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Why I Wrote... I Won't Go To Mars (or Dance in Strangers' Cars)
By Monroe S. Templeton Alternate history is a genre defined by a sense of regret. It is the genre where we look at the past, at decisions...
Feb 1111 min read

Caribbean Cold War: Stoking a Race War
By Gary Oswald Flag of Guyana As discussed in a previous article , the British Empire in 1807 abolished the slave trade and stopped...
Feb 721 min read


Review - Dominion
Review by Paul Hynes The original hardcover, image courtesy Amazon There is a famous passage within Harlan Ellison’s much loved short...
Feb 410 min read
A complete guide to the Sea Lion Press library
Sea Lion Press has published a lot of books, and we know it can be intimidating for a new reader to know exactly what we offer. This...
Jan 3117 min read

The Blog is Back
By Charles EP Murphy The League of Nations in 2000AD's Scarlet Traces, prog 2023, by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli The Sea Lion Press blog...
Jan 301 min read

NEW RELEASES: A Very British Transition, Taken in Lycia, The Hated Chapters, and The Loyal Pursuit
Last minute ebooks for Christmas? After a quiet year from Sea Lion Press, we wanted to reassure you that we haven't gone anywhere. Four...
Dec 22, 20241 min read


Announcement: Out to Grass
Farewell. The time has come, the walrus said. I’m not exactly a walrus. A walrus is, after all, a mass of blubber, ungainly when moving...
Jul 31, 20241 min read


Paleofuture: Part 7. Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
By Tom Anderson. Blade Runner Spinner at the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles. This vehicle is in the SF section and not, alas, the...
Jul 29, 202418 min read


What if the British Empire had triumphed in North America?
By Steve Payne and Jeff Provine This article was originally posted on Today in Alternate History (twitter)and the original article can be...
Jul 26, 20245 min read


Paleofuture. Part 6: Emprise
By Tom Anderson. Picture courtesy Amazon. This entry in the Paleofuture article series, in which I look at classic works of science...
Jul 24, 202414 min read


Wait - Why does the Chief answer to the Servant in the Army?
By Andy Cooke Common Bigshot Stanley, from Pirates of Penzance. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. When writing any organisation with...
Jul 22, 20244 min read


Paleofuture Part 5. Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation
By Tom Anderson Artist impression of the planet Terminus. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Â Â In a previous article , I discussed...
Jul 19, 202414 min read


The Alternate Lavender Island. Jonathan Edelstein
Marooned guest: Jonathan Edelstein Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Today’s marooned guest on Lavender Island is one of the...
Jul 17, 20246 min read

Mark Ciccone Nominated for Sidewise Award
Sammy hopes to be on the red carpet to collect a winning prize. A short story published by Sealion Press has been nominated in the...
Jul 15, 20242 min read

Monthly Vignette: Dragon's Egg
By Charles Cartwright. What's the Vignette this month? Children see the world differently to adults. That’s what makes writing for...
Jul 12, 202422 min read


The Alternate Lavender Island: David Love
Marooned Guest: David Love We know the drill, don't we. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This time, our marooned guest on Lavender...
Jul 10, 20246 min read


Alternate Space. For All Mankind: Part 4
By Andy Cooke Buzz Aldrin removing the passive seismometer from a compartment in the Lunar Lander, OTL. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Jul 8, 20248 min read


Paleofuture. Part 4: Ringworld
Review by Tom Anderson. Ringworld computer image. Geometrically correct according to Niven's dimensions. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Jul 5, 202413 min read


Creative Typos
By David Flin Bottom right hand corner. I have a guilty pleasure. It doesn’t harm anyone, I hasten to add, but it’s not something I’m...
Jul 3, 20243 min read


Gerry Anderson's Five Star Five
By Matthew Kresal The man who started it all, Gerry Anderson. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Mention the name Gerry Anderson and...
Jul 1, 20244 min read
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