Kaiphranos
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So! I have been noticing for a while that despite its name, there didn't seem to be all that much discussion of published alternate history in the Alternate History Books forum, despite its name, and I had been thinking about ways to stimulate a bit more discussion. Now that the Maps & Graphics have been spun off into their own forum, this seems like as good a time to start as any.
The idea is this: every month, interested AH.com members would come here and post alternate history-related works they think the club should read. Once a work passes some threshold, it gets put on the reading list to be read at some future date--whatever's at the top of the reading list is the book for the month. That gives all interested parties some time to track down copies if necessary. At the end of the month, I (or whoever happens to be running things) will post a discussion thread, hopefully with a few questions or whatnot to get people started, and we can proceed from there.
If there are people out there who would be interested in this, start posting some things you'd like to see on the reading list. I'm thinking once we have about 5-10 people who've expressed interest, we should be able to get started. (Maybe fewer for the first few rounds, depending on what the enthusiasm level is like.)
Works don't have to be full length books (short stories, novellas, etc. are welcome as well) but should be related to alternate history in some way. (Time travel stories, paleofutures, and that sort of thing may be featured from time to time as well.) Plausibility is not a terribly important criterion. As far as series go: if you'd like to propose a series, please post one book at a time; the next book will not be eligible until the previous one has been read.
Questions, comments, thoughts, suggestions, proposals? Post them here!
The idea is this: every month, interested AH.com members would come here and post alternate history-related works they think the club should read. Once a work passes some threshold, it gets put on the reading list to be read at some future date--whatever's at the top of the reading list is the book for the month. That gives all interested parties some time to track down copies if necessary. At the end of the month, I (or whoever happens to be running things) will post a discussion thread, hopefully with a few questions or whatnot to get people started, and we can proceed from there.
If there are people out there who would be interested in this, start posting some things you'd like to see on the reading list. I'm thinking once we have about 5-10 people who've expressed interest, we should be able to get started. (Maybe fewer for the first few rounds, depending on what the enthusiasm level is like.)
Works don't have to be full length books (short stories, novellas, etc. are welcome as well) but should be related to alternate history in some way. (Time travel stories, paleofutures, and that sort of thing may be featured from time to time as well.) Plausibility is not a terribly important criterion. As far as series go: if you'd like to propose a series, please post one book at a time; the next book will not be eligible until the previous one has been read.
Questions, comments, thoughts, suggestions, proposals? Post them here!