You're saying there's an opportunity for SLP to capture the entire market?
All we need is a really catchy person for the unlikely PM.
You say modern version of, but Dale's last one was in 2016 with Prime Minister Corbyn.
(Checking the date showed me that Customers Who Read This Book Also Read a ton of Sea Lion books)
There's a forthcoming Priti Patel one.
How about anthologies based around political AH in different decades of the latter half of the 20th century and potentially more? Can crib a song title evocative of the decade - Blue Monday: Alternate Histories of the 80s?
There's a forthcoming Priti Patel one.
One type of story that I'd think would and could be applied to alternate history more is the classic "big family saga"-style novel. I can see why it hasn't (there isn't much overlap between self-proclaimed AH and much of who'd write them) but it's still disappointing.
(In fact, such a story is one of the many ideas bouncing around in my head).
One type of story that I'd think would and could be applied to alternate history more is the classic "big family saga"-style novel. I can see why it hasn't (there isn't much overlap between self-proclaimed AH and much of who'd write them) but it's still disappointing.
(In fact, such a story is one of the many ideas bouncing around in my head).
What, you mean like a tale that follows multiple generations of the one family through history but instead an alternate history?
What, you mean like a tale that follows multiple generations of the one family through history but instead an alternate history?
Basically, yeah.
I think theres a story like that in an upcoming anthology...
Does The Years of Rice and Salt arguably count, with its reincarnated souls going through era after era?It does seem a really obvious thing to do, doesn't it? And then you skip a lot of the dull bits or the "how did you get there then" bits - "ah well, the anarchists MUST have overrun Egypt because here's the daughter running for the last boat out of Luxor"
Does The Years of Rice and Salt arguably count, with its reincarnated souls going through era after era?
*Flings money and a possible Gould vignette at the idea*Blue Monday: Alternate Histories of the 80s?
I’d figure either World War I or the American Revolution.I'm wondering what the third most popular alternate history is, after Axis and Confederate victories.
I’d figure either World War I or the American Revolution.
