Not the first time a modern cruise ship has graced the cover on an alternate history.

Fiction Friction: Reboots, Remakes and Reimaginings By Tom AndersonWelcome to the first in an indeterminate series of articles in which I’ll be discussing the challenges and problems of, and alternatives to, the continuity reboot as a storytelling and ...

Tom Anderson discusses the prevalence of the #reboot and #remake in modern #media and what we can learn from past attempts. #Writing #Film #ComicBook #Adaptation #Fiction www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/fiction...

Interview: Tom Anderson Questions from Gary OswaldThis Interview is with Tom Anderson who is one of the most prolific writers for Sea Lion Press, both on this blog and in terms of books.Hello and thanks so much for talking t...

Gary Oswald interviews Tom Anderson, #author of yesterday's showcased #AlternateHistory series #LookToTheWest. #AuthorInterview #Counterfactual #WhatIf #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...

Diverge and Conquer: Volume 1 (Look to the West) Buy Diverge and Conquer: Volume 1 (Look to the West) 2 by Anderson, Tom (ISBN: 9781533404305) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

In this #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "Diverge and Conquer", the first in the epic #LookToTheWest series by Tom Anderson. #WhatIf King George II had exiled his son Frederick to the #American colonies in 1727? A different world unfolds.. www.amazon.co.uk/Diverge-Conq...

Tales From Development Hell: Watchmen By Ryan Fleming.Hollywood loves to throw around the word ‘unfilmable’ for any work they can’t quickly turn into a motion picture for immediate profit. One such ‘unfilmable’ work was Watchmen – past te...

The #film #adaptation of #AlanMoore 's iconic #comicbook #superhero #deconstruction, #Watchmen, was a long time in coming to the silver screen. Ryan Fleming investigates a new tale from #Hollywood 's #DevelopmentHell. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/tales-f...

Why write Alternative History? By Gary OswaldSea Lion Press is built around producing Alternative or Alternate History content and implicit in that goal is the assumption that there is value in Alt History literature. But obviously...

Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) looks at the core question of why we choose to write #AlternateHistory #WhatIf #books and what makes the #genre fascinating to us. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Author #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-wri...

Which SLP WWII Book should you read? By Gary OswaldThe answer is, of course, all of them. But if you are the mood for something in particular then follow this handy guide by answering the following questions! This guide contains some spo...

If you're interested in #WW2 #WhatIf moments like the #FallOfFrance discussed yesterday, check out Gary Oswald's ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) guide to SLP's many related #AlternateHistory #books. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-sl...

Dreams From The Dark Years: Anatomy of a Fall By Paul Hynes.On the 22nd of June 1940, history repeated itself in a tragic manner. The location was a train carriage in the French forest of Compiegne. At the end of the First World War this wagon ha...

New: #France 's once mighty military reputation was tarnished by the armistice of 1940, but was that inevitable? Here Paul Hynes examines the political circumstances of the #FallOfFrance in #WW2 and whether France could have fought on. #Petain #VichyFrance www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/dreams-...

We've just had a big influx of followers on BlueSky (welcome) so here's a brief overview for newcomers of Sea Lion Press' large and diverse collection of #AlternateHistory #WhatIf #books (as of January last year), by Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ). www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/a-compl...

As we celebrate the return of the #ArtemisII astronauts, today's SLP #SaturdayShowcase is of an optimistic take on the #future of #humanity in #space, Tom Anderson's "The Surly Bonds of Earth". www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

Congratulations to #NASA and partners for an absolutely textbook crewed lunar mission - something we once feared we'd only see again in #AlternateHistory fiction.

Matthew Kresal reviews the #BigFinish #DoctorWho #audiodrama "The Prison in Space", based on a never produced Second Doctor script. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...

As the #ArtemisII mission returns to the #Earth shortly - originally published by "Never Was" magazine, Jeff Provine and Allen W. McDonnell consider #WhatIf #Congress had forced #Nixon and #NASA to use #Apollo hardware for the #SpaceShuttle. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...

Apollo 6: The Saturn V's Crucible By Matthew KresalThe eyes of many interested in space exploration have spent recent weeks focused once more upon NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At Launch Complex 39B sits Artemis I atop the S...

As the #ArtemisII crew now once again head back from their historic mission to the #Moon to the #Earth, Matthew Kresal (writing at the time of #ArtemisI) looks at how the little-known, uncrewed #Apollo6 mission paved the way for #Apollo11. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/apollo-...

Congratulations to the #ArtemisII crew on breaking the record set by #Apollo13 56 years ago on the farthest humans have ever been from #Earth!

Africa During the Scramble: Avenging Majuba By Gary Oswald.William Ewart Gladstone, four-time Prime Minister of the UK, was an imperialist. He oversaw the largest empire to ever exist and that empire expanded during his time in charge. In parti...

Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) 's series on the #ScrambleForAfrica covers the leadup to the Second #BoerWar, also known as the #SouthAfricanWar. #Africa #History #AfricanHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/africa-...

Apollo Goes To Venus: The Manned Venus Flyby By Matthew KresalHalloween 1973.A Saturn V rocket sits on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On top of it, three astronauts await lift-off. The journey they will soon be embarking ...

As the #ArtemisII #Integrity spacecraft approaches the #Moon for its groundbreaking #flyby mission, Matthew Kresal remember a time fifty years ago when it was once planned that #Apollo might travel all the way to #Venus for a similar mission. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/apollo-...

Happy #EasterSunday from all at SLP!

THE SCOTTISH ANTHOLOGY | Sea Lion Press

Yesterday we heard from Ryan Fleming about how and why he conceived and edited "The #Scottish #Anthology", containing #WhatIf #stories dealing with #AlternateHistory possibilities for #Scotland. Here is the #book itself in today's #SaturdayShowcase. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

Why I Edited... The Scottish Anthology By Ryan Fleming.Alternate history anthologies focused on a single country were nothing new by the time we began work on The Scottish Anthology, nor were themed anthologies unknown in other genres, in ...

Ryan Fleming discusses why he conceived and edited "The #Scottish #Anthology", a #Scotland themed collection of #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #stories available from SLP. #AuthorInterview #Interview #Writing #WritingCommunity #Fiction www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-e...

Happy #GoodFriday from all at SLP.

Congratulations to #NASA for the textbook #ArtemisII launch! We post many #WhatIf articles here speculating about cancelled ambitious space projects, so it is wonderful to see one actually enter real #history.

Vignette: Catch That Villain By Charles E.P. Murphy "Chamberlaaaaiiiiin!"King Arthur strode through Commons like judgement, his face pale as the grave, his sword rusted and stained with the blood of Britain's enemies, his finger ...

Charles EP Murphy ( @cepmurphy.bsky.social ) marks #AprilFoolsDay with a themed #AlternateHistory #vignette (ultra #shortstory). www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...

It’s Been a Long Road: Artemis II By Tom Anderson.The 2000s Star Trek prequel series Enterprise had a controversial opening sequence; not so much for the imagery used (which shows technological progress in exploration from wooden sail...

Humanity is about to go back to the #Moon for the first time in 54 years with the #ArtemisII mission. Tom Anderson, a longtime #space enthusiast who's been waiting for this half his life, looks at the long wait and the #WhatIf moments. #NASA #Moonshot www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/it-s-be...

Chains of Consequences: The Importance of Dating Easter By Tom AndersonIn the UK, and many other countries, anyone who has ever had to design timetables and schedules for major educational establishments or corporate entities will well know the feeling of ...

As #HolyWeek begins with #PalmSunday, Tom Anderson looks at how #Easter had many unexpected consequences for #history, from #calendar disputes in #England to the origin of the word #computer. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/chains-...

AGAINST THE DEVIL'S MEN | Sea Lion Press

In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "Against the Devil's Men" by Alexander Rooksmoor. #WhatIf the #Mongols had never turned back from #Europe? A desperate mission tries to prevent the fate of #Italy continuing westward... www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

Review: DC: The New Frontier By Matthew Kresal.In the 1950s, the Golden Age of Comics gave way to the Silver Age. The real world changed and, with attention brought to the comics as a result, some old characters retired or evolve...

#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) reviews #DCTheNewFrontier by #DarwynCooke and #DaveStewart, in which #DCComics #superheroes of the #GoldenAge are reimagined as interacting with the real world of the 1950s. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...

Comedy Through The (P)ages Comedy Through The (P)ages eBook : Flin, David, Kavanagh, Jared, Iberez, Tabac, Brading, Simon, Lagerstam, Kristen, Cooke, Andy, Murphy, Charles E.P., Sumner, Nicholas, Selby-Martin, Adam: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

"Edward Drinker Cope and Charles Othniel Marsh were two of the great palaeontological figures of their time and era. They also hated each other more than a Doctor Who fan hates most episodes of Doctor Who."

Get your comedy #alternatehistory at: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0854LVGVJ

What If France Had Started World War II? By Nick OttensThis article was first published over here by our friends at Never Was Magazine and is shared as part of our partnership with Never Was. For more articles like this please check out thei...

Originally published through "Never Was" magazine, Nick Ottens considers the #WhatIf possibility of #France pre-emptively starting #WW2. #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...

Fiction Friction: When Reboots End With The Beginning By Tom AndersonIn this third article on the subject of reboots and allied forms of fiction, I’ll be discussing a phenomenon which is not solely limited to them – it can also appear in prequels, for example – but whose issues are often the most readily apparent in the realm of reboots. I am talking about the case of ‘ending with the beginning’.This tendency is mostly associated with film and other ‘one-off’, self-contained pieces of media, rather than continuing series. Essentially, we’re all fam

Tom Anderson discusses the irritatingly prevalent trope in much modern #reboot #films and other media of never getting to the status quo we want to see until the end. #Prequel #Fiction #Writing www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/fiction...