Tag: alternate history
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Odds & Ends: June 4, 2008
In this edition of Odds & Ends, we’ve got some Gettysburg coverage, some gaming news on several fronts, and the usual mixture of topics. Scott Mingus points out some nice art prints created by taking photos of an HO scale diorama depicting the Battle of Gettysburg Was the recently stolen shell in Petersburg really a […]
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Counterfactuals and Alternate Histories
I came across an interesting web site, Uchronia, devoted books on alternative histories and counterfactuals. “Perhaps the most common themes in alternate history are ‘What if the Nazis won World War II?’ and ‘What if the Confederacy won the Civil War?’” For those old enough to remember, McKinley Cantor (best remembered today for his book […]