Time for something a little lighter to read, so over to my Kindle, and Martin Asiner’s take on what might happen were a modern naval taskforce thrown back in time, in this case into the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John Birmingham set the bar, let’s see if this meets it.
#BookSky #AltHist
Settling with an early morning pot of tea, and Ryan A. Fleming’s “The Scottish Anthology” of #althist stories set in various versions of the frozen north. #BookSky
Day 21 #timetravelauthors
I freeze as I see a woman look out of "my" window for a moment. She's cradling a mug in her hands, just like I used to. For a moment our eyes meet before she steps back out of view behind the drapes and net-curtains. (c)Liz Rosales
#TimeShift #specfic #althist #editing #wip
Snippet from TimeShift; copyright Liz Rosales; "I went to sleep in Oz & woke up in the UK; in a strange house, in a similar body, in a different world... It's got to be a dream, right? Only it's been months & now I'm not so sure... Who could you tell? Who'd believe you? HOw long before you got found out? Then what?"
Day 17 #timetravelauthors Patience
#TimeShift #specfic #althist #editing #wip #writing
Those who fail to study history won't understand the alternative history stories.
#AltHist #SpecFic #History
Kontynuujemy treści tłiterkowe (ale jest już coraz bliżej końca tych zabaw
#Polish #Polska #Pisarstwo #Proza #Prose #Literature #Poland #Polskie #Gandhiusz #Ghandiusz #Washington #liceum #fanfic (?) #althist #althistory #alt_history #alternate_history #usa #dupa #gowno #Wiecejtagowjuzniepamietam
• James Buchanan and Andrew Jackson - Guttenberg and assistant • Dwight D. Eisenhower - mandolin player • William Howard Taft - Egyptian Priest • Theodore Roosevelt — Roman Senator • Franklin Pierce — scholar • Zachary Taylor - Roman Centurion • John Tyler - Turkish scholar
So this is from an article on Disney reusing Hall of President molds for Spaceship Earth audio animatronics, but these feel like some good #althist or isekai prompts
About to be terminated by a Berlin gangster working for her lifelong nemesis, ex-Praetorian Aurelia Mitela must draw on every ounce of courage, wit and resourcefulness inherited from her Roman ancestors to survive. books2read.com/AURELIARomaN... #althist #thrillers #histfic
Comrade Bond of the Peoples Intelligence Service, nice bit of #althist & reboot @althistorian.bsky.social
Halfway through the process of the Carnegie artwork I decided I needed to design a custom oil tanker spaceship from scratch. Meet the Cardinal II Standard Oil tanker.
#art #dieselpunk #althist #marcher #dystopian #worldbuilding #worldbuildingart #environmentart #conceptart #scifi #spaceship
Artwork of the sprawling off-world steel foundry factory of Carnegie Complex I made last year. This one was a lot of fun but got a little out of hand
#art #dieselpunk #althist #marcher #characterdesign #dystopian #worldbuilding #worldbuildingart #environmentart #conceptart #scifi #spaceship
Looking for an escape from the news? Or for a country where honour and integrity count, sacrifice is valued and putting the country first is automatic?
Roma Nova is imaginary, but oh, we'd love it to be real!
alison-morton.com/2018/10/11/s...
#bookstoread #RomaNovaSeries #althist #whatif
Artwork I did of the execution of Napoleon V and Franz Ferdinand for Marcher: Empires at War. This is the event that leads to this setting's World War.
#art #dieselpunk #althist #marcher #characterdesign #communist #french
Thanks Independent Book Review for the great review of my #althist #specfic novel. #bookreviews #indieauthors I'll post a link to the complete review (criticisms and all) when it's up on their site. #writingcommunity @moonlitlotusdee.bsky.social
If you want to give my audiobook a try, Chirp is running an $0.99 awesome deal! Thanks for supporting two debuts with this, my first novel and the narrator @moonlitlotusdee.bsky.social 's first full length fiction. #readingcommunity #audiobooks #bookdeals #specfict #althist
With thanks to @oldenoughtosay.com for the recommendation, my copy of James Alistair Henry’s “Pagans” arrived this afternoon - a depiction of a 21st century London, but one where the Norman Conquest of England never occurred, and the ancient tribes of Britain remain undefeated. #BookSky #AltHist
Settling to a pot of tea, in company with Daniel Ottalini’s Roman steampunk #AltHist omnibus, “Legion Rising,” in which the 1850s look VERY different after Cornelia, Julius Caesar’s wife, gives him not one but two sons and heirs, who take the Empire to new and elongated heights. #BookSky
#WEEKEND #WANDERING on my new weblog site: my guest @alisonmorton.bsky.social talks about #JULIAPRIMA one of her excellent #AwardWinning #RomaNova #series - do join us! #AltHist #Rome #BookProm #HistFic helenhollickauthor.blogspot.com/2025/09/week...
Hey all, there's a Goodreads Giveaway of my speculative fiction/alternate history novel, The Binding. I hope the winners will enjoy enjoy it. Thanks for giving it a try! #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #specfic #althist #freebook #bookgiveaway
As an historian with a primary interest in Scots rather than English history, it’s still a fascinating question. How would an Anglo-Saxon England (Angland?) have interacted with Alba? No House of Bruce for one thing, so no Stewarts / Stuarts. A more Celtic neighbour? Fascinating. #AltHist
Today’s arrival: “1066 Turned Upside Down” by nine authors, including @anniehistory.bsky.social - 11 stories, each reimagining the events of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings. What might have been? #AltHist #BookSky
A fascinating #althist novel from David Philips, looking at what might have happened if the Duke of Windsor had openly sided with the Germans post-abdication. Since David is based here in Perth, and a fellow Scot, I may need to see if I can get him to sign it for me. #BookSky
Roma Nova, a country where honour and integrity count, sacrifice is valued and putting the country first is automatic.
Pity it's fiction, but at least we can escape there in our minds...
alison-morton.com/2018/10/11/s...
#escapist #fiction #RomaNovaSeries
#althist #imagine #histfic
Two books from the Ransom Center's collection sit next to each other: 1) Ada Lovelace's translation of Luigi Menabrea's article on the analytical engine (1843) 2) A first edition copy of The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling.
My presentation ended w/a discussion of Charles Babbage & Ada Lovelace, whose writings were shown alongside material related to @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy & @greatdismal.bsky.social's The Difference Engine.
(Sterling conducted research for the novel here at UT!)
#scifi #althist #booksky 📚
A little boost in sales bumped us up, very briefly, to #10! books2read.com/u/mvGDwJ #specfic #althist #dystopian
In celebration of World Indigenous Peoples Day, I'm giving away 15 copies FREE of the full audiobook of THE BINDING. With narration by the amazing D'ella Rayne of my alternate history in which the First People keep the continent. dl.bookfunnel.com/iqwx3x464g #readingcommunity #indigenous #althist
Jessica Lucci in Colonial America style in front of the Minuteman statue in Lexington, MA. https://www.etsy.com/shop/JessicaLucciBooks
Round out your summer reading with STEAMPUNK! www.etsy.com/shop/Jessica... #SteampunkBooks #MinutemanMonument #SummerReading #RivetsAndRevolution #Minutemen #AmericanRevolution #RevolutionaryWar #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #MA250 #Mass250 #Massachusetts250 #AlternateHistory #AltHist #LGBTQcharacters
Discover more about alternate history or #althist books in our guide, by @MattMitrovich: historicalnovelsociety.org/alternate-hi... #histfic
Could be worse after 3 weeks from release date! Number 14 on the alternate history bestsellers list. Also on sale on all platforms should you be interested :-) #debutfict #althist #specfic #scifi
