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  1. Thoughts on the US not ratifying its constitution?

    Alternate development of the US coming from a POD in the "early republic" era is one of my favorite topics to speculate about, and I've been pondering what a realistic scenario might have been had the US constitutional convention of 1787 had failed and the states had kept the Articles of...

  2. The Windsors - A Short AH
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    The BBC is interrupting its normal programs to bring you an important announcement. This is BBC News from London. Buckingham Palace has announced the death of His Majesty King George VI. The palace said that the King died peacefully at Windsor Castle. The Queen and Prince Consort will remain...

  3. West Coast "sister republic"

    I recently relocated out to the Pacific Northwest, and have been reading up on local history. The latest book I've been getting into is Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire, by Peter Stark. I also recently visited Astoria on a weekend getaway, which helped further capture my...

  4. Royal Princesses Evacuate to Canada...what next?

    So I recently finished watching Season 5 of The Crown - no worries, this thread isn't going to be directly related to anything in the show. While watching it, one is reminded of all the drama about Princess Margaret wanting to marry Group Captain Townsend in the 1950s. It got me wondering...

  5. Pacific Northwest pre-Colombian Contact with Asia

    Hello all! So I am working on a story concept that would involve multiverse travel to a world where the Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest have contact with East Asia starting sometime between 800-1000 CE (these dates aren't set in stone, they were more a guess on my part as to...

  6. Washington's Son

    I am toying around with the idea of the Washington family continuing to have be a big name and have continued force in American politics for many generations past George Washington, and looking at two scenarios: 1) Washington's step-son, John Parke Curtis, doesn't die of "camp fever" at the...

  7. Regularly Scheduled US Constitutional Review

    There has been some discussion on various social media platforms in recent weeks about who some of the US founders, in particular Thomas Jefferson, believed that constitutions should be revisited and rewritten regularly, to be updated to meet the latest social and scientific developments of the...

  8. Alternative American Government

    In the early years of the American republic, what are some ways that the government could have been set up that would be noticeably different than the way it ended up OTL? The low-hanging fruit, of course, is that some form of the Articles of Confederation survives, but honestly I am more...

  9. The World of Turtledove's Atlantis Trilogy

    Hello everyone! I recently finished re-reading the Atlantis Trilogy that Turtledove released between 2007-2009. I always found the concept interesting, and though I have some critiques having gone through it for the first time in over a decade, it still is, IMO, a fairly solid work. Would love...

  10. Nantucket Series...what happens after?

    I recently finished re-reading (or more accurately, re-listening to the audiobook version) of the Island on the Sea of Time/ Nantucket series. I generally enjoy the overall story and worldbuilding that Stirling does in the series (though at times I feel he bogs down in details). I was...

  11. Truman Runs in '52

    So, as I was doing a little digging for a light-hearted TL based on the new Netflix series "Hollywood," I discovered that, according to the 22nd Amendment, the president in office at the time the amendment was passed was exempt from the new term limit, meaning that, legally speaking, Harry S...

  12. Netflix's "Hollywood"

    So, Netflix just released a miniseries yesterday (May 1, 2020) called "Hollywood" Had not heard or seen anything about it, and when you see the trailer, the basic vibe you get is "Golden Era Hollywood, race relations, sexual tension, etc." What you do not realize from the trailer is: Now...

  13. FDR Lives past '45

    So I was watching the Smithsonian's "America in Color" last night, and during the section about WWII and showing footage of Roosevelt dying in '45 just months after being sworn in to his fourth term, it got me pondering (briefly, because it was late when I was watching), what would have been the...

  14. The west remains polytheistic

    So, I've had this vague idea about trying to come up with an at least semi-possible world where the "West" remains polytheistic. Either Christianity never exists, or it just remains a Jewish sect and never spreads/dies out. I don't have a lot of specific ideas at this point, just this vague...

  15. The World of Turtledove's In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    I recently re-read (or rather, re-listened to the audiobook version) Turtledove's In the Presence of Mine Enemies, which is the first book of AH fiction that I read and, despite its shortcomings, holds a special place for me in my collection of AH fiction. For obvious reasons, Turtledove kept...

  16. British Royal PODs

    So, I've been rewatching Netflix's "The Crown" recently, and as many good history shows will do, as I watched a myriad of PODs popped up and I was curious about what others thought about them, and what the consequences would have been had decisions been made differently. - Queen Elizabeth (and...

  17. AHC - German Colonization in North America

    I know it's highly unlikely, hence this being an AHC, but is there any feasible way to get a German colony somewhere in North America, most likely the Atlantic seaboard? It could remain a separate colony and eventually a separate nation, or could eventually become part of whatever alt-US or...

  18. Calculating the Stars (novel)

    So, I was wondering if anyone else here had read the book Calculating the Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal? I heard about the book on the podcast "Stuff You Missed in History Class," and it's been a fun find. I've been listening to the audio book most of the day. It's set in an alternate 1950s...

  19. What would Philadelphia look like as the capital of the US?

    My main curiosity is, would we see completely new buildings built to house Congress and the President, or would existing building have been procured for the use of the Federal Government and gradually expanded as the need for more space grew? The Congress Hall in Philadelphia is right next to...

  20. Alternate Roadside Attractions and Tourist Traps

    So, as I'm on the road with family for a last minute 48 hour getaway during spring break, and after having stopped at one of a plethora of roadside attractions that dot the American landscape from coast to coast (specifically, the type that hype up local history that may or may not be totally...
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