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  1. WI: Henry Wallace as President

    Henry Wallace seems like a fascinating character, and seemed to be ahead of his time in many ways. However, he also seemed quite naive in many ways and certainly didn't see the threat that the Soviets posed to freedom in Europe and the rest of the world. What would have happened if he became...

  2. Plan D by Simon Urban

    Anyone read it? I've ordered it so I hope it's decent. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plan-D-Simon-Urban/dp/0099578352/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410781507&sr=8-1&keywords=simon+urban

  3. Free short story by Robert Charles Wilson

    Stumbled across this short story that's freely available on Tor.com's website. Not explicitly AH but has some AH elements. And one of Wilson's less bonkers efforts. http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/08/divided-by-infinity

  4. Transition by Iain Banks

    Anyone read this? I am a bout a third of the way through. It's about an organisation called the Concern, which does' something' across multiple worlds. Still not clear what it actually does. It's pretty decent so far, but Banks likes his sexual innuendo. The only other book of his I've...

  5. Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore

    Bought it yesterday. What do you guys think? Is it any good?

  6. The Ghost by Robert Harris

    Anyone read it? I finished it last night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. The way he wrote the book was rather reminiscent of John le Carre's recent stuff (The Constant Gardener, The Mission Song etc). Anybody else read it? And if so, what did you guys think?

  7. Nelson Mandela serves two terms

    Nelson Mandela retired South African President in 1999, and was succeeded by Thabo Mbeki. He did not have to stand down, as he could have served another term (the SA constitution bars Presidents from serving more than two terms). What if he had not stood down? Would the failed policies which...

  8. Britain stays out of World War I

    So what happens? Easy German victory, or not? Long-term effects better or worse? Sorry for the short post, am at work, so should actually be concentrating on that.

  9. Time Patrol by Poul Anderson

    Just start reading the anthology. Seems pretty good so far, anybody else have any thoughts on the series, and on Poul Anderson?

  10. Deja Vu

    Anybody watched this time travel movie with Denzel Washington? I have some doubts about it, but overall it was pretty good. What you guys think?

  11. WI Mandela executed after his treason trial?

    When Nelson Mandela was found guilty of treason in the early 1960s, his defence team thought that there was 50-50 chance that Mandela and his co-accused would get the death penalty. Obviously that didn't happen, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. What would have happened if Mandela and...

  12. No Union of South Africa

    WI if no Union of SA is formed in 1910, and the four colonies (Orange Free State, Transvaal, Cape, Natal) stay independent. What would the various states look like today? Would a form of apartheid still evolved? Would there eventually have been a coming together of the various polities or not...

  13. Nazi colonies

    Say after WW I for some reason the Germans are allowed to keep their colonies. How would things have turned out for the Nazis, and more specifically for the people in Namibia, Tangynika etc. And how would the war have been different (more manpower expended in Africa kicking the Nazis out of the...

  14. The Traveller by John Twelve Hawks

    What did people think? I thought it was pretty good. He doesn't have such a great writing style and some of it was a bit cheesy but the story kept me hooked and I enjoyed it. The best bit is the blurb about the author where it just says "John Twelve Hawks lives off the grid".

  15. WI no large scale European settlement in South Africa

    WI there was no large-scale European settlement in South Africa? Maybe more along the lines of OTL's Mauritius or Kenya? I think this would have a serious effect on both Southern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa's geopolitics? Would SA be in better or worse shape, and what would Southern Africa...

  16. Peaceful, multi-racial South Africa

    Why is it that every time an ATL South Africa is dreamed up, it is ruled by pseudo-Draka racist freaks. Here's a challenge: create a plausible multi-racial prosperous democratic South Africa in 2006.

  17. The Time Traveller's Wife

    Anybody else read this book? I know it is a bit gay but I really enjoyed it? Any thoughts on it?

  18. The Leader by Guy Walters

    Just bought the Laeader by Guy Walters. In it Oswald Mosley becomes PM of Britain. Anybody else read it? Thoughts? No spoilers please!;)

  19. Who is your man of the 21st century?

    Who is your man of the 21st century?

  20. Korean War gets nasty

    What if the Korean war gets nasty, and the Allies use nukes? Firstly what would have to happen for the Allies to use atom bombs, and what would the reaction of the Soviets and Chinese be? Do we have World War III in the 1950s, centred in East Asia?
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