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Jul 24, 20232 min read
Book Nook: Smithtown Unit - an Author Commentary
By Colin Salt I’m calling this an author commentary instead of an author review. I really don’t feel like authors should “review” their...

Jul 21, 20238 min read
Interview: Paul Hynes
Questions by Gary Oswald Hello and thanks so much for talking to us. First of all, how did you get into Alternate History and what...


Jul 20, 20236 min read
What's Opera, Doc? Part 5: Collaborations
By Alex Richards. It's got a Barber, so the opera must be... Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. There is a common misconception in...


Jul 19, 20235 min read
Sport in Alternate History. Part 2: Disasters
By Pete Usher Possibly the most famous of them all. The Munich air disaster. Picture courtesy Sky News. The first part of this article...


Jul 17, 202315 min read
Prequel Problems: My Brother's Keeper (Star Trek)
By Tom Anderson Not a red shirt in sight at the completion of construction of the Enterprise. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In part...


Jul 14, 20239 min read
Tales from Development Hell: Indiana Jones IV.
By Ryan Fleming Four out of five; a series long in the production. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. 2023 will see the release of a...


Jul 13, 20236 min read
60 Years of Dr Who. Part 3: The Third Doctor
By Matthew Kresal UNIT, cars. It must be the Third Doctor. Though it began airing in 1963, one could argue that Doctor Who hit its stride...


Jul 11, 20238 min read
Sport in Alternate History. Part 1
By Pete Usher. Gordon Banks making the iconic, impossible save from Pele in the 1970 World Cup. “If that had gone in, it would have been...

Jul 10, 20231 min read
NEW BOOKS: Look To The West volume VI, Atomic Secrets, and Hurry Up Living
Two newcomers and the latest instalment of SLP's most epic series join the stable John A. Hopkins is new to Sea Lion Press readers, but...

Jul 8, 20235 min read
Monthly Vignette: Read The Manual
Vignette time again. This is a vignette from some time ago; the theme of the 13th challenge was Luck. Sometimes, according to some, you...


Jul 7, 20232 min read
Book Nook: Ten Years Beyond Baker Street
Why, yes. My copy is getting a bit dog-eared. How can you tell? Ten Years Beyond Baker Street, by Cay Van Ash The premise of this story...


Jul 5, 202310 min read
Sega's Sonic
By Charles EP Murphy Sonic in Porto Alegre. He gets around. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Sonic the Hedgehog and Sega were cultural...


Jul 3, 202310 min read
Alternate History and Terry Pratchett. Part 7: Johnny and the Bomb
By Tom Anderson Johnny and the Bomb. Featuring a Time Trolley. From the BBC production. Picture courtesy BBC Press Office. In this final...


Jun 30, 202313 min read
Writing AH: Anachronisms Part 4. The 3000 year old car.
By Tom Anderson Older than that. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Imagine going to a stereotypical ‘Honest John’ sleazy used car...


Jun 29, 202310 min read
What's Opera, Doc? Part 4: Opera of Africa
By Alex Richards. A photograph of Guiseppe Verdi and not, as you might have first thought, of Alex Richards. So I'm told by Wikimedia...

Jun 28, 20232 min read
Ukraine Write-a-thon Report.
This took place on Sunday 25th June. First, the important part: it raised through Lena’s Just Giving account £185 and US$223 (which, on...


Jun 26, 20235 min read
Comic Corner: Master of Kung Fu
Review by David Flin There's a huge amount of symbolism going on here. Read the issue to find out what it's all about. No, not comic as...


Jun 23, 20232 min read
Ukraine Write-a-thon. Final call
Damage to Ukraine power infrastructure. Picture courtesy Ukrenergo. This is the final announcement for the Ukraine Write-a-thon on Sunday...


Jun 22, 20235 min read
Book Nook: Ten Years Later
Review By Peter Randall Kherson Regional Cardiological Centre after Russian shelling in the night on 23 March 2023. According to the...


Jun 21, 20238 min read
Alternate History and Terry Pratchett. Part 6: Strata
By Tom Anderson Strata by Terry Pratchett. In my article series looking at the use of Alternate History (AH) tropes and concepts by Terry...
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