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  1. What happens after "Gravity"?

    I saw the movie "Gravity" on cable last night. A number of questions arose about what happened, and what would follow. 1. Given the amount of space debris depicted in the movie and the destruction of various space platforms, what would happen to the various satellites (such as GPS and...

  2. Australian "Red Dawn"

    This weekend I saw an interesting movie that was set in and filmed in Australia called "Tomorrow the war begins" It revolved around a ground of teenagers who were caught up in an invasion of Australia by the "Coalition" It appears the "Coalition" was a group of Asian nations who invaded...

  3. "Vampire Earth"

    Has anybody read any of the books in the "Vampire Earth" series by E.E. Knight. They are interesting - and the "Vampire" is not quite what you would expect. Any other opinions on the series?

  4. DISTRICT 9

    I recently saw the movie District 9. It was a fascinating study of alien first contact and the results in contemporary society. (not quite the glories of ET) It also lay the ground work for a subsequent movie. How do you feel about the way the 'human' world treated the alien vistors? Could...

  5. Christmas in the Sea of Time

    During this holiday season I was thinking about the ISOT series. They went back prior to the birth of Christ. If memory serves, some of the more 'fanatical' religous leaders felt this 'event' was the devil's plot to prevent the birth of Christ. At any rate you have well established churchs...

  6. Suppose there were no cell phones?

    It is interesting how the existance of something like the cell phone has changed our life style. Suppose the technology for the cell phone had not been successful, how would we be doing things today (taking into consideration all the other developments)

  7. Hitler Wins

    I got a new book "Hitler Triumphant" edited by Peter Tsouras It is similar in format to his other 'what if' books but in this case Hitler/Germany wins. I haven't read it completely but the first few chapters have been interesting. I would recommend it to those who have the other Tsouras books

  8. China Attacks

    I recently got a book "China Attacks" by DeVore & Mosher (published by Infinity Publishing) It is a fascinating 'what if' set in 2000 and had China launching an invasion of Taiwan. Has any one else read this book?

  9. Tragerflotten help

    There is a series of books including 'Tragerflotten' by John Baxter of Australia. They deal with an alternate German navy that had more carriers & aircraft I have not been able to get any response from the e-mail address. Some of them may be out of print. Is there any source for the books in...

  10. The 4400 - Year 2

    Well, the 4400 is back. It was a fascinating concept - 'kidnapping' specific individuals, providing them with some unique ability, holding them in stasis, them returning them all at the same time at the same place. The goal of this operation was to prevent the downfall of mankind. The members...

  11. What is a Cylon?

    In the first Battlestar Galactical the Cylons were clearly robots - mechanical in nature. In the current BSG it isn't quite as clear. There are some Cylons that do look like the robot types of old. The human form Cylons mirror our physical characteristics in detail. The Cylon fighter that...

  12. World of the Living Dead

    No this isn't about reality TV! I hear that there is an new squel to the 'Dead' movie, "World of the Living Dead" in the works. It is supposed to be set 3 years after the first infection. I'm not up on all the details of how the virus stated. If something like this was to happen today, how...

  13. How did they come to be?

    The BattleTech - MechWarrior universe is interesting. The machines do look 'cool' One question, how would you move from convential tanks and other AFV's such as we have today to a time where BattleMechs were the primary weapon? They seem to have so many flaws and disadvantages the would not...

  14. End of Our Time

    Most of the world aspires to have the same standard of living as exists in the US and most of Europe - with all of the devices and technology we enjoy today. Will we reach a point at which the globe cannot support 100% of the population living like many of us do? Will the less fortunate...

  15. No More Oil

    There is a finite amount of oil. As POD the earth realizes that the stocks of oil will be depleted by 2010 at the latest. When this news finally sinks tremendous changes begin to occur in our world. If this was true, how would we cope with this situation? It would obviously make major...

  16. The "Forgotten" AH

    I watched a dvd of the "Forgotten" last weekend. Basically there was a situation in which 'aliens' were experimenting with human beings. There was a branch of the NSA in support of them along with other individuals. While not so much AH, it is an interesting concept - the someone is in the...

  17. The Amtrak Wars

    Has anybody every read the series by Tilly (I don't have his first name) written in the 1980's and originally published in Britian. It dealt with life in the US following a nuclear war. There were 2 basic cultures, 1 - a technological culture living underground and linked by 'trains' that...

  18. 1632 - Some Questions

    There are some interesting questions posed by the concept of a city going back in time. The novel addresses some of the issues of how knowing about the future will change current events. They focus on political and governmental figures. Little if anything is mentioned about other areas. What...

  19. A Different North African War

    Questions and what ifs about the North African campaigns in WW-2 have been discussed in the past. Here is another possible POD: Suppose the Axis (Germany & Italy) were able to exploit the oil in Lybia. This would have helped their overall warmaking capability. Turkey was a potential ally...

  20. The FoX

    The book about Patton reminded me of a series Fox at the Front & Fox on the Rhine that dealt with Rommel. POD is Hitler's death in mid 1944 There are some interesting twists, including Patton's race to Berlin, a new version of the Berlin airlift and nuclear weapons. Most of the characters did...
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