Book Review: Armistice by Harry Turtledove
The final volume in Harry Turtledove’s The Hot War trilogy is disappointing, but still worth reading.
Interview: Harry Turtledove
Harry Turtledove, student of Byzantium, talks about alternate history. On this timeline anyway.
The Turtledove Effect or: The Wrong Way To Use People and Events From Our Timeline
The ‘Turtledove Effect’ is a misnomer.
Scide Splitters: This is My Funniest, Edited by Mike Resnick
Review of This Is My Funniest, a short story anthology edited by Mike Resnick.
Alternate History on the Small Screen
With shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones, fans have a lot to be happy about with the modern age of genre television. If you are like me, however, you like a little history […]
The Dangers of Crosstime Travel
Discovering and exploring a multiverse can be an exciting, adventure-filled journey. Be warned. There are dangers lurking in the multiverse
ASM Blog Horde Interview with Matt Mitrovich
Welcome to the Amazing Stories BLOG HORDE INTERVIEWS! The ASM Blog Horde is a diverse and wonderful species. I have the privilege of talking with all of them, and I get to share those chats with […]
Convincing vs. Amazing: Balancing Your SF World
Author Paul J. McAuley (author of “A Very British History“, one of my favorite short stories) recently tweeted: The trouble with SF ‘worldbuilding’ is that it too often strives to be dully convincing, instead of amazing. I couldn’t […]
Dissecting Our Present: How SF Can Highlight Our Historical Bias
As Harry Turtledove, the master of alternate history, said in the introduction to The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, even historical memoirs can sometimes be so far from the truth they can be […]
These Fractured States: An Overview of Balkanized Americas
Adventure and excitement waits for those travelers brave enough to explore Anglo-America… Treasure troves of colonial history await in the eastern aristocracies, but current events in the region make this a destination for only experienced […]
Guide to Alternate History Literature
I’m often asked to recommend a good alternate history book, but you might as well ask me to name my favorite film. My mind rebels at the thought of picking just one. For the sake […]
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