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Map Monday: Western Rump (or The Roman World in 771 AD) by Bruce Munro
When alternate historians talk about the Roman Empire never falling, they are actually talking about the Western Roman Empire, which "fell" in 476. The Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantine Empire,...
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New Releases 9/29/15
You can support The Update by clicking the banner to your right or the links below if you are purchasing through Amazon!PaperbacksBlack and Deep Desires: William Shakespeare, Vampire Hunter by Graham...
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Timeline Thursday: Tarrantry Saga
I've been wanting to talk about the Tarrantry Saga for a while now, but have held out because I honestly haven't read any of the Tarrantry stories. Still its one of the oldest collaborative alternate...
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Weekly Update #207! USS Constitution and Memes for History Lovers.
Editor's NoteGood day everyone. I hope you all had a fun weekend. Now that October is here I am starting to feel a little...wicked. Not sure exactly what that means, but since this is the season to...
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Map Monday: Affiliated States of Boreoamerica in 1730 by False Dmitri/Ben...
As many of you may know, I am a big fan of False Dmitri/Ben Carnehl's Affiliated States of Boreoamerica timeline. Its a lovely bit of world-building with a subtle humor that I also learned recently was...
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New Releases 10/6/15
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Top 5 Posts from September 2015
A new month means another look at the top 5 most viewed articles from the month before. Enough stalling, lets see what articles stood out amongst the rest:1) What Happens Next: Harry Turtledove's...
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Three Terrifying Alternate History Scenarios
History can be terrifying, what with all the torture, genocide, slavery and Pauly Shore. Still there are some imaginative alternate historians out there who have managed to make history even worse. So...
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Map Monday: Kaiserreich 1936 by Milites
Kaiserreich is a community mod for the Paradox grand strategy game, Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game. Its set in a world where Germany won World War I and you play as one of the many different...
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New Releases 10/13/15
You can support The Update by clicking the banner to your right or the links below if you are purchasing through Amazon!HardcoversThe Algerian War in French-Language Comics: Postcolonial Memory,...
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Weekly Update #208! The Counterfactual Zeitgeist, Silver on the Road and The...
Editor's NoteI have been writing less than I should lately. To be frank its hard to keep this blog going sometimes. Its not laziness exactly, more like lack of motivation. I find myself interested in...
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Map Monday: Frankish Empire (1651) by Zrew33
The Franks have fascinated alternate historians for a long time. You always see a few alternate histories where Charlemagne's empire stays together after his death and thrives, and todays map is no...
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New Releases 10/20/15
You can support The Update by clicking the banner to your right or the links below if you are purchasing through Amazon!HardcoversThe Explorers Guild: Volume One: A Passage to Shambhala by Kevin...
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Would You Like to Read a Translated Version of Amerika (Reload Game) by...
Guest post by Yisroel Markov.Amerika (Reload Game) is an alternative history (with steampunk elements) of a Russian America that might have been. Its author is Kirill Eskov, a Russian paleoentomologist...
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The Audio File: Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons and Cast of Wonders
Guest post by Sam McDonald.We're gonna do something a little different in this edition of The Audio File. I'm bring you not one, not two, but three podcasts worth of great stories. We've reached the...
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Weekly Update #209! Baby Hitler, The Rewind Files and Treating Your...
Editor's NoteWell I got a lot of work done this weekend. I recorded two videos for the channels and I wrote several posts for the blog. Feeling pretty pleased with myself. Almost a shame to have to...
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Map Monday: Where Hearts Were Entertaining June (Europe 1800) by Lynn Davis
Today's Map Monday sees the return of a veteran of this series: Lynn Davis. She posted a new map on her blog that caught my eye. It is titled: "Where Hearts Were Entertaining June: Europe 1800". Let's...
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New Releases 10/27/15
You can support The Update by clicking the banner to your right or the links below if you are purchasing through Amazon!HardcoversThe British Lion: A Novelby Tony SchumacherIn this crackling alternate...
View ArticleTrope Talk: Russian America
In case you guys haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel yet, you can watch the newest episode of Trope Talk below where I talk about "Russian America":* * *Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of...
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Book Review: Russian Amerika by Stoney Compton
I have been having some bad luck with alternate histories published by Baen lately. First, there was the major disappointment that was Germanica by Robert Conroy and now there is Russian Amerika by...
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