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Just got back from San Francisco... that city is quite extraordinary. There are so many different languages, cultural expressions, faces, colors and attitudes thriving in one place. So I thought, why not more? And, why just San Fran? With a POD after say... the year 1800, how could we get...

No, I'm not a democrat. Actually, I am a huge Bush supporter. And I am sorry for this somewhat-noobish WI. Would we see any differences by now? I only say so for my Zombie Outbreak ATL, in which butterflies lead to his winning the election. Cool, thanks, peace.

I'm surprised there is no easy-to-find comprehensive timeline based on this situation. It is ripe with PODs. In the twelve days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, hundreds of moves could have been made that could have led to a catastrophe. I am interested on creating such an ATL, possibly with...

Wright Brothers are killed off or somesuch. How would lighter-than-air vessels remain the most popular aircraft, and what effect would it have on the world? Just an idea.

The Cold War has ended finally between the Soviet Union and the United States, once the French switched sides after a government shift. However, with the collapse of the Soviets, a new Cold War dawns between the two superpowers remaining: the French Republic and the United States of America...

Wow, we are on a technological discussion binge aren't we? Sorry, I had to add this to the mix. Now, since I like butterflies so much, I like to think that all inventions after my POD aren't going to happen the time they are. I do like to think that for every invention I delay, there is...

The Ascent of Emperor Flavius Marcus 407 In our timeline, Britain rebelled against the Western Roman Empire after calls for soldiers left the island undefended against raiders from Ireland and Saxony. The local Roman army elected a leader to usurp the throne of the Western Roman Empire and...

A new ice age? Less ice asteroids in the solar system? Aliens stealing the world's ocean? Closer to the sun, therefor, more water vapor and less liquid water? I don't know. Whatever happened, the world's oceans are considerably lower. Does anyone have a map that can be used for a scenario...

The year is 1919. What happened? And, I'm sorry, I don't know, this is up for you guys.

407 In our timeline, Britain rebelled against the Western Roman Empire after calls for soldiers left the island undefended against raiders from Ireland and Saxony. The local Roman army elected a leader to usurp the throne of the Western Roman Empire and claimed loyalty to him. This man went by...

I've been looking around, but I haven't found an ATL that fits these requirements. A Point of Divergence located in the ancient age, 3000 BC to 500 AD, that continues near 2000 AD. I know... I know, it is incredibly hard to predict events when the change is that far back down the road. For...

How many evil superpowers can you create with one POD? The Third Reich The Soviet Union with continuous Stalin-like rule The Japanese Empire The North American-consuming Confederacy The Domination of Draka What would that world be like?

Well, I want to write an ASB zombie ATL / story... but it doesn't seem right if the characters have seen zombie movies before and know all the rules of zombies already. So, what happens if The Night of the Living Dead by Romero never became famous? Advertising money is blown on something...

Well, ancient history in the range of 3000 BC isn't my thing, but I was looking at wikipedia and found an interesting snipped. I smell an ATL? Anyone interested in this? Any ideas been thrown around about it? I found it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium_BC

So... I live in California, only thirty minutes from Kim Stanley Robinson, writer of Years of Rice and Salt, a notable AH, you've probably heard. I'm just getting done reading his awesomely-cool Mars Trilogy. Anyway, I had to do a job shadow project for school, I want to be a writer, so I...

In an effort to create more conflict than is needed in an ATL, create a zealous faith rise anywhere from 400 BCE to 900 CE. Christianity and Islam would be counted as a 'fanatical' religion, in which the dogma of the church overrules the individual, and is able to function on a wide scale...

Hmmm... 25 nations, didn't try to get it to that number, but whatever. Have fun!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Republic Is it possible to keep the union between Egypt and Syria? Is it possible to eventually include more members to this up-and-coming nation? Can it succeed?

After seeing Tucker: The Man and His Dream, the 1988 movie by George Lucas, I would like to see an ATL where he didn't lose out. It was a great tragedy, the guy had a very depressing fall from glory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Tucker So, what if Drew Pearson, the popular radio...

What if Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the most prominent Indian Untouchable leader during the age of Indian Independence, had developed a fascination for the ideas discussed in the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx? During his stay in Germany, before he returns to India to start the Untouchable...