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    "What If It Happened To White People Though?"

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention Farnham’s Freehold (Heinlein). Maybe not quite the same, but Heinlein was making a series of subtle points about how pervasive and dangerous racism could be, as well as repeatedly rubbing Hugh Farnham’s (the main character) nose in just how unpleasant it was...
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    Alternate History General Discussion

    To be honest, I disagree. It was possible to believe in 1938, back before Poland was invaded and the Holocaust began, that Hitler was nothing more than a strong ruler doing what the previous generations of German rulers could not. As sick as it sounds, if Hitler had died in 1938 after Munich he...
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    This forum will continue to operate

    I'm glad to hear it too. Chris
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    Non-SLP Writing Opportunities

    Forgot to add this one - it may be of interest. https://chrishanger.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/two-new-fantastic-schools-anthologies-submissions-wanted-and-welcome/
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    Purchasing power during the shutdown

    If I may offer a suggestion, SLP needs a mailing list. Amazon is not always reliable when it comes to updating people of new books, certainly not unless there's money behind it. I don't recall getting many notes about new SLP books, even when i follow the author. Chris
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    This forum may be closing down in March 2025

    The UK Police sent two coppers around to harass someone about a tweet they couldn't even articulate. I wouldn't put it past them.
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    This forum may be closing down in March 2025

    We could set up a mailing/discussion list, like the one below. I'd be willing to pay for a year or so, which would give us time to see how things go. https://groups.io/ Chris
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    This forum may be closing down in March 2025

    Given the foolishness displayed by pretty much every UK government in my lifetime, i wouldn't care to bet against it. Chris
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    This forum may be closing down in March 2025

    Good God. They are not thinking at all, are they? Chris
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    Why Don't Sea Lion Press Books Feature on Uchronia.net?

    To be honest, they may not know about SLP. I didn’t until well after it was established, and I like to think I have my ear to the ground. There are a great many new books (et cetera, et cetera) coming out in the era of e-books and self publishing and it’s possible we just slipped through the...
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    Review - Julia (1984)

    I thought the point was that he wasn't impressive, physically, and the only thing that made him a threat was that his face was hidden, so people reacted to the mask rather than the true person underneath.
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    Review - Julia (1984)

    Julia 1984 – A Review -Sandra Newman The voice from the telescreen boomed indistinctly, and she stood with chin raised, gazing up at the enormous face. Twenty-seven years it had taken her to learn what kind of smile was hidden behind the black moustache. But it was all right, everything was...
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    Alternate History General Discussion

    I don't recall anything like this ever being seriously considered. He was a genuine hero of the war, true, but he was still French and Catholic and both of those would have told against him, if the newborn US ever seriously considered a monarchy. Bonnie Prince Charlie was a more serious canidate...
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    Alternate History General Discussion

    I read the three books - they were very good, although they had the same problem as ISOTAmerica2002: the UK is pretty much invincible in the new/old world, and faces no real challenge at all. Incredible depth and detail, but also a sense of historical inevitability. I take my hat off to you...
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    PC: A WWII without the Bolshevik coup in Russia in 1917?

    For this to happen, Russia must both leave the war before the Bolsheviks have a chance to take power and remain somewhat isolated from the rest of the world afterwards. Let us assume that Kerensky (or someone) as a fit of common sense and realises that there is absolutely no support for...
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