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====== Alien Space Bats ====== | ====== Alien Space Bats ====== | ||
- | Often abbreviated to [[ASB]], this is a term given to a subgenre of alternate history concerning points of departure which aren't actually based on the course of factual human history. These include alternate history scenarios based on fictional or fantastical worlds, and more contentiously, | + | Often abbreviated to [[ASB]], this is a term given to a subgenre of alternate history concerning points of departure which aren't actually based on the course of factual human history. These include alternate history scenarios based on fictional or fantastical worlds, and more contentiously, |
- | The wide umbrella of ASB includes scenarios involving magic and, by AH.com convention, also any AH writings based on divergences from existing fictional universes, such as Star Wars. | + | The name predates AH.com and comes from the now defunct alternate history site/ |
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+ | The wide umbrella of ASB includes scenarios involving magic and, by AH.com convention, also any AH writings based on divergences from existing fictional universes, such as //Star Wars//. Nowadays, this particular subset has its own separate forum, though in the past it was lumped under the ASB forum. | ||
Probably the most common ASB scenario involves the [[alternate history: | Probably the most common ASB scenario involves the [[alternate history: | ||
- | There is a heated debate as to whether scenarios that involve small or large geological changes in the world count as ASB or not. A good example of such a geological change is the [[http:// | + | There is a heated debate as to whether scenarios that involve small or large geological changes in the world count as ASB or not. A good example of such a geological change is the [[http:// |
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+ | More on the basics of the ASB concept in [[https:// | ||
- | It has recently been theorized by [[offtopic: | + | ---- |
==== Strict definition of ASB timelines and scenarios ==== | ==== Strict definition of ASB timelines and scenarios ==== | ||
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* //**1. ANYTHING involving aliens**// | * //**1. ANYTHING involving aliens**// | ||
* //**2. ANYTHING involving massive geological changes**// | * //**2. ANYTHING involving massive geological changes**// | ||
- | * //**3. Things so unlikely that they would require the intervention of deity**// | + | * //**3. Things so unlikely that they would require the intervention of a deity**// |
* //**4. Fantasy**// | * //**4. Fantasy**// | ||
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The last sentence is of special importance, since many AH.commers feel that the very term "alien space bats" has deteriorated over the years - or more precisely, been cheapened in its meaning. Often, a member of the board will claim that some odd historical or current event is ASB just because it is odd. This is **//not//** a proper use of the term. Just because a certain event is odd or seems somewhat unlikely doesn' | The last sentence is of special importance, since many AH.commers feel that the very term "alien space bats" has deteriorated over the years - or more precisely, been cheapened in its meaning. Often, a member of the board will claim that some odd historical or current event is ASB just because it is odd. This is **//not//** a proper use of the term. Just because a certain event is odd or seems somewhat unlikely doesn' | ||
- | Say, a military coup in a small African country happening under odd circumstances is just that : Odd. Unless either side of the coup explicitly [[ISOT|gets ISOTed away to somewhere]] or [[Guns Of The South|receives hi-tech guns from time travelers]] or [[Worldwar|aliens paying a visit]], said scenario is **//not//** considered an [[Alien Space Bats]] scenario. Now, if any of those thee strange events (physics anomalies, time travel, alien invasions) occured in said scenario and interrupted the course of the regular world, it would definitely be an [[ASB]] scenario. | + | Say, a military coup in a small African country happening under odd circumstances is just that : Odd. Unless either side of the coup explicitly [[ISOT|gets ISOTed away to somewhere]] or [[Guns Of The South|receives hi-tech guns from time travelers]] or [[Worldwar|aliens paying a visit]], said scenario is **//not//** considered an [[Alien Space Bats]] scenario. Now, if any of those three strange events (physics anomalies, time travel, alien invasions) occured in said scenario and interrupted the course of the regular world, it would definitely be an [[ASB]] scenario. |
- | ==== Notable ASB timelines and scenarios ==== | + | ---- |
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- | ==== Notable ASB points of diveregence ==== | + | |
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==== Notable ASB trends and genres ==== | ==== Notable ASB trends and genres ==== | ||
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**1.) ABC versus XYZ**: Basically one group of individuals with an unlikely combination of capabilities versus another group of individuals with an unlikely combination of capabilities. | **1.) ABC versus XYZ**: Basically one group of individuals with an unlikely combination of capabilities versus another group of individuals with an unlikely combination of capabilities. | ||
- | **2.) Guns of the X**: Derived from [[Harry Turtledove|Turtledove]]' | + | **2.) [[http:// |
* **Guns of Gaul**: Guns provided to Vercingtorix to fight the Roman invasion of Gaul. | * **Guns of Gaul**: Guns provided to Vercingtorix to fight the Roman invasion of Gaul. | ||
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Other popular variations of this scenario include having the reader wake up as themselves but in a different physical body, ie: younger, older, the opposite gender or another race, having the reader wake up to find their family life changed, ie: married with children, having a twin or even being their own twin, having the reader wake up isotted to an ATL. | Other popular variations of this scenario include having the reader wake up as themselves but in a different physical body, ie: younger, older, the opposite gender or another race, having the reader wake up to find their family life changed, ie: married with children, having a twin or even being their own twin, having the reader wake up isotted to an ATL. | ||
- | ==== In AH.com Culture : AH.com' | + | ---- |
- | In recent years the [[offtopic: | + | ==== In AH.com Culture ==== |
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+ | It has been theorized by [[offtopic: | ||
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+ | == AH.com' | ||
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+ | In recent years the [[offtopic: | ||
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==== ASBs in AH.com Fiction ==== | ==== ASBs in AH.com Fiction ==== | ||
- | The Alien Space Bats have appeared as powerful villains in the // | + | The Alien Space Bats have appeared as powerful villains in the // |
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==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== | ||
- | **[[AH.com' | + | **[[timelines: |
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+ | **[[alternate_history: | ||
**[[ISOT]]** - The "mass teleportation" | **[[ISOT]]** - The "mass teleportation" | ||
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**The [[offtopic: | **The [[offtopic: | ||
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- | **[[Who_s_who_of_asbs|Who' | + | ---- |
==== Navigation ==== | ==== Navigation ==== | ||
**[[alternate history: | **[[alternate history: |
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