Indeed, but I read a lot of US websites and have got used to the date format. I have been known to write the date the wrong way round in real life.
Look to the West: Thread III, Volume IV (Tottenham Nil)!
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Indeed, but I read a lot of US websites and have got used to the date format. I have been known to write the date the wrong way round in real life.
Lovely stuff. I would've loved to see a recounting of the Burning of Bombay - it sounds even more catastrophic than the Rape of Rome - and some more epic accounts of the exploits of the Anglo-Americans in Bengal (isn't Richard IV's son in charge of Bengal now, BTW?), but I'm delighted to see this volume concluded as it began.
Also, apologies if I've missed the relevant information - but the Politibrit cameos reminded me that I won an arts competition a few years ago for a certain timeline which had the prize of a cameo...
I'll be on the edge of my seat from now until Volume V. And not for the cameo.
Also, apologies if I've missed the relevant information - but the Politibrit cameos reminded me that I won an arts competition a few years ago for a certain timeline which had the prize of a cameo...
I'll be on the edge of my seat from now until Volume V. And not for the cameo.
Great updates, Thande. This continues to be epic. Loads of wonderful bits, from drug ramblings to the cargo-cult "purification" chambers. So Denmark proper is now just the islands (plus Kiel?) Does this TL see more Islamicization of North India as a result of the Jihad and its aftermath, or is the Jihad essentially a short-lived storm that blows through and smashes a lot of stuff but fails to change the basic religious makeup much?
Hmm - so the "cold war" in this world will ultimately be a mostly-unified Superpower Societist Latin America and allies vs Superpower Diversitarian North American Empire and allies (making Looking To the West what people do ATL as they did the US-Soviet confrontation OTL), with the Russians something of a third-party wild card? Where do the Chinese fit in?
Hmm - so the "cold war" in this world will ultimately be a mostly-unified Superpower Societist Latin America and allies vs Superpower Diversitarian North American Empire and allies (making Looking To the West what people do ATL as they did the US-Soviet confrontation OTL), with the Russians something of a third-party wild card? Where do the Chinese fit in?
Thande, are you quite sure that including the Sunrise War in the timeline is such a good idea?
I've already got my Iodine and upset tummy pills and two months of food and drink sorted. I can take a hint.
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Thanks for the further comments everyone, I appreciate it.
Apologies for the latter, I will make sure you get in there early on in volume V. Do you want to be a character in the narrative or the TL or the framing story? Either would work.
(This is the problem with me having had to write this volume over such a long period, something which I hope I can avoid with volume V).
I do that sometimes because my watch gives the date the American way around.
To be honest I had forgotten both about Richard IV's son and about your cameo!Lovely stuff. I would've loved to see a recounting of the Burning of Bombay - it sounds even more catastrophic than the Rape of Rome - and some more epic accounts of the exploits of the Anglo-Americans in Bengal (isn't Richard IV's son in charge of Bengal now, BTW?), but I'm delighted to see this volume concluded as it began.
Also, apologies if I've missed the relevant information - but the Politibrit cameos reminded me that I won an arts competition a few years ago for a certain timeline which had the prize of a cameo...
I'll be on the edge of my seat from now until Volume V. And not for the cameo.
Apologies for the latter, I will make sure you get in there early on in volume V. Do you want to be a character in the narrative or the TL or the framing story? Either would work.(This is the problem with me having had to write this volume over such a long period, something which I hope I can avoid with volume V).
Just adding to the tumult of praise. Any LTTW update is a thing to be savoured, and the borders of *Europe are marvellously weird.
I've read many timelines which run out of steam and ideas, but this is still going strong (although I worry that it'll never be finished because OTL keeps moving forward, which means you have to write more to catch up )
I've read many timelines which run out of steam and ideas, but this is still going strong (although I worry that it'll never be finished because OTL keeps moving forward, which means you have to write more to catch up
)Wait. I didn't really expect the Germans to take ALL of mainland Jutland. What are they going to do with all those Danes?
FREE JUTLAND AND TAKE LITHUANIAN PRUSSIA!
Speaking of Lithuania, it seems like they are going to be losing their autonomy to Russia. Again. Unless it's a mistake.
And wouldn't the Greeks move their capital to Athens by now?
But really nice map, as always. I love how Ottoman-Danubian border keeps getting uglier and unglier with every passing war.
FREE JUTLAND AND TAKE LITHUANIAN PRUSSIA!
Speaking of Lithuania, it seems like they are going to be losing their autonomy to Russia. Again. Unless it's a mistake.
And wouldn't the Greeks move their capital to Athens by now?
But really nice map, as always. I love how Ottoman-Danubian border keeps getting uglier and unglier with every passing war.
Personally I tend to do it year-month-day (with full year written out to make it clear). I also still date work in Welsh, having picked up the habit in school.
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No, it is correct, it's just one of the things that didn't fit into Volume IV (or rather was just briefly referred to). and more information will be forthcoming in volume V.
That was addressed in the original update: it was damaged during the war and considered too close to the Turks for comfort; though they might symbolically declare it the capital at some point, all the government apparatus is staying in Nafplion.
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Missed this above - can be found on his Deviantart here: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/321/2/b/LTTW_North_America_1815_by_IainFluff.png
You may be interested to know that I have just done a full word count, and with the caveat that this includes some unicode tags which Microsoft Word counts as words, LTTW currently stands at 820,522 words. For context, War and Peace is 587,287 and The Lord of the Rings is 455,125.
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I'm really intrigued. The Great Jihad was certainly great, and the ramifications extending to the point where Korean becomes a major language in India is awesome to consider.
Will the nature of this New Imperialism be more concentrated in private hands, or will Russia and China be attempting to carve out new domains in India?
Will the nature of this New Imperialism be more concentrated in private hands, or will Russia and China be attempting to carve out new domains in India?
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