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  1. Is this where Steampunk and clockpunk began?

    Although almost forgotten now, A Rubovian Legend was a BBC puppet show for the very young. Like a lot of such shows, it was repeated for decades. The peculiar technology of Rubovia might just have percolated away in the subconscious of various authors, as explained in this Wiki bit...

  2. A Cure for Cancer

    I am currently taking part in the trials of the new stage of treatment by Nivolumab, which has a damn good chance of curing or at least controlling the renal cancer I was diagnosed with three months ago. In the inevitable long periods of waiting around I started to wonder: 1) Suppose an...

  3. Suppose Cassius Clay converted to Rastafarianism

    OK, Marcus Garvey's ideas would have had to be more popular in the USA than those of Moorish Science (which led to the Nation of Islam) suggesting a POD in the 1920s, but what would a Rastaman Clay - who almost certainly would have refused induction into the Army in this TL as well - have been...

  4. Suppose the British Army had listened to Fuller

    J F C Fuller's ideas on tank warfare were rejected by the British Army but were, it is often stated, the basis of the German tactic of Blitzkrieg. Suppose his ideas were accepted. Although Fuller is often portrayed as a Fascist he was a complex character with little time for racism - he was...

  5. Britain stands firm against Venezuela

    Suppose Britain had not accepted the USA's arbitration in the 1890s and instead actually went to war with Venezuela. I realise that this might spill over to beyond 1900, mods please be generous! Scenario 1. Venezuela loses but at great cost to the British Navy. The UK states that reparations...

  6. Third Party PODs

    Hi Apart from ASB scenarios, are there any AH stories where the POD is NOT something that happens in the direct history of the subject? Two ideas for example: Some genius in the Inca empire discovers steam power or gunpowder so that by the time Europeans arrive in the New World there is a...

  7. The Tanist's Wife and other stories.

    Hi all Since I finally got a story published professionally I thought I'd pass on details. There are ten stories, one by me and each by a different author. Each one is set in the modern day in a different alternate timeline. It is only available on Kindle...
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