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  1. WI Viking 2 finds ice on Mars? (1977)

    From Wired: And Charlie Stross: To me, space programme geeks! What kind of butterflies could such a discovery have had - on the US space programme, technological development, and maybe even the course of the Cold War?

  2. WI Josiah Wedgewood dies in infacy?

    With the early death of Josiah Wedgewood, the Wedgewood-Darwin dynasty is extinguished ... with a surprising number of butterflies: An underfunded Trent-Mersey Canal takes far longer to reach completion - with potential butterflies for the industrial revolution. No John Wedgewood (Josiah's...

  3. Chafee as an anti-war challenger for Bush in 2004?

    Apparently, in 2004, So, let's assume Hussein evades capture - for the time being - and Chafee stands. Obviously, he's not got a snowball's chance in hell of securing the nomination, but he could be an interesting actor in what was (in OTL) a pretty close presidential election. Any thoughts?

  4. Challenge: Air Warfare under a Naval Remit?

    So, what POD would be necessary to forestall the emergence of the air force as a distinct and independent entity, (theoretically) equal to army and navy? How can we have it so that it falls under the jurisdiction of the navy? This organisation of military activity doesn't have be universal...

  5. Coens to direct Yiddish Policeman's Union!

    *exciting squeaking*

  6. Carter in 1980: Environmentalism?

    You can read some background to the question, ideas, and so forth here. Any thoughts?

  7. The People's Princess

    What if Princess Diana was a Marxist?

  8. "The Rebels" (WI: female Beatles)

    Inspired by an earlier thread, which I've temporarily mislayed. Let's say that John, Paul, George and Ringo were all born female. Mary Julia Lennon - b. 1940, to Alfred and Julia Lennon. - her father was a member of the merchant navy, who went AWOL in 1943. - her mother became pregnant by...

  9. AH Wonders of the World

    Any ideas or suggestions as to AH analogues of these?

  10. Optical telegraph in C15th Central Europe?

    As part of the research for the next stage of my Anti-Habsburg / Lantern Empires timeline, I thought I'd see whether you guys had any ideas as to the effects that the introduction of the optical telegraph / semaphore (a la Claude Chappe) would have on Central Europe, c. 1450-1500. Would it be...

  11. SJGames looking for AH scenarios

    For their pdf line of Infinite Worlds supplements. I think they're willing to pay you, as well. Thought some of you guys might be interested. http://e23.sjgames.com/gurps-wish-list.html

  12. WI No Profumo Affair?

    (Clearly I've just watched the same TV programme as Kit.) So, what if the Profumo Affair was never made public? Tory minority governmet in 64?

  13. WI: No 1997 Asian Financial Crisis?

    See: here. Would the C21st be that of Japan?

  14. The Directorate: Draft Thread

    November 1794: The Jay Treaty is signed by the US and Great Britain, laying a foundation for the future strengthening of diplomatic and trading ties between the two nations. March 5, 1795: With the signing of the Peace of Basle, France ends hostilities with Prussia and Spain. June 8, 1795...

  15. His Dark Materials Movie Concept Art

    Well, they've finally got their website up and running, although these pics were hidden behind a strange code. Basically, keep 'em quiet. ;)

  16. Food in AH

    Talk to me about all things culinary, agricultural and gastronomic from AH. What and how did people eat in 1960s Nouvelle-France? Tell me of an America without Fast Food, the merits of political vegetarianism, the impact of the development of a Quorn analogue in 1930s Europe, and cuisines...

  17. Challenge Compendium: Alternate Histories of Ideas

    - Can you give me a relatively realistic scenario in which a liberal police state based on the philosophy of G. W. Hegel could emerge? (Post other ideological / philosophical WIs below)

  18. Dogs in the Vineyard

    Just managed to lay my hands on a copy. It's a roleplaying game set in "a West that never quite was" - loosely based on the Mormon State of Deseret in pre-statehood Utah. See here.

  19. Odd Challenge

    Starting with a POD not before 1900, what's the earliest we could see an arcology (or arcology analogue) housing a million people?

  20. 80 Years of Struggle?

    Could we have a situation where in Europe, between 1918/19 and the late 1990s, there is an ongoing 'hot war' between Communists and Counter-Revolutionaries, without the rest of the world getting as involved as to shift the balance of power? What would 1990s Europe look like by that point?
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