The Seventies
A Decade of Darkness
Richard Nixon in his Famed Return to the White House
A Decade of Darkness
Richard Nixon in his Famed Return to the White House
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Statesman...
AH.com…
What's this?
Some of you may have known I've been working on a new project for a few months. I finally decided to ship the damn thing.
So... It's about the Seventies?
That would be correct.
So... Nixon is a good guy ITTL?
Well, he's viewed a lot more positively than IOTL.
Very mysterious. What else can you tell us about this TL?
Well, it isn't a narrative TL, for one.
Isn't that your thing, though?
I'm experimenting with a new style. One I personally haven't seen done on the site before.
And what's that?
This TL will be presented as if it were a college class in the ATL.
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What's presented will essentially be the Professor's lectures. Anything in the above font ("Times New Roman") will be what the professor says, while anything in the normal font here will be author notes and comments.
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There will be certain parts in red that are meant to be student questions, too. I don't expect them to be too terribly important, but they serve as a good way to cover some extra things here and there. I also encourage questions from you, the readers, which will be answered by the professor or me, the author, as the situation calls for. However, for questions to the professor, I will ask that you keep it limited to the time period we've already talked about. For example, if we've only gotten to 1974, please don't ask about the 1976 Election.
This sounds like a very interesting way to present a TL.
I like to innovate, and, like I said, I haven't seen anyone do this style before. I've seen history books, but never history classes.
So is this a TLIAW or something? You do a lot of those.
Nope. This is a full out TL. I just like to start with these internal monologues.
What about the contents of the TL?
It's about the 1970s.
I am aware of that.
I suppose, more technically, it covers the 1968 election to the 1980 election. But really what the TL is about is the 1970s.
Anything else?
I don't this so.
What about a POD?
I suppose I can tell you that. Robert F. Kennedy isn't assassinated in 1968. There isn't even an attempt on his life.
Okay, let's get started.
Gladly. Hope you have your pen and paper ready. First real update should be sometime this weekend, maybe Friday if I get some extra time.
) Interesting format idea to do it as a college class.
