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  1. WI: Monterey remains the capital of California?

    So as you all know (or maybe not), the city of Monterey was the territorial capital of California until 1845, until the constitutional convention (also held in Monterey) decided to move it elsewhere. So for those who know California history (and hopefully the nature of the Central Coast)...

  2. Khosrau II "The Great" and the world he made (map and potential timeline)

    So I posted this to the Map Thread, but I was hoping for some more input. I've not made a map in years, so this is my first go. this is basically a sequel to this map: And I'm considering doing a few sequel maps. I apologize for the slight blurriness of the map... I did my best on my Mac...

  3. Asimov's Foundation Series

    How many of you out there have read Foundation and it's various sequels, prequels and related works? I've read whole whole damn thing (Robots, Empire and everything) several times and despite its flaws and some of its dated-ness, I just love it. I was reminded of it recently and wanted to get...

  4. Newest Sample from Sterling's "Change" series

    I don't read these books anymore. Too many quests and Wiccan nonsense, not enough world exploring. Somehow. However. This new chapter is really pretty cool. It features a 1st person POV from an Eater from Palo Alto. :D http://smstirling.com/samples/the-desert-and-the-blade-prologue/...

  5. Empty America: Discussion Area

    I posted the entire timeline in the Completed Timelines forum Empty America: Complete Timeline Mind you, this is not my timeline, it's Doug Hoffs. So.... what do you guys think? I think that the timeline has so much rich detail, lots of related in-world fiction could be written about it.

  6. Empty America

    Empty America Written by Doug Hoff circa 2003. Reposted with permission. (Hop, Vinland, circa 1010 a.d.) Thorfinn Karlsefni took a good look around. Not a bad settlement, all things considered. Sod houses (including one serviceable bathhouse) coming along nicely. And they found the vines...

  7. Brown doesn't make Jessie Jackson Gaffe in 1992

    So the Democratic primaries in 1992 came down to Clinton v. Jerry Brown, who ran a really good campaign. He looked poised to win Wisconsin and New York to over take Clinton until he screwed the pooch with NY's Jewish population by declaring that Jessie Jackson could potentially be his VP. He...

  8. Has anyone ever read Orions Arm?

    Orions Arm is a really expansive and "scientifically sound" extremely hard SciFi universe, compiled collectively by a number of people. It covers the next 10,000 years of history and traces the course of the Technological Singularity. You get AI Gods and 20,000 species of humans by the years...

  9. Agent of Byzantium ideas

    So in Turtledove's Agent of Byzantium, we are presented with a East Roman Empire which in the 14th century remains the dominant power in Europe with all but Gaul and Britain fully recovered. Much of this was done under a much happier and less pressured Constans II, what with there being no Islam...

  10. Snowcrash: Background, date, etc

    For anyone who has not read Snowcrash, it takes place in an Anarcho-Capitalistic USA, where everything is privately owned and the country is one giant strip mall. It deals with a computer-virus/religion/real virus/linguistically spread diseases of some sort. What I've always wondered is when...

  11. George H.W. Bush Runs for 2nd Term, non-Consecutive

    George HW Bush, is, as we all know, eligible for a 2nd term as he only has served one. Does anyone think it would have been possible for him to have run for president in either 1996, 2000, 2004, or even 2008? What would need to happen?

  12. Investiture Controversy What If?

    What if the Empire had come out on top? After Canossa, Henry IV had so much going for him. What if perhaps in 1081, he installs his Anti-Pope, and Gregory is perhaps captures, and dies on time in the Empire's hands? I would imagine if the Papacy had been significantly defeated the world would...

  13. The Use of American Servicemembers' Protection Act

    So what if, , an american soldier is for some odd reason taken and convicted of war crimes by the ICC, and taken to the Hague for trial? Would the US use deadly force to free him from Belgium? "The stated purpose of the amendment was "to protect United States military personnel and other...

  14. Malta Integrated with the UK 1956

    What if the referendum in Malta was sucessful, and Malta integrated with the United Kingdom. Could the precident could be set for places like Bermuda, Gibralter, and the Falklands to similarly integrate? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Malta#Attempted_integration_with_the_United_Kingdom...

  15. Potential Late Byzantine POD, and TL

    So Ive been reading up on my late Byzantine history and have found an interesting POD. It is one that would save the Byzantines as a local, relatively stable power. One that could even defend itself. However, they will not make some wank-esk rise to the top... My POD is in 1341, when John...

  16. Empire of Nicea

    So the Byzantines in Nicea were quite sucessful. They were economically viable, and had realtively competitent emperors. That and a bout of Mongol. What if the Despotate of Epiros or "Empire" Thessaloniki had been able to restore the empire in constantinople before 1261. They had several good...

  17. Siege of Constantinople, cgi video

    So I found this on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO8t5GxIZ3k Has anyone else seen this? I believe its turkish, and its quite good.

  18. Long term consequences of the actual ISOT..

    What do you all think the world is shaping up to be in a very long term way in the ISOT series? What happens to the language world? Many many questions.

  19. Map Challenge: Europe 1450

    How do you think this came about? The red teal and green states are russian states, while the Orange below it is a Khazar, or Khazar decendant jewish state. The pale in Southern Britian, and a stretch of coastline is Wales. The yello in spain, southern France, north africa, and parts of the...

  20. New Map Challenge!

    How could this have come about?!?!
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