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alternate_history:useful_essays_on_writing_alternate_history [2017/04/10 12:03] – [Related AH.com discussions] petikealternate_history:useful_essays_on_writing_alternate_history [2020/07/09 21:54] (current) – [Essays from the AH.com Directory and AH.com board] petike
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 ==== Essays from the AH.com Directory and AH.com board==== ==== Essays from the AH.com Directory and AH.com board====
  
-  * **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20090326082201/http://gateway.alternatehistory.com/essays-set.html|"Musings on..."]]** - The essays of [[offtopic:IAN|Ian Montgomerie]]  about various popular AH concepts and plots. Includes musings on plausibility, problems with the use of exposition and evil empires in AH fiction, the tricks of writing about crosstime travel and contact between different timelines - and much more. Highly recommended.+
   * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180065|Colonizing America is Hard]]** - Discussion on plausibility problems with earlier or more easily succesful colonisation efforts in the Americas.   * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180065|Colonizing America is Hard]]** - Discussion on plausibility problems with earlier or more easily succesful colonisation efforts in the Americas.
   * **[[Principles of Geopolitical Forecasting]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Jasen777]], [[offtopic:LordMoogi]] and others   * **[[Principles of Geopolitical Forecasting]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Jasen777]], [[offtopic:LordMoogi]] and others
   * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=340674|Guide to Logistics]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic: Saphroneth]] et al    * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=340674|Guide to Logistics]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic: Saphroneth]] et al 
-  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=349125|How Dark were the Dark Ages ?]]** +  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=349125|How Dark were the Dark Ages?]]** 
-  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=380002|Official "Did the Confederacy Have a Chance to Win the American Civil War ?" Thread]]**+  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=380002|Official "Did the Confederacy Have a Chance to Win the American Civil War?" Thread]]**
  
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 ==== Essays from external alternate history websites ==== ==== Essays from external alternate history websites ====
  
-  * **[[http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/writingGuide.html|So, You Want To Write A Timeline ?]]** at [[http://www.anthonymayer.net/index.html|Antony Mayer's site]] +  * **[[http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/writingGuide.html|So, You Want To Write A Timeline?]]** at [[http://www.anthonymayer.net/index.html|Antony Mayer's site]] 
-  * **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20090327131125/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/lauder/1644/altyhist.html|Problematic Aspects of Alternate History - Some Often Overlooked Considerations]]** by [[offtopic:Grey Wolf]] (under the name "Wolverine"), published at the [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090327131125/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/lauder/1644/altyhist.html|Infinity Wanderers site]] (archived via archive.org, an additional link to an AH.com backup is available [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=6283668#post6283668|here]])+  * **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20090327131125/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/lauder/1644/altyhist.html|Problematic Aspects of Alternate History - Some Often Overlooked Considerations]]** by [[offtopic:Grey Wolf]] (under the name "Wolverine"), published at the [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090327131125/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/lauder/1644/altyhist.html|Infinity Wanderers site]] (archived via archive.org, an additional link to an AH.com backup is available [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6283668|here]])
   * **[[http://www.clockworksky.net/fractions_of_ahs/fractions_of_ahs.html|The Fractions of Perceptibly Different Alternate Timelines]]** at [[http://www.clockworksky.net/scifi_top.html|Tony Jones' sci-fi site]] (Some sciency thoughts on how many alternate timelines will be the same, from a human perspective.)   * **[[http://www.clockworksky.net/fractions_of_ahs/fractions_of_ahs.html|The Fractions of Perceptibly Different Alternate Timelines]]** at [[http://www.clockworksky.net/scifi_top.html|Tony Jones' sci-fi site]] (Some sciency thoughts on how many alternate timelines will be the same, from a human perspective.)
  
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 ==== Essays from published sources ==== ==== Essays from published sources ====
  
-  * **[[https://www.dropbox.com/s/iww87mc8v22onkf/Toynbee%20-%201969%20-%20Three%20Lives.pdf|Toynbee, A. J. (1969). Three Lives. Some Problems of Greek History (pp. 418–487). Oxford: Oxford University Press]]** - Famous British historian Arnold Toynbee's articles //**If Ochus and Philip had Lived On**// and //**If Alexander the Great had Lived On**//, from a book of essays entitled //**Some Problems in Greek History**//. Recommended by [[offtopic:Leo Caesius]] : "//To me, these two essays remain the best models for historical counterfactuals, examined and explained concisely and well...//"+  * **[[https://www.dropbox.com/s/iww87mc8v22onkf/Toynbee%20-%201969%20-%20Three%20Lives.pdf|Toynbee, A. J. (1969). Three Lives. Some Problems of Greek History (pp. 418–487). Oxford: Oxford University Press]]** - Famous British historian Arnold Toynbee's articles //**If Ochus and Philip had Lived On**// and //**If Alexander the Great had Lived On**//, from a book of essays entitled //**Some Problems in Greek History**//. Recommended by [[offtopic:Leo Caesius]]: "//To me, these two essays remain the best models for historical counterfactuals, examined and explained concisely and well...//"
  
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 ==== Related AH.com discussions ==== ==== Related AH.com discussions ====
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=103623|How extensive is the butterfly effect ? Speculation...]]**+**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=103623|How extensive is the butterfly effect? Speculation...]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=195616|What are the moral responsibilites of alternate history ?]]**+**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=195616|What are the moral responsibilites of alternate history?]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/is-there-a-philosophy-of-history-for-alternative-history.406405/|Is there a philosophy of history for alternative history ?]]**+**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/is-there-a-philosophy-of-history-for-alternative-history.406405/|Is there a philosophy of history for alternative history?]]**
  
 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-butterfly-effect-and-human-culture.251160/|The butterfly effect and human culture]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-butterfly-effect-and-human-culture.251160/|The butterfly effect and human culture]]**
  
-**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/how-do-you-like-to-view-timelines.317668/|How do you like to view timelines ?]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/how-do-you-like-to-view-timelines.317668/|How do you like to view timelines?]]**
  
 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-histories-written-like-a-nonfiction-textbook.319879/|Alternate Histories written like a non-fiction textbook]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-histories-written-like-a-nonfiction-textbook.319879/|Alternate Histories written like a non-fiction textbook]]**
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 +**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/otl-as-default-tl-in-multiverses.262053/|OTL as "default TL" in multiverses?]]**
  
 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-otl.81089/|The OTL]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-otl.81089/|The OTL]]**
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 **[[Alternate History Clichés]]** **[[Alternate History Clichés]]**
  
-**[[how_to_tl|HELP : How To Write A Timeline]]**+**[[how_to_write_a_timeline|HELP: How To Write A Timeline]]**
  
 **[[The Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility]]** **[[The Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility]]**
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 **[[alternate history:alternate history|Alternate History Topics Section Main Directory]]** **[[alternate history:alternate history|Alternate History Topics Section Main Directory]]**
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