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

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...

Just about remember my nan be so excited to see him in a coffee shop in Monte Carlo when I was a little kid.

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-...

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.

Great summary of space travel (and not) since the last moon landings.
#Moonshot

I can't spell occaisional. Or relevant.

Just caught up with the @spybrary.bsky.social tribute to #LenDeighton.
Terrific author. The Ipcress Files is a great, book, movie and TV series. Shows the quality of the source material.
#writing #thriller

Saw them at the same park.
I'd literally just said "shame they don't have and Harpy Eagles"
Wonderful park.

THE DARLING BUDS EXPRESS | Sea Lion Press

A topical #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books today - in "The Darling Buds Express", Ed Feery explores a world with a worse #OilShock leading to the UK re-adopting #coal and #steam #trains - as seen through the eyes of ordinary people. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

Quite like this movie too.
The book annoys the hell out of me as its copied verbatim from the film. The problem is, the Leiter/shark stuff comes from the Live and Let Die book, so it makes no sense.
Granted The JB franchise isn't meant to be realistic, but this infuriated me.

The Spy Who Loved Me mentions the marriage.
XXX recites his bio at a bar and he interrupts when she says 'Married once'

Have to agree - big fan of Dalton's two outings. Maryam d'Abo's gullible cellist and Art Malick's mujahadeen leader are great.
And if i needed a Bond girl to help me in a sticky situation I think Carey Lowell's Pam Bouvier might be the most useful from License to Kill.

Len Deighton’s SS-GB is the most successful example of treating alternate history as a setting, not a genre: a master of the espionage genre weaves a tale through Nazi-occupied London that doesn’t rely on the setting to be interesting, but grabs and uses what’s unique about it. RIP to a great.

Terrific and often overlooked writer.

Alternate Terminology: Rosettes, Cockades and Revolutionary Flags By Tom Anderson The origins of political party colours were briefly mentioned in my previous article on the origins of ideological names. As I mentioned in that article, it is worth bearing in mind th...

Tom Anderson looks at the origins of #political #flags and party #colours via their origins in #rosettes and #cockades. And how could they have been different in a #WhatIf scenario? www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/alterna...

Excellent summary of flying wings and their AH potential.
I have a special interest as my upcoming 3rd #DavidBrook ah-novel features flying wings.
First in series:
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ZONEN | Sea Lion Press

In this #SaturdayShowcase of SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "Zonen" by @TomBlack.UK A tiny change to #history - a #Danish occupation zone of #Germany after #WW2 - results in the lives of individual families taking a tragic turn. #WhatIf #Denmark www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

Happy Read an Ebook Week! Just a few days left to get a half price copy of my book, The Careless Fraudster, available now at @Smashwords.
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Why I Wrote... Streseland By Alexander Rooksmoor.As Sea Lion Press regulars know, often it is the least likely alternatives which are the most favoured as the basis for novels. The classic is Nazi Germany winning the Second Wo...

New: SLP #AlternateHistory #author Alexander Rooksmoor discusses why he wrote "Streseland". In a sea of #WhatIf books about the #Nazis winning #WW2, he instead explores a #Germany where their rise to power was averted altogether. #AuthorInterview #Stresemann www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...

Other Ideologies 3: Weird Monarchisms By David HoggardIn countries with existing monarchies, support for the status quo is usually fairly common – in the UK, even most Labour supporters view the monarchy as, at the very least, the lesser ...

With the #Pahlavi dynasty in the news over #Iran, here's another chance to read David Hoggard's article on some other unusual #monarchy #restoration movements. #Ideology #Monarchism #Italy #Portugal #Spain #Carlism www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/other-i...

My book, The Careless Fraudster, will be promoted as part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate Read an Ebook Week from March 1 - 7. Follow me for updates and links to the promotion for my books and more! #Smashwords

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

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The @sealionpress.co.uk vignette contests are always fun, and I often but not always enter something that might fit into my #DavidBrook #alternatehistory #ColdWar.

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Monthly Update: January
- 2171 #darts scored 33,633 @ 46.48/3-dart average
- Best 501 leg: 22 darts
- Highest out: 52
- 140+: 1

Now past 200,000 so more than 20% done!

The Launch Box: PoD 3 - Korolev Lives By Andy CookeAleksandr Vishnevsky was the best surgeon on the staff of Dr Boris Petrovsy, the Minister of Health for the Soviet Union - himself a highly experienced surgeon. It was mid-afternoon on t...

More #space themed #whatif moments from the #SpaceRace as we count down to #NASA 's #ArtemisII mission. Andy Cooke explores the possibility of #Korolev living longer and the impact on the #Soviet space programme. #ColdWar #Soyuz #Apollo www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-lau...

The central message of Buddhism is every man for himself.

THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH | Sea Lion Press

As the #NASA #ArtemisII mission to the #Moon approaches, we look at some of SLP's #space focused #fiction #books such as "The Surly Bonds of Earth" by Tom Anderson. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

So, should I assume AI is actually smarter than I thought and can predict the future?
Or stick with my original concerns that it can't really be trusted to answer a simple question?

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 we count down to #NASA 's #ArtemisII mission to the #Moon , Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) looks at the ambitious 1970s plan for a crewed #Apollo flyby of #Venus. #SpaceHistory #Space www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/apollo-...

I'd love to be in this sp.