Book Review: Surrounded by Enemies: What if Kennedy Survived Dallas? by Bryce Zabel
The Kennedy assassination is an alternate history constant.
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Anime Roundup 7/10/2014: Something For Everyone
In this week’s viewing: It’s an uncommonly good start to the new season!
3 Real Vehicles to Use in Your Next Dieselpunk Story
Mechanical Horses? Steam-Powered Tanks? Flying Diesel cars? You don’t have to make this stuff up!
Book Review: The Windsor Faction by D. J. Taylor
A review, and lamentations over having to pen a BAD review.
Summer 2014 SF Anime Preview
Sailor Moon is finally here, and it’s bringing friends! See what’s coming your way with the new anime season.
Book Review: The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi by Mark Hodder
Matt takes on the task of reading and reviewing all of this year’s Sidewise Award nominees.
Crowded Skies: Ancient Astronauts in Fiction
The skies are crowded and full of crazy “scientists” who ruin it for us nerds.
It Happened Here or Why Alternate History Can Be Terrifying
There is nothing inevitable about the real world as we experience it. A simple decision by a single individual can send history hurtling down a whole new path.
Review of 1984 – Theatre
A new take on an old Classic, this presentation of 1984 is double-plus good!
Anime roundup 4/17/2014: Creeping Along
In this week’s viewing: The second half of premiere week turns into a race to the bottom, but luckily, not everything gets there!
Book Review: The Enceladus Crisis by Michael J. Martinez
A review of the second book in the Daedalus series – The Enceladus Crisis.
Review: War of the Worlds: Goliath
A look at the movie adaptation of H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds: Goliath.
Review: Steam & Strategem by Christopher Hoare
Steam & Strategem by Christopher Hoare is billed as a steampunk adventure, but the author’s astute attention to detail in this novel of the Regency era could just as easily qualify this work as an adventure in alternate history.
Alternate Israels: Five Historical Proposals for a Jewish Homeland
Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, there were a bunch of other plans – Uganda, Alaska, even China! Matt details the possibilities and their alternate future consequences.
Are Counterfactuals a Waste of Time?
A look at counterfactuals and alternate histories, through a counter-argument to British historian Richard J. Evans.
A Bloody Mashup: A Review of Kim Newman’s “Anno Dracula”
A journey down Lugosi lane: a documentary on the famous Dracula star leads to the discovery of Kim Newman’s mashup – Anno Dracula.
Novedades de Febrero en Hispanoamérica
Tanya profiles the latest spanish language happenings in genre – and announces a change to the ways in which she is presenting her findings.
Scide Splitters: What Mad Universe by Fredric Brown
Reasons why you should read What Mad World by Fredric Brown, if you haven’t already.
Will There Be Six Californias in the Near Future?
Is six Californias a possibility or just an alternate history dream?
Review: Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest
For those who know the work of Cherie Priest, you know she can write. For those not familiar with her work, you’re missing out on something special. The novel Fiddlehead may be billed as the final installment in her “The Clockwork Century” Steampunk collection, but the author’s talent for story telling also makes it a worthy place to start if you’re so inclined.
Book Review: The Clock Struck None
A review of Lou Antonelli’s collection of alternate and strange history tales from Fantastic Fiction
Dispatches from the 4th Dimension: My Capricon 34 Experience
An analysis of Caprion 34 convention and being a panelist.
Deseret: The Mormon State That Never Existed
The Mormon state of Deseret appears in genre lit more often than you’d think!
The Other Victoria: Steampunk’s Queen
Was it Colonel Mustard in the arboretum with the steam shovel? Steve participates in a steampunk murder mystery evening.
Living With the Nazis
With its haunting portrayal of the unthinkable, Fatherland sired (ha ha…) the alternate history sub-genre one might call: “What if … the Nazis won?”
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