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  1. WI George Lucas had directed Flash Gordon instead of Star Wars?

    The idea for this came from here (interesting interview, by the way): "For Kurtz, the popular notion that “Star Wars” was always planned as a multi-film epic is laughable. He says that he and Lucas, both USC film school grads who met through mutual friend Francis Ford Coppola in the late...

  2. WI - The USA as a parliamentary republic

    The electoral fun presently going on over in the UK has made me wonder: what if the United States had been a parliamentary republic all of these years instead of adopting the presidential system? That is, having “a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch are drawn...

  3. WI - Duke Nukem Forever had been released?

    What if the infamous Duke Nukem Forever had actually been released? On this day in history – 1997, to be exact – 3D Realms announced a new video game they were working on called Duke Nukem Forever. Back in those halcyon, optimistic days of yore the idea was that the game would be out and in...

  4. AH Challenge - A Radical American Revolution!

    I've just finished reading Victor Hugo's Quatrevingt-treize, and have now dived into Citizens, a history of the French Revolution. Both are.....breathtaking reading thus far, to say the least. It strikes me that by comparison to La Révolution, its American predecessor comes off as a rather...

  5. Plausibility check – North Korea-style Soviet “monarchy”

    Inspired by the Kim family dynasty in North Korea, I wonder – could the same thing have happened in Soviet Russia under Stalin? Unlike his mirror Hitler, Josef & Mrs. Stalin did find the time to have a few children. However, he was reportedly not all that close to his kids, being regarded as a...

  6. WI - The Titanic Vanishes!

    The sinking of the ocean liner RMS Titanic was arguably the most famous maritime disaster in history. Let's make it even more so! Numerous ships have vanished at sea over the centuries. One well-known example is the SS Waratah, which disappeared in July of 1909 along with 211 passengers and...

  7. WI - No Comics Code Authority, Ever

    Sort of a companion scenario to my recent Hayes Code WI: Hey gang, I've a great idea - let's abort the Comics Code Authority! “Comics Code Authority?” I hear you ask. “Why sweet Mistis Gwen, whatever is that??” :confused: Glad you asked! :D From the venerable Wikipedia: The Comics...

  8. WI - Allies Win Easier Better Faster Stronger in WWII

    I did a search for this one and I couldn't find it. So: We've all seen countless WI's where the Axis/Nazis win WWII. But how about this: with POD(s) no earlier than 1 January 1935, how could the Allies have won the war faster and/or with fewer casualties on their side? Off the top of my head...

  9. WI – DC & Marvel buy the farm, or, The Secret Crisis of Infinite Chapter 7

    In the late 1970s, the largest comic book publishers in the United States, DC and Marvel, were both in dire financial straits. It was the usual story: rising costs, falling sales, that sort of thing. DC managed to pull out of the nosedive by cancelling a large number of unprofitable titles in...

  10. AH Challenge: Hollywood is still governed by the Hays Code

    I did a search and was surprised to find that no one has done this one yet. From 1930 to 1968, most every film released by major studios in the United States was governed by a set of industry censorship guidelines called the Motion Picture Production Code, popularly known as The Hays Code...

  11. What if: The Beatles and The Doors play Woodstock

    Just like it says on the tin. From wikiAnswers: The Woodstock promoters contacted John Lennon about The Beatles performing. Lennon was agreeable but the rest of the band wasn't. Lennon offered the Plastic Ono Band as a replacement but the promoters said no. The Doors at first agreed and then...

  12. US abandons manned space flight after 1991

    The conclusions of the Augustine panel have inspired me thusly: What if, in the wake of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and the later collapse of the USSR, the United States decided to altogether eliminate its manned space flight program and focus entirely on unmanned...

  13. Revolutionary War Kidnap Plot

    (I posted this once before several months ago, but no one bit. I've decided to give it one more go before writing it off for good and all.) In 1782 there was a plan afoot by those dastardly colonials :p to kidnap Prince William Henry (the future King William IV) & Admiral Digby, Admiral of...

  14. Revolutionary War Kidnap Plot

    In 1782 there was a plan afoot by those dastardly colonials :p to kidnap Prince William Henry (the future King William IV) & Admiral Digby, Admiral of the Red, during the Revolutionary War. Colonel Matthias Ogden of the 1st Jersey Regiment conceived the idea, which had the approval of George...

  15. WI-No Simpsons

    For whatever reason, the Tracy Ullman show bombs after 3 or 4 episodes, or better yet never even gets on the air. Thus, no Simpsons shorts, thus, no Simpsons. Aside from me committing suicide should I ever have the misfortune to get stuck in said universe, what are the ramifications? Do Family...

  16. WI - No Church of England

    In 1527, Pope Clement VII (or an alt-Pope) grants Henry VIII an annulment from his marriage to Catherine of Aragon after she fails to produce a male heir. Thus no Church of England. Effects?

  17. WI: The DeLorian was a success

    "John Z. DeLorean, the innovative automaker who left a promising career in Detroit to develop the stainless steel-skinned, gull-winged sports car bearing his name and was acquitted of charges he planned to sell $24 million worth of cocaine to support the venture, has died at the age of 80."...

  18. What-If: Le Femme Beatles

    Booze and listening to far too much Siouxsie & the Banshees has made me ponder ponderously: What if the individuals who made up the group formerly known as "The Beatles" had all been born female? Just for giggles, let's assume they have the same talent, same song writing ability; they start a...

  19. No Superman

    Creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster are either a) never born or b) never meet each other. Either way, no Man of Steel. :( How does this effect the infant comics medium? Wither the concept of superheroes or does someone else's idea (maybe the Shadow, from the radio plays) fill the void? Or...

  20. No nuclear weapons - but for how long?

    Hi again! Just got done reading "World Wars III" by Paul Di Filippo, a great little short story at http://www.webdelsol.com/4Walls8Windows/Paul_Di_Filippo/dif3.htm. The gist of it: Time traveller from a nuclear war-ravaged 1980s goes back to the early 20th Century and starting with Albert...
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