breath: Divide And Conquer
By Paul Hynes "We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crumbling down" was Adolf Hitler's reassurance...
Mar 2, 20196 min read


Review: Reich of Renegades by Mark Lynch
Review by Adam Selby Martin The Alternate History genre is littered with tropes, but two of the greatest are a triumphant Confederate...
Mar 1, 20195 min read


So You Want To Make A Map: Part IV
By Alex Richards At the end of the last article I introduced the subject of tracing. This is without doubt the most powerful technique a...
Feb 27, 20195 min read


Harry Potter and the Panic of 1837
By Tom Anderson J. K. Rowling’s now-ubiquitous “Harry Potter” series is one of the great British cultural success stories of the...
Feb 26, 20196 min read


First Chapters: The End And Afterwards
By Andy Cooke Welcome to the latest in our series of first chapters showcasing our books. Today, we have The End and Afterwards by Andy...
Feb 24, 201914 min read


Review: Prison of Peoples (Withering of Eagles Book I) by Tom Brook
By Adam Selby-Martin There are some scenarios in the Alternate History genre that have been done to death; indeed, more than done to...
Feb 23, 20198 min read


That was too close... Five Manned Spaceflight disasters that never were.
By Andy Cooke Spaceflight is hard. Manned spaceflight doubly so. To get to low Earth Orbit, you need to leave the atmosphere (this is...
Feb 23, 20197 min read


Other Ideologies 3: Weird Monarchisms
By David Hoggard In countries with existing monarchies, support for the status quo is usually fairly common – in the UK, even most Labour...
Feb 22, 20197 min read
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