Luftbus????
Read most of the timeline by now. Better than the old Zionist one.
It is a Jewank where their biggest problem is having millions of people want to join them. It might have been alright a few years back but it has been left in the dust by many other timelines.The Ugandan one ? Haven't read that, so I can't really tell. Maybe I'll give it a shot when I finish reading LORAG.
I agree with you. In my opinion, the Zionist Uganda TL has the problem of being way too similar to the RL timeline until the fall of Russia, only with Israel being some sort of Forrest Gump (in the sense that they, apparently, become fundamental to every important event in the 20th Century). It was very interesting, but the lack of actual butterflies did not fly (pun not intended) by me.Read most of the timeline by now. Better than the old Zionist one.
Airbus ?!!! With the amount of butterflies, hardly ! Now, a rough analogue of Airbus, that would be plausible. But not OTL Airbus itself.
An economic question:
Who will be the main competitor to Boeing ITTL, will it still be Airbus?
Only read the first post so far but I am already suitably hooked. Should I search for any specific terms to find all the timeline in this years old thread? Liberia and whatever Austria-Hungary turn into look as the they may be very interesting. I can see mention of them being on a wiki, thought I like to see timelines with the evolving retcons.
Luftbus????
Read most of the timeline by now. Better than the old Zionist one.
The Ugandan one ? Haven't read that, so I can't really tell. Maybe I'll give it a shot when I finish reading LORAG.
Just wanted to say this is one of the best timelines on the site. Looking forward to more updates.
I agree with you. In my opinion, the Zionist Uganda TL has the problem of being way too similar to the RL timeline until the fall of Russia, only with Israel being some sort of Forrest Gump (in the sense that they, apparently, become fundamental to every important event in the 20th Century). It was very interesting, but the lack of actual butterflies did not fly (pun not intended) by me.
I have to wonder about how so many islands were being given their own states. They may have had high populations but it would have perhaps been simpler to lump them to together as Antillia so that they did not have to have so many people working for the state governments. Certainly unlikely that they would have needed a lot of black dominated states, anyways. If you ever change things for the timeline I might suggest something with those. That or giving them to Haiti, along with having references to a large among of mixed race children in the south from all the white women and black males, as referred to in the book. Just adds a bit of chaos.
And the Republics pick up the frozen north. Do they have Amerindian reservations in this timeline? I am unsure what to call them, given the giving official and unofficial names between the Americans and Canadians, not to mention what the Confederates and Mexicans would have called them. Seems like all the Apache would have ended up fighting one sort of American or another. Almost a shame all of Utah wasn't made into a reservation like Dakota and Oklahoma used to be. At least then they would have room to run around. Have you had them all swallowed up by the Union? While I am asking questions, what is the status of Washington D.C.? Also, I do not see why urban based socialism would be appealing to tropical islands seized a few decades before. Might as well have kept the African-Americans in America and given them large chunks of land rather than shipping them to Haiti while they can watch as dozens of Black Senators pop up from small islands around them. Probably feeling a bit bitter.In TTL, the Democrats and Socialists have a quiet arrangement on the admission of the states, namely that if a Democratic-leaning territory is admitted into the Union, there has to be at least one Socialist-leaning territory admitted alongside.
It hasn't worked perfectly, but this means that beginning in the 1970s, the admission of the remaining ex-Confederate states came with the admission of the Caribbean territories. Even as the Democrats gained more Representatives in the South, the Socialists gained more Senators in the Caribbean.
And the Republics pick up the frozen north. Do they have Amerindian reservations in this timeline? I am unsure what to call them, given the giving official and unofficial names between the Americans and Canadians, not to mention what the Confederates and Mexicans would have called them. Seems like all the Apache would have ended up fighting one sort of American or another. Almost a shame all of Utah wasn't made into a reservation like Dakota and Oklahoma used to be. At least then they would have room to run around. Have you had them all swallowed up by the Union? While I am asking questions, what is the status of Washington D.C.?
Will we see a Harry Turtledove writing a "Northern Victory" or "TL-191" series that is OTL in the '90s?
Norman Turtledove. Calling it right now.Like "Daniel" MacArthur, it'll be "Henry" Turtledove. Clever, eh?
Hmmmm, how about Thomas Turtledove?
Norman Turtledove. Calling it right now.
Norman Turtledove! Come on, that sounds brilliant!I think Tom Turtledove has a nice ring to it.