118 posts tagged Alternate History
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The Protector’s War: A Book Review
http://belowthebeltway.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ the-protectors-war-a-book-review/Despite it’s title, S.M. Stirling’s The Protector’s War, the second volume in a trilogy that started with Dies The Fire isn’t about war in the Post-Change Williamette Valley so much as it’s about the precursors to a war between survivors in a new world that seems all but inevitable.
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Starcross: A Stirring Tale of British Vim upon the Seas of Space and Time! by Philip Reeve
http://fiddlededee.distantskies.net/ 2008/ 05/ 11/ starcross-by-philip-reeve/Starcross: A Stirring Tale of British Vim upon the Seas of Space and Time! by Philip Reeve Illustrated by David Wyatt Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (2007) 380 pages Oh, this left me giggling almost the whole way. Maybe it’s because the last few books I had read before it were so serious, and it was a relief to read about the more light-hearted adventures of Art and Myrtle.
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Behold! A World Powered by Steam!
http://www.tdaxp.com/ archive/ 2008/ 05/ 08/ behold-a-world-powered-by-steam.htm…Obviously, I’m in favor of any references to steampunk appearing in the New York Times, but the article never mentions “steam” once! The entire alternative-universe vision of steampunk assumes that the electrical industrial revolution never happened, and steam still being the motive power behind the economy.
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On Stranger Tides, by Tim Powers
http://www.readalready.com/ 2008/ 05/ 08/ on-stranger-tides-by-tim-powers/Tim Powers is a Californian by way of New York; he is apparently good friends with Philip K. Dick and James Blaylock. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dick’s novel that was loosely adapted into the movie Blade Runner, was dedicated to Powers. All of that I learned two minutes ago on Wikipedia.
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A Meeting At Corvallis, by S. M. Stirling
http://klobetime.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ meeting-at-corvallis-by-s-m-stirling.ht…This book ends the trilogy started with Dies the Fire in a fairly satisfying fashion. Ten years into this world without technology, we find that the air is thick with diplomacy and intrigue leading up to an inevitable war. The children of various leaders are alternately kidnapped and rescued, and bloody skirmishes set the stage for a final battle.
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Ghostbusters remade
http://soreeyes.org/ archive/ 2008/ 05/ 05/ ghostbusters-remade/The Filmspotting podcast recently invited listeners to recast Ghostbusters. The best response by far was Ghostbusters: London Calling by a poster called frozenhamster: An Edgar Wright Film In this highly anticipated sequel/re-imagining of the original Ghostbusters England is about to get slimed!
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Roll Out Chats!
http://anthonystevens.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 04/ roll-out-chats/We are going to be celebrating the Grand Opening of Lyrical Press and the release of my first novel, New Ickford Manor on Monday! That means I’ll be dropping in to chat on the Joyfully Reviewed list as well as An Alternative Read.
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Balticon 41.63 - Interview with Mur Lafferty
http://balticonpodcast.org/ wordpress/ ?p=139Mur Lafferty is a creative juggernaut. She has stormed the gates of the Internet with a relentless stream of awesome fiction and more. Her credits include: I Should Be Writing - A podcast by a wanna-be writer for wanna-be writers Geek Fu Morning Show (formerly Geek Fu Action Grip) - A fun podcast she
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What Would Happen If Technology Stopped Working ?
http://belowthebeltway.com/ 2008/ 05/ 02/ what-would-happen-if-technology-stoppe…Imagine if, in a split-second, every piece of technology that you depend upon stopped working. Not just televisions, computers, and cell phones. Add in cars, trains, and anything based upon electricity or the internal combustion engine. To make things even more interesting, let’s add in firearms and gunpowder too.
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Meet the 8TSOC
http://wwolives.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 01/ meet-the-8tsoc/The World Without Oil game centered on a website (www.worldwithoutoil.org, now archived here) which gathered all the in-game ideas and expressions of the players. In the fiction of the game, the website had been put together by eight (eventually, 14) ordinary citizens who had reason to believe the oil crisis was coming.
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