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  1. The Career of a Naval Officer
    Threadmarks: St. Cecilia’s Musical Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 7, 1904

    St. Cecilia’s Musical Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 7, 1904 The music director was nervous. St. Cecilia’s had won a coup, hiring a composer and music instructor from Saxony. He had not entirely taken to the job when it was offered, but the Archbishop of Cincinnati had heard him...

  2. Hurry Up Sidewise or Hurry Up Hugo

    Hurry Up Living will be eligible for the Sidewise Award and the Hugo Award. The Hugo is chosen by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. Membership is international, almost all the ballots are email. Next year it will be in Glasgow. WSFS membership, which gives the rights to...

  3. Occupying Germany

    During World War II, a writer put forward a proposal to end German militarism. The four major allies, the U.S., the U.K., France, and the U.S.S.R. would each contribute 200,000 men to an occupation force. In addition, all administrators, police, teachers, and other government employees would...

  4. Sidewise Awards for 2022

    The winners of the Sidewise Award for alternate history were announced at World Fantasy Con on Friday, October 27. SHORT FORM Wole Talabi, “Dreams of Electric Mothers,” Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight...

  5. Sidewise Alternate History Award Nominees 2022

    SHORT FORM Wole Talabi, “Dreams of Electric Mothers,” Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight, Tor.com, November 2022 Paul Levinson, “It’s Real Life,” Connected Editions, January 2022...

  6. The Life of Izaak Yu. Azimov, Soviet Science Fiction Writer

    Let us remember among SF’s martyrs the famed Soviet SF writer Izaak Yu. Azimov. Born in Petrovichi, Russia (now in Belarus) in 1920, Azimov attributed his introduction to the world of science and fiction to the fortutious decision of his father to relocate to Moscow, instead of emigrating...

  7. Losing Mr Baggins

    LOSING MR BAGGINS http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8960737/ The BBC’s story of the tense (and failed) negotiations for a Disney presentation of The Hobbit is the highlight of the 2015 season. Repeating his striking portrayal from Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Tom Hanks plays the beloved Walt...

  8. Sidewise Awards for 2021

    From File770.com The winners of the 2021 Sidewise Awards were announced this afternoon, September 3, at Chicon 8. The awards have been presented annually since 1995 to recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction. SHORT FORM Alan Smale, “Gunpowder Treason,” Tales from Alternate...

  9. Sidewise Award Nominees 2021

    The following works have been nominated for the Sidewise Award: SHORT FORM Matt Kresal, “Hitchcock’s Titanic,” Tales from Alternate Earths, Vol. III, Inklings Press, 2021 Alan Smale, “Gunpowder Treason,” Tales from Alternate Earths, Vol. III, Inklings Press, 2021 Rick...

  10. Man In the High Castle question

    Is there any evidence that Dick ever read William L. Shirer's "If Hitler Had Won WWII" (Look Magazine December 19, 1961)? http://www.papermags.com/12-19-1961ifhitlerhadwonwwiibywilliamlshirer.aspx http://www.uchronia.com/label/shirhitler.html

  11. Book Enquiry - 1942 Sealion vs. Americans

    Back in the seventies I read an AH novel -- even if it wasn't inteded -- where the Nazis invaded Britain in 1942 and the only troops available to resist them were American. The commanding officer of the U.S. troops was having an affair, I recall. There was a scene where one side was spraying...

  12. Sidewise Awards 2019, 2020

    The Sidewise Awards for Best Alternate History have been announced. For 2019: Short Form: Harry Turtledove. “Christmas Truce” Asimov’s, November 2019. Long Form: Annalee Newitz. The Future of Another Timeline. Tor, 2019. For 2020 : Short Form: Matthew Kresal. “Moonshot”...

  13. Book query: Atom Bomb at the Coronation Fleet Review

    There was a novel from the fifties that was about a Soviet attempt to disrupt the North Atlantic Alliance and severely damage Britain, by planting a nuclear weapon in a ship and having it detonate during the Coronation Fleet Review. I have a copy of it in my house . . . somewhere. Does anyone...

  14. Robert A. Heinlein, Rhodes Scholar

    After Heinlein graduated from the Naval Academy (class of 1929) he was assigned to the USS Lexington, homeported in San Diego. While there, he was considered as a candidate to be a Rhodes Scholar. Problem -- Heinlein had got married to Elinor Curry on what seems to have been a whim, and Rhodes...

  15. The Last Man in Europe, by Ernest Hemingway

    THE LAST MAN IN EUROPE by Ernest Hemingway [In the spirit of Fighters from Mars (1897, 1898) an American publisher asked Papa to do his version of this Limey’s novel. So . . .] It was a bright cold day. It was a day in April. All the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith was...

  16. Now Hear This, Now Hear This, Dinner Is Served, Dinner Is Served

    There is a dinner party with Daniel V. Gallery, captor of U-505 and author of Now, Hear This!, Ned Beach, captain of USS Triton, and author of Run Silent, Run Deep, and Nicholas Monsarrat, convoy escort ship commander, diplomat, and author of The Cruel Sea. What do they talk about (aside from...

  17. Le G o u v e r n e m e n t d e l a R é p u b l i q u e décrete

    POD: Premier Reynaud falls under the influence of General de Gaulle. As a result, Marshal Petain stalks off in a huff, and the French government resolves to continue the fight from Algeria. And in France: Er . . .

  18. The Oppenheimer Alternative

    Robert J. Sawyer's book The Oppenheimer Alternative will be released June 2. This is a link to an interview of him about the book: http://file770.com/robert-j-sawyer-interviewed-by-mike-glyer-about-the-oppenheimer-alternative/ There is one interesting passage in the interview: I recall...

  19. Sidewise Awards for 2019

    The 2019 Sidewise Awards have been announced. The winners are: Sidewise Award for Best Long Form Alternate History Mary Robinette Kowal, The Calculating Stars (Tor Books) Sidewise Award for Best Short Form Alternate History Oscar (Xiu) Ramirez & Emmanuel Valtierra, Codex Valtierra, Special...

  20. Sidewise Awards Nominees for 2018

    Steven H. Silver has announced the Sidewise Award Nominees for 2018: Short Form Rick Wilber: "The Secret City", Asimov's, 9/10, 2018 Oscar (Xiu) Ramirez and Emmanuel Valtierra, Codex Valtierra Long Form Mary Robinette Kowal, The Calculating Stars, Tor Hannu Rajaniemi, Summerland, Tor...
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