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May 16, 20196 min read

Ryan's Reviews: Fatherland, by Robert Harris

By Ryan Fleming What are the best works of alternate history? Are they the ones with the richest, most detailed, and most plausible...

May 10, 20196 min read

Review: Every Second Counts (Armistice Book 1) by Jack Cole

Review by Adam Selby-Martin As with so many titles, it was the cover art to Every Second Counts that drew my attention in as I scrolled...

May 2, 20199 min read

Ryan's Reviews: The Alteration, by Kingsley Amis

By Ryan Fleming There are a number of ideas that are recurrent in alternate history. The two most recurring being the victories of the...

Apr 26, 20199 min read

Review: Tales From An Alternate Earth - Eight Broadcasts from Parallel Dimensions

Review by Adam Selby-Martin As I’ve been digging through the listings for the indie Alternate History genre on the Kindle, I’ve come to...

Apr 18, 20195 min read

Ryan's Reviews: The Iron Dream, by Norman Spinrad

By Ryan Fleming Within published alternate history fiction of decades gone by there seemed to be only a few genres that would make use of...

Apr 12, 20195 min read

Review: Obsidian and Steel - A Novella of Alternate History, by Mark Ciccone

Review by Adam Selby-Martin I’ve mentioned in previous reviews of his works that I consider author Mark Ciccone to be one of the leading...

Mar 29, 20197 min read

Review: The Battle Over Britain by Simon Brading

Review by Adam Selby-Martin Although there's a preponderance of military history-orientated alternate history on the market, relatively...

Mar 20, 20197 min read

The audience versus Operation Sea Lion: a new type of AH experience

By Tom Black A man in naval uniform checks your name on the list. You step into a pub crammed with leather armchairs. Vera Lynn emanates...

Mar 15, 20195 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 1, 20195 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...

Feb 23, 20198 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 15, 20197 min read

Review: Ashes of America, by Fergus McNeill

Review by Adam Selby-Martin [Please note that the author kindly provided a review copy pre-publication in return for a fair and honest...

Feb 1, 20195 min read

Review: Divided Worlds: An Alternate Space Race, by Mark Ciccone

Review by Adam Selby-Martin Divided Worlds: An Alternate Space Race, by Mark Ciccone One of the main reasons why I like Mark Ciccone as...

Oct 13, 20185 min read

Review: 1066 Turned Upside Down

By Adam Selby-Martin I’m always on the lookout for Alternate History titles that decide to buck the trend currently running through the...

Jun 4, 20186 min read

Review: Altered Europa

Edited by Martin T. Ingham Review by Adam Selby-Martin I’ve only ever written as a hobby, not as a career, and only then short pieces of...

May 6, 20183 min read

Review: The Red Effect

By Colin Salt The Red Effect, Harvey Black I’ve read too many Red Storm Rising-style World War III stories for my own good. Perhaps it’s...

Apr 3, 20186 min read

Review: Dillinger in Charleston

Adam Selby-Martin reviews Mark Ciccone's book Back in January of this year, I reviewed an indie Alternate History novel on my blog,...

Mar 26, 20188 min read

A review of the 2003 movie 'Timeline'

David Hoggard turns his acerbic wit on a film that doesn't quite understand time travel As a kid who was interested in history, raised by...

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