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Top Book Picks from 2011 to Now
So I was talking to Jordan Harbour, host of the Twilight Histories podcast (yeah I'm dropping names, deal with it), and he suggested a great idea. Instead of forcing everyone to go through all the...
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Weekly Update #98
Editor's NoteReading is important. I shouldn't have to tell you guys that, but I got the feeling last week that not everyone reads as carefully as they should.First, I want to say thank you for all the...
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New Releases 4/9/13
PaperbacksThe Age Atomic by Adam ChristopherDescription from Amazon.The Empire State is dying. The Fissure connecting the pocket universe to New York has vanished, plunging the city into a deep freeze...
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BBC America to Co-produce TV Adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange...
Are we finally we going to get a decent alternate history television show?Yesterday, I learned from SF Signal that BBC America is co-producing for a new drama series, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell....
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Preview: Victoria II: Heart of Darkness
Got some goodies for you on the upcoming expansion pack to Victoria II. The second expansion to the Victorian era grand strategy game, Victoria II: Heart of Darkness, will be released on April 16th on...
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Preview: The Place of Dead Kings by Geoffrey Wilson
Got a new book to review that I am super excited about. Some of you may remember Land of Hope and Glory by Geoffrey Wilson a novel set in a world where the Indian Mutiny takes place in a very different...
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Weekly Update #99
Editor's NoteI am more amazed than you know that I actually made it to the 99th Weekly Update. So much has changed since the original and now that I look back on it I find it ironic that I am talking...
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New Releases 4/16/13
PaperbacksThe Land Leviathan by Michael MoorcockDescription from Amazon.A brand-new edition of the second novel in Moorcock's acclaimed steampunk series.Oswald Bastable visits an alternate 1904. Here,...
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The UK Without Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady", was laid to rest today. For those who don't know, she was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from...
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Preview: Snodgrass and Other Illusions by Ian MacLeod
If you guys liked Ian MacLeod's Sidewise Award winning Wake Up and Dream, you might be interested in his new title: Snodgrass and Other Illusions.Ian MacLeod’s short story "Snodgrass" is a retelling of...
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Weekly Update #100
Editor's NoteDid something different this week:Sorry for all the times I slammed my hand on the desk, haha. Enjoy the rest of today's Weekly Update without having to hear my Midwestern/Chicago...
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Jake Schenberg is Chosen as Moderator of /r/AltHistory
Our very own Junior Editor Jake Schenberg (author of Alternative Elections: 1844, editor of the Alternate History Inquirer blog and host of the Alternate History Podcast) has been chosen as the newest...
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Review: Island 731 by Jeremy Robinson
Guest post by Kieran Colfer.The subject of genetic engineering is one that occasionally rises to the surface of public consciousness before being pushed back down by whatever a-list star is having a...
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Adding Some Steam to your History: Incorporating Steampunk into Alternate...
Guest post by Daniel Ottalini.I am tired of Victorian England.I say this in the nicest possible way. I’m tired of every novel I read involving chaps with quirky British accents and a fading (or...
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Weekly Update #101
Editor's NoteSo I wasted an hour yesterday trying to make a video for you guys, but the webcam feature YouTube provided kept failing and deleting everything I made. I tried using the generic recorder...
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New Releases 4/30/13
HardcoverNecessary Evil by Ian TregillisDescription from Amazon.12 May 1940. Westminster, London, England: the early days of World War II.Again.Raybould Marsh, one of “our” Britain’s best spies, has...
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Abrams to Adapt Stephen King’s 11/22/63 for TV
Last Monday I shared an important headline for all alternate historians: J.J. Abrams wants to adapt Stephen King's 11/22/63. For those who don't know, here is the description from Amazon:Dallas,...
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Double-Blind What If Writing Contest
We are only a little more than a month away from The Update's 2 year anniversary. Yay!!! To celebrate I am finally announcing the contest many have been bugging me about. Yes, that's right, it is the...
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Interview: Jordan Harbour
I now present my interview with Jordan Harbour, host of the Twilight Histories podcast:According to your website you have a strong interest in archaeology. Where did that come from?It was a childhood...
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New Releases 5/7/13
PaperbackThe Alteration by Kingsley AmisDescription from Amazon.In Kingsley Amis’s virtuoso foray into virtual history it is 1976 but the modern world is a medieval relic, frozen in intellectual and...
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