====== Alternate History Weekly Update ====== Founded by AH.com member [[offtopic:mitro]] in 2011, AHWU is a well-maintained and popular blog collecting news on alternate history related topics and works on a weekly and daily basis. It also regularly features interviews with alternate history writers and reviews of alternate history themed works from multiple media and genres. By mid 2014, the blog had gained a well-established fanbase and collective of contributors and editors. **[[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/|Alternate History Weekly Update]]** **[[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alternate-History-Weekly-Update/201023966612103|AHWU Facebook Page]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=206455|AHWU News Updates Thread]]** ---- ==== Timelines of AH.com writers featured or reviewed on AHWU ==== * [[timelines:Ad Astra Per Aspera]] by [[offtopic:rvbomally]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/12/showcase-ad-astra-per-aspera.html|Link]] * [[timelines:an_age_of_miracles_-_the_revival_of_rhomanion|An Age of Miracles : The Revival of Rhomanion]] by [[offtopic:Basileus444]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/12/showcase-age-of-miracles-revival-of.html|Link]] * [[timelines:a_giant_sucking_sound_-_a_president_perot_timeline|A Giant Sucking Sound : A President Perot Timeline]] by [[offtopic:MaskedPickle]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2012/11/showcase-giant-sucking-sound.html|Link]] * [[timelines:Dominion of Southern America]] by [[offtopic:Glen]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/08/showcase-dominion-of-southern-america.html|Link]] * [[timelines:For All the Marbles]] by [[offtopic:William Dellinger]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2012/03/showcase-william-dellingers-for-all.html|Link]] * [[timelines:Green Antarctica]] by [[offtopic:DValdron]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/10/showcase-green-antarctica.html|Link]] * [[timelines:Images of 1984]] by [[offtopic:Will Ritson]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/10/showcase-images-of-1984-stories-from.html|Link]] * [[timelines:Into the Abyss - The Eurasian War (1914-1919)]] by [[offtopic:Sarantapechaina]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/12/showcase-into-this-abyss-eurasian-war.html|Link]] * [[stories:A Kill in the Morning]] by [[offtopic:Shimbo]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/book-review-kill-in-morning-by-graeme.html|Link]] * [[timelines:Protect and Survive]] and [[timelines:protect and survive spinoffs|its spinoffs]] by [[offtopic:Macragge1]] and various authors - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2012/03/showcase-protect-and-survive.html|Link]] * [[timelines:The Story of A Party]] by [[offtopic:Ares96]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2012/10/showcase-story-of-party.html|Link]] * [[timelines:A World of Laughter, A World of Tears]] by [[offtopic:statichaos]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/10/showcase-world-of-laughter-world-of.html|Link]] * [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=279112|The Rise of the Tri-State World Order: A Timeline of Orwell's '1984']] by [[offtopic:SpanishSpy]] ---- ==== Works of AH.com writers featured or reviewed on AHWU ==== * [[http://www.amazon.com/An-Alternate-History-Netherlands-ebook/dp/B00ATW4ZOG|An Alternate History of the Netherlands]] by [[offtopic:The_Kiat]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2013/02/review-alternate-history-of-netherlands.html|Review]] * [[http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/88444#longdescr|Coilgun]] by [[offtopic:MerryPrankster]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/09/review-coil-gun-by-matthew-quinn.html|Review]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2011/09/interview-matthew-quinn.html|Interview with author]] [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=212392|(thoughts on the interview)]] * [[http://www.amazon.com/Picking-Up-Plans-Palma-ebook/dp/B00EFLFQC2|Picking Up Plans in Palma]] by [[offtopic:MerryPrankster]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2013/08/review-picking-up-plans-in-palma-by.html|Review]] * [[http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Hunt-Burning-Ages-ebook/dp/B0056QJGN0|Wolf Hunt]] by [[offtopic:posbi]] - [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2012/09/review-wolf-hunt-by-sebastian-breit.html|Review]] ---- ==== AH.commer contributors to AHWU ==== * [[offtopic:mitro]] (founder, editor-in-chief, reviews) * [[offtopic:Chris]] * [[offtopic:posbi]] (reviews) * [[offtopic:MerryPrankster]] (interviews) * [[offtopic:thekingsguard]] (reviews) * [[offtopic:SpanishSpy]] * [[offtopic:DaleCoz]] ---- ==== Closure and archiving ==== On the 9th October 2016, [[offtopic:mitro]] [[https://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2016/10/closing-time.html|announced]] his decision to end updating the blog, in order to focus on a new AH website, with AHWU remaining as an archive of its five year (2011-2016) tenure. If you decide to read the blog, be sure to check out the [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/p/interviews.html|interviews]], [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/p/book-reviews.html|book reviews]] and [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/p/other-reviews.html|other media reviews]] the blog had accumulated over the years. The blog has a successor in [[The Alternate Historian]], a new AH blog run by [[mitro]]. Be sure to check it out ! ;-) ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[The Alternate Historian]]** - Successor blog, founded in 2016. ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[links:AH on the Web]]** **[[AH.com's Interwebsite Relations]]** **[[offtopic:off topic|Offtopic Section Main Directory]]**