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  1. Small Steps, Giant Leaps: An Alternate History of the Space Age

    A fond farewell to colonel Frank Borman (1928-2023).

  2. Jimmy Two: America in Carter's Second Term

    Excellent update. I too wonder about Basil Hume's papal name. Adrian VII?

  3. Jimmy Two: America in Carter's Second Term

    Just one thing: I thinks there are a couple of typos in this paragraph :

  4. Jimmy Two: America in Carter's Second Term

    Been waiting for this. As usual wonderfully written and researched. Thanks to you, Vidal, I'm currently reading Kai Bird's book and enjoying it immensely. So cheers mate!

  5. Jimmy Two: America in Carter's Second Term

    Thanks to you, Vidal, for the excellent work. I'm looking forward to reading the next update on the 9th.

  6. Jimmy Two: America in Carter's Second Term

    Thi is a truly fantastic timeline. Well researched and beautifully written.

  7. Candidate dead after the convention?

    Also The People's Choice, by Jeff Greenfield.

  8. What if de Gaulle hadn't resigned as President of France in 1969?

    Edgar Faure is a possibility. Michel Debré also—former PM and impeccable Gaullist credentials. Might be too soon for Giscard—contrary to OTL, he would have been out of a government job, and tainted by the fact that he didn't support the 1969 referendum. You are right about Chirac, and yet...

  9. What if de Gaulle hadn't resigned as President of France in 1969?

    De Gaulle's second term was supposed to end in 1972. If he had stayed at the Élysée Palace, would he still have died in November 1970 or lived until the end of his term? In December 1972, the normal time for the presidential election, Pompidou would be already showing signs of the illness from...

  10. Ocean of Storms: A Timeline of A Scientific America

    I agree: in the situation as described by BowOfOrion, Reagan would have had no choice but to resign. And yes, Section 4 of the 25th is very tricky. I refer you to the excellent book by Brian C. Kalt, Unable (Oxford University Press, 2019).

  11. Ocean of Storms: A Timeline of A Scientific America

    Sorry, Knightmare, but Section 4 of the 25th has never been invoked, under Nixon or any other President. When a President temporarily transfers power to the VP when he's about to go under anesthesia, that's Section 3.

  12. Ocean of Storms: A Timeline of A Scientific America

    First of all, this is one of the very best timelines I've read—keep up the good work. I have a question regarding the Reagan/Bush succession: if I understood correctly, Reagan had to step down according to section 4 of the 25th Amendment, that is, the vice-president and the majority of the...

  13. Giscard re-elected president of France in 1981

    The problem is, if you take Chirac out of the equation before the 1974 présidential election, Giscard might not win. If you take him out later (say he dies in a car accident in November 1978 — in OTL he was seriously injured), it might be too late. The best option might be for Chirac to be...

  14. What if de Gaulle were assassinated in 1962?

    For those of you who read French: at the end of his excellent book about the Petit-Clamart affair (Un Attentat, éditions du Seuil, 2018), Jean-Noël Jeanneney imagines what whould have happened had the attempt on De Gaulle's life succeeded.

  15. What if de Gaulle were assassinated in 1962?

    Former Prime minister: Debré was replaced by Pompidou in April 1962. Had De Gaulle died in August 1962, the President of the Senate, Gaston Monnerville, would have been interim President until the election for De Gaulle's successor, which would habe been elected not by popular ballot, but by an...

  16. Alternate Presidents: Mike Resnick

    Check this address: MOD EDIT

  17. Ocean of Storms: A Timeline of A Scientific America

    BowOfOrion, your scruples do you honor. Thanks for the additional information regarding your sources, and keep up the excellent work. It's a privilege to read you.

  18. Ocean of Storms: A Timeline of A Scientific America

    So glad it's back! Excellent stuff, thank you.

  19. WI: President-Elect and VP-Elect both die before inauguration (pre 1947) - what happens?

    The book by Garfield (easily found in epub version) is set post-1947, and written in the early Seventies. It deals with the death (following terror attacks) of the President-Elect, the Vice President-Elect and the Speaker of the House. The President pro tem is old and an arch-conservative, that...

  20. AH Fixations of Yours

    A French AH fixation of mine: what happens if De Gaulle is killed at Petit Clamart in August 1962? I'm particularly interested in the consequences in terms of our political system. Hiow would the Fifth Republic have evolved? What would have been the political parties and political alliances in...
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