Anime Roundup 12/31/2015: Shadow Play
In this week’s viewing: Kagewani has a suitably horrifying ending, Concrete Revolutio drops a huge bomb, and more!
Anime roundup 12/24/2015: Sad Tidings
In this week’s viewing: Gundam kills people off, Concrete Revolutio digs up wartime atrocities, and more! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Winter 2016 SF Anime Preview
A winter blast of new anime series is coming your way in January!
Anime roundup 12/17/2015: About Time
In this week’s viewing: Catching up means a double dose of flashbacks, a sudden improvement in Utawarerumono, and more!
Book Review: Tales from the Vatican Vaults edited by David V. Barrett
Alternate History tales – the view from the Vatican!
Anime roundup 11/19/2015: Same Ol’ Same Ol’
In this week’s viewing: Kagewani is still scary, Gundam is still fighty, and more!
Anime roundup 11/13/2015: Free As a Bird
In this week’s viewing: Concrete Revolutio uncovers the marvelous truth about the Beatles, and more!
Book Review: The British Lion by Tony Schumacher
Swastika’s on alternate history book covers has become cliche. Schumacher’s novel isn’t.
Review: One Year After by William R. Forstchen
A blueprint for surviving the Dark Ages in the modern world, One Year After is William R. Forstchen’s follow-up thriller to the bestselling doomsday novel One Second After.
Anime roundup 10/9/2015: I Need a Hero
In this week’s viewing: The start of fall premiere week runs the usual gamut from tired formulas to fascinating experiments.
Book Review: Germanica by Robert Conroy
The passing of Robert Conroy at the end of 2014 was a blow to the alternate history community as he was one of the most prolific authors in the genre
Fall 2015 SF Anime Preview
If there’s one trend that really has me smiling this season, it’s the unusually high number of anime-original shows.
Book Review: The Enemy Within by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
A Sidewise Award Judge reviews a previous winner.
Short Story Review: Samson’s Delight by Josh Weiss
Witness the process of a writing award judge at work
What Happens When People Confuse Alternate History for Real History?
Are we becoming so stupid and ignorant that we can’t tell real history from “alternate” history?
Review: Gestapo Mars by Victor Gischler
Gestapo Mars by Victor Gischler is the quintessential example of a guilty pleasure. You might feel a little guilty afterwards, but you’ll be anxiously awaiting a sequel.
Book Review: The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth edited by SM Stirling
Shared universes do not always deliver a shared vision.
Comic Review: Astronauts in Trouble by Larry Young and Charlie Adlard
Astronauts in Trouble by Larry Young, Charlie Adlard is the type of classic bound science fiction comic that many members of fandom will enjoy just as much as the storied history it mocks.
Book Review: Acts of War by James Young
WWII Alternate History: This time, Hitler is killed during a bombing raid.
Book Review: All That Outer Space Allows by Ian Sales
Ian Sales concludes his alternate history space program series with All That Outer Space Allows
Book Review: The Venusian Gambit by Michael J. Martinez
Napoleon’s zombie army crosses the channel
Anime roundup 4/16/2015: The Comfort Zone
In this week’s viewing: The rest of premiere week has Mikagura School Suite showing everyone else up in a field decidedly lacking in ambition.
Stepping Through a Time Slip: Recapping My Sideways in Time Conference Experience
Two weeks ago Matt stepped through a timeslip.
Interview: Harry Turtledove
Harry Turtledove, student of Byzantium, talks about alternate history. On this timeline anyway.
Review – Cowboy Angels, by Paul McAuley
The Real is a parallel world in which the Second World War never happened, where Alan Turing emigrated to America in the 1950’s and laid the foundations for the development of Turing Gates. By 1968 the CIG was beginning to use the Gates to secretly explore parallel worlds. … There is a lot of plot in Cowboy Angels. There is also a lot of Bourne-movie style action. McAuley builds the suspense well and the set-pieces are effectively conceived.
The Turtledove Effect or: The Wrong Way To Use People and Events From Our Timeline
The ‘Turtledove Effect’ is a misnomer.
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