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[[ISOT]] events are commonly associated with [[Alien Space Bats]]. | [[ISOT]] events are commonly associated with [[Alien Space Bats]]. | ||
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+ | ==== Pecularities of the term's use on AH.com ==== | ||
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+ | However, ISOT has become such a popular term that it is now often used simply in lieu of 'time travel', | ||
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+ | ==== Pronunciation of the acronym ==== | ||
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+ | ISOT is usually pronounced as ' | ||
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==== Possible physical ramifications ==== | ==== Possible physical ramifications ==== | ||
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* If you ISOT modern day France to 1932, then 1932 France would in turn come to the modern world in an exchange. In essence, the two France-s would swap places. | * If you ISOT modern day France to 1932, then 1932 France would in turn come to the modern world in an exchange. In essence, the two France-s would swap places. | ||
- | * If you ISOT modern day France to 1932, then 1932 France doesn' | + | * If you ISOT modern day France to 1932, then 1932 France doesn' |
The first idea is generally popular and is also generally assumed to be the " | The first idea is generally popular and is also generally assumed to be the " | ||
- | ==== Pecularities of its use on AH.com ==== | + | ---- |
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- | However, ISOT has become such a popular term that it is now often used simply in lieu of 'time travel', | + | |
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- | ==== Pronunciation of the acronym ==== | + | |
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- | ISOT is usually pronounced as 'eye-sot' | + | |
==== Examples of works based on ISOTs ==== | ==== Examples of works based on ISOTs ==== | ||
- | === Published works === | + | === a.) Published works === |
Many published AH works are based on the premise of an ISOT. | Many published AH works are based on the premise of an ISOT. | ||
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This includes the aforementioned //Island in the Sea of Time// trilogy by Stirling, but also Eric Flint' | This includes the aforementioned //Island in the Sea of Time// trilogy by Stirling, but also Eric Flint' | ||
- | However, note that the actual term/ | + | However, note that the actual term/ |
- | === AH.com works === | + | === b.) AH.com works === |
Many [[timelines: | Many [[timelines: | ||
- | Some early notable examples from the [[offtopic: | + | Some notable examples from the [[offtopic: |
- | * [[offtopic: | + | * [[offtopic: |
* [[offtopic: | * [[offtopic: | ||
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+ | Of course, the ASB forum offers many more ISOT timelines and stories, older and newer, with varying premises (and at varying levels of completion). A good place to start looking for interesting ISOT timelines is to visit the ASB sections of [[alternate_history: | ||
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+ | ==== Types of ISOT scenarios ==== | ||
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+ | Similarly to other ASB scenarios, ISOTs have gradually developed into something of a mini-genre, big enough to even have subgenres of its own. Here are some of the popular and common types (or subgenres) of ISOTs: | ||
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+ | - **ISOTing small pieces of territory**, | ||
+ | - **ISOTing entire sovereign countries** (or other self-governing areas), either individually or in groups, to a different historical era (commonly also from the future to the past), or a different timeline, or a fictional world | ||
+ | - **ISOTing a group of people**, either purely civilians or military personnel or even both, to a different historical era, different timeline, or a fictional world, usually with enough equipment for basic survival and getting by in the early days after the ISOT | ||
+ | - **ISOTing individual items** (tools, machinery, plans and blueprints, textbooks, powerful artefacts, etc.) rather than people from one era to another era, or to different timeline or fictional world | ||
+ | - **personal ISOTs**, where only a single person is ISOTed to a different era, or a different timeline or fictional world, instead of a whole group of people (usually, the individual gets ISOTed with minimum possessions) | ||
+ | - various plausible **combinations of the above** scenarios | ||
+ | - the ' | ||
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+ | Many of these ISOT types are not unique to AH.com works, having also appeared in many published non-AH.com works by various authors of speculative fiction. However, some occur on AH.com scenarios, timelines and stories with much greater regularity than in non-AH.com works. | ||
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==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== | ||
- | **[[AH.com' | + | **[[alternate_history: |
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==== Navigation ==== | ==== Navigation ==== | ||
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