Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #alternatehistory, aggregated by home.social.
@adriabailton
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com
See me talk about SF/F, RHPS, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB & Youtube.
Next is Philcon in NJ, Nov 20-22:
I've got panels on:
Alternate History, Vampire Lestat on TV, Star Trek,
and I'm judging the Masquerade.
Until next week, I'm here on Mastodon, Bluesky & Instagram, too.
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #ZNB
Pagans, by James Alastair Henry
I am rather late to catch up with the enthusiasm for this excellent fantasy police procedural novel set in an alternate present, but here I am, puffing away at the back of the pack. If you like Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series there's a good chance you'll like this, but I think that will be mainly for the fantasy, not for the London history. This novel's London has resulted from an alternative history in which the Mughals and the Pan-African Federation dominate the world, and Britain […]https://katemacdonald.net/2026/10/15/pagans-by-james-alastair-henry/
@Priyajsridhar
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com
See me talk about SF/F, RHPS, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB & Youtube.
Until next week, I'm here on Mastodon, and occasionally on Bluesky & Instagram, too.
Same bat time, same bat channel.
[Reading (banned book club): To Kill a Mockingbird / Listening: Private: #1 Suspect]
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #ZNB
Une part supplémentaire de la côte occidentale d'Isidis est faite. Beaucoup plus sur la partie désertique de Sabea à l'Ouest, avec ses canyons ici et là. Je commence à entrevoir une hémisphère Nord achevée.
Je pense aussi faire quelque profils avec la flore/faune emblématique de chaque biome martien (ici un début sur les forêts de conifères).
#map #carte #jdr #ttrpg #fantasy #Mars
#worldbuilding #elzevir #krita #alternatehistory #wip
@Priyajsridhar
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com
See me talk about SF/F, RHPS, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB & Youtube.
I'll be decompressing and reading this month's banned book: To Kill a Mockingbird.
Until next week, I'm here on Mastodon, and occasionally on Bluesky & Instagram, too.
Same bat time, same bat channel.
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #ZNB
A review of The Sky People, and In The Court Of The Crimson Kings by S. M. Stirling. Alternate history space exploration stories set in a universe where both Venus and Mars are habitable, and inhabited, in the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs type novels. #booktok #sf #fiction #alternatehistory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8kYMFh1/
An #AlternateHistory #Shortstory set in the 1930s that strides the line between #fantasy and #ScienceFiction; about monsters in the world, but it somehow ends on a hopeful note. I liked it very much. Enjoy! #WritersofMastodon #AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
https://kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/monsters-in-the-world-by-jenny-rae-rappaport/
Toujours sur ma carte globale d'une Mars imaginaire et habitable (pour un futur atlas encyclopédique). J'aborde enfin la côte occidentale de la Mer d'Isidis.
Reliefs torturés et canyons, cela va être plus simple après (descente en pente régulière, là où les fleuves coulent droit), et à nouveau plus complexe au Sud et à l'Est.
#map #carte #jdr #ttrpg #fantasy #Mars
#worldbuilding #elzevir #krita #alternatehistory #wip
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is KNOW. England, 1645; since John's last visit here a civil war has broken out, together with one or two further developments. #bookqw #englishcivilwar #alternatehistory https://www.benjeapes.com/index.php/novels/new-world-order/
Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.
@Priyajsridhar
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com
I talk about SF/F, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB & Youtube.
Next is Capclave in MD (Oct 2-4). Panels:
Forbidden Books
I Interview GOH R. Roanhorse
Space Opera
Food Glorious Food
Holy Trilogy
I’ve Done My Research...
& I'm still on social media.
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #supernatural #capclave2026
@Priyajsridhar
What mistakes have my characters made this year?
The biggie: They thought they were the smartest person in the room and could make no mistakes (hint: they can *totally* make mistakes!)
Thinking people would care about their (and other people's) health and welfare. (this one's alt history)
#Writephant #largerthanlifefigures #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity
A review of The Guns Of The South, by Harry Turtledove. Alternate history where the South wins the American Civil War, with a time travel twist. #booktok #civilwar #alternatehistory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdQ4MQVR/
This promotion thing is a bit tedious eh? Well, let's just state the facts.
We are fundraising our webhosting bill with a #lunarpunk #story #series of audio readings and text in 10 to 11 parts of 20 to 30 minutes, parts 1 and 2 already out! All for just $4 USD! SUPER CHEAP! Please support! https://www.patreon.com/collection/2384505 #clifi #scifi #environment #solarpunk #lunarpunk #ttrpg #game #worldbuilding #prequel #multiverse #alternatehistory #magic #philosophy #psychology
GMBC ep08 - Confederates, Orishas, and Airships: A Dive into the Black God's Drums by P. Djeli Clark #pdjeliclark #theblackgodsdrums #steampunk #airship #airshippirates #HaitianRevolution #alternatehistory #alternateuniverse #althistory #midnightrobber #afrofuturism #BlackSpeculativeFiction #orishas #historicalfantasy #novella #tordotcom #ttrpgpodcast https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
I wonder what Aston Martin would be without James Bond. #cars #AstonMartin #alternatehistory
@neve
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com
See me talk about SF/F, RHPS, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB & Youtube.
Next up is Capclave in Maryland, which is always awesome.
GOHs: Rebecca Roanhorse, Nino Cipri
And I'm still on social media.
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon #ConTinual #supernatural #comics #ZNB #capclave2026
I don't recall ever being this lost when making a video
Maybe some historians can clear it up
#OneTakeMan #InOneTake #AltHist #AltHistory #AlternateHistory #Christian #Christianity #HistoryOfChristianity #EarlyChristianity #RomanEmpire #Byzantium #History
A review of Fatherland by Robert Harris. Gripping and immersive alternate history thriller in an early 1960s Berlin in which Nazi Germany won the Second World War. #booktok #alternatehistory #ww2 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN82XngMr/
@Priyajsridhar
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com
See me talk about SF/F, RHPS, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on FB & Youtube.
Next up is Capclave in Maryland, which is always awesome.
GOHs: Rebecca Roanhorse, Nino Cipri
And I'm still on social media.
#writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon
La partie SO en territoire romain a été délicate. La partie côtière au NE (en allant vers Isidis) va être sympa à faire. Principale différence entre le déserts d'Arabia et de Sabéa : l'altitude plus élevée du second (et pas d'ergs sableux).
#map #carte #jdr #ttrpg #fantasy #Mars
#worldbuilding #elzevir #krita #alternatehistory #wip
Book Review: The Melancholy Of Untold History by Minsoo Kang
Author: Minsoo Kang
Title: The Melancholy Of Untold History
Narrator: Keong Sim
Publication Info: HarperCollins, 2024
Summary/Review:
In this unique work of speculative fiction, with elements of fantasy and alternate history, Minsoo Kang weaves together the mythology of an unnamed East Asian nation with the stories of contemporary historians. From the dawn of time, four mountain gods who were once friends have their squabbles over a forgotten slight play out with the rise and fall of human empires and the wars that destroy them. In another time, a storyteller attempts to save his life by spinning new stories for a despotic emperor.
And in the present day, a historian radically changes the understanding of his country’s history when he discovers certain historical texts were completely false and covered up for atrocities. After the death of his wife, the historian finds comfort in his friendship with a younger colleague, a woman also making new contributions the field of history. That friendship is threatened when their relationship becomes sexual.
This book is fascinating in that Minsoo Kang is making up and entire culture and mythology for these historians to study. The many storylines, disparate at first, tie together well as the novel continues. The storytelling expertly blends together philosophical debates, meditations on grief, and fart jokes.
Recommended books:
Rating: ***1/2
#AlternateHistory #BookReviews #Books #fantasy #Mythology #SpeculativeFiction
Darrin Draders latest musings for us - Why Retrowave Might Be the Next Great Genre for Tabletop RPGs #darrinDrader #retrowave #alternateHistory
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/columns/critical-hits-a-designer-s-perspective/retrowave-the-alternate-history-we-forgot?utm_source=mastodon
