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Oct 1, 20196 min read

Chains of Consequences: How William Jennings Bryan Caused A Jeb Bush Gaffe

By Tom Anderson William Jennings Bryan was one of the most influential figures in American political history, despite failing to win the...

Sep 24, 20199 min read

Alternate Terminology – Naval Gazing Part 4: The Wooden World

By Tom Anderson Ask a writer—certainly an Anglophone one—which era they immediately picture when they hear the words ‘naval fiction, and...

Sep 17, 20197 min read

Consequences – Forgotten Influences: Edgar Wallace

By Tom Anderson In my Consequences in Alternate History articles, I’ve described chains of happenstance occurrences that have led from a...

Sep 10, 20199 min read

Alternate Terminology: Naval Gazing Part 3 - Flags at Sea

By Tom Anderson In previous articles in this series, we looked at naval history through the topics of the Mediterranean galley, and then...

Sep 3, 201910 min read

The Clark Kent Problem: How Changing Assumptions Create Plot Holes In Long-Running Fiction

By Tom Anderson An Alternate History Consequences article It is no great revelation to reflect that elements of works of fiction may not...

Aug 20, 20199 min read

Alternate Terminology: Naval Gazing, Part 2

By Tom Anderson In the first part of this multi-part article, I looked at the millennia-long history of the Mediterranean galley as a...

Aug 13, 20196 min read

German Soldiers, Jamaican Rebels, Eggnog Cocktails, and the Bible: The Origins of “Tom and Jerry”

By Tom Anderson CAT: Wait, I know this game. It's called cat and mouse, and there's only one way to win; don't be the mouse! LISTER: What...

Aug 6, 20197 min read

Alternate Terminology: Naval Gazing, Part 1

By Tom Anderson The men and women who go to sea have always captured the human imagination. Some nations, often island nations such as...

Jul 30, 20196 min read

Chains of Consequences: How the Principle of Habeas Corpus comes from a Seventeenth Century Fat Joke

By Tom Anderson Habeas Corpus, Latin for ‘you have to have the body’, is one of the most celebrated fundamental principles of liberty in...

Jul 23, 20196 min read

Alternate Terminology: Rosettes, Cockades and Revolutionary Flags

By Tom Anderson The origins of political party colours were briefly mentioned in my previous article on the origins of ideological names....

Jul 16, 20196 min read

Consequences in Alternate History: Whither the Weather

By Tom Anderson Masters of the near miss, (“‘Constant sunshine’? Three-foot drifts!”) Masters of the half-truth, (“Anybody ‘ere seen my...

Jul 9, 20198 min read

Alternate Terminology: Flying High – Air Force Roundels

By Tom Anderson One of the most recognisable symbols of modern militaries is the insignia displayed on aircraft. Just in the UK for...

Jul 2, 20198 min read

Consequences in Alternate History: From Coal Tar to Warp Drive – The Cochrane Effect

By Tom Anderson Picture this: the President of the United States has had a long, trying set of negotiations with the President of Chile....

Jun 25, 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 18, 20198 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 11, 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 4, 20196 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...

May 28, 20196 min read

Alternate Terminology: Rank and File

By Tom Anderson Regardless of one’s nation, the military are generally a good source of unique and often jargonistic terminology...

May 26, 201910 min read

Vignette Sunday: The Remembrance To End All Remembrances

By Tom Anderson On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...

May 21, 20198 min read

Lord of the Reams: How a Paper Shortage Created Modern Fantasy

By Tom Anderson Looking back from the second decade of the twenty-first century, we can see that the fantasy genre has gone from strength...

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