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| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com|AH.com]]**, what else :) | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com|AH.com]]**, what else :) |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/webguide.html|The Alternate History Web Guide of AH.com]]** | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20120220031438/http://www.alternatehistory.com/webguide.html|The Alternate History Web Guide of AH.com]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/|The AH.com Discussion Board]]** (which you've probably visited, if you're reading this wiki) | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/|The AH.com Discussion Board]]** (which you've probably visited, if you're reading this wiki) |
| * **[[http://www.uchronia.net|Uchronia.net : The Complete List of Alternate History Books]]** - Highly recommended. [[offtopic:uchronia|This database]] is an exhaustive overview of works of fiction or speculative non-fiction which fit within the alternate history genre. If you're looking for alternate history literature, this place is as good as any to start. | * **[[http://www.uchronia.net|Uchronia.net : The Complete List of Alternate History Books]]** - Highly recommended. [[offtopic:uchronia|This database]] is an exhaustive overview of works of fiction or speculative non-fiction which fit within the alternate history genre. If you're looking for alternate history literature, this place is as good as any to start. |
| * **[[http://www.writers-ark.com|The Writer's Ark]]** - [[offtopic:writer's ark|Discussion forum]] for readers and writers of speculative fiction. Online and active since early 2016, the forum serves as a refocused spiritual successor to AH.com's [[links:ah_on_the_web#defunct_alternate_history_websites|defunct]] cousin, [[offtopic:Counter-factual.net]]. | |
| * **[[offtopic:Sea Lion Press]]** - Founded in 2015, SLP is the first publishing house dedicated to alternate history fiction by new talented authors, specialising in publishing their works in e-book formats and as paperbacks. | * **[[offtopic:Sea Lion Press]]** - Founded in 2015, SLP is the first publishing house dedicated to alternate history fiction by new talented authors, specialising in publishing their works in e-book formats and as paperbacks. |
| * **[[http://forum.sealionpress.co.uk|Sea Lion Press Forums]]** - The discussion forums of Sea Lion Press, for discussing alternate history literature (including works published by SLP) and alternate history fiction and writing in general. | * **[[http://forum.sealionpress.co.uk|Sea Lion Press Forums]]** - The discussion forums of Sea Lion Press, for discussing alternate history literature (including works published by SLP) and alternate history fiction and writing in general. |
| * **[[offtopic:AHF Magazine]]** - An anthology periodical dedicated to alternate history fiction and other AH content, published by the site. Available in various e-book formats and print-on-demand. | * **[[offtopic:AHF Magazine]]** - An anthology periodical dedicated to alternate history fiction and other AH content, published by the site. Available in various e-book formats and print-on-demand. |
| * **[[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com|Alternate History Weekly Update]]** - A blog that ran from 2011 to 2016 and currently has a successor in... | * **[[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com|Alternate History Weekly Update]]** - A blog that ran from 2011 to 2016 and currently has a successor in... |
| * **[[http://alternatehistorian.blogspot.com|The Alternate Historian]]** - [[offtopic:the_alternate_historian|Website]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMitro85|video blog]] that serves as a successor to Alternate History Weekly Update. Managed by the same staff as the previous blog. | * **[[http://alternatehistorian.blogspot.com|The Alternate Historian]]** - [[offtopic:the_alternate_historian|Website]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMitro85|video blog]] that serves as a successor to Alternate History Weekly Update. Managed by the same staff as the previous blog. |
| * **[[http://ib.frath.net/w/Main_Page|The Ill Bethisad Project]]** - Famous and long-lived [[timelines:ill_bethisad|alternate worldbuilding project]], which originally started out as a project of alternate linguistics back in the late 1990s. | * **[[http://ib.frath.net/w/Main_Page|The Ill Bethisad Project]]** - Famous and long-lived [[timelines:ill_bethisad|alternate worldbuilding project]], which originally started out as a project of alternate linguistics back in the late 1990s. |
| * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20081225182149/http://www.gurpswiki.net/default.aspx/InfiniteWorldsWiki/InfiniteWorldsWiki.html|Infinite Worlds Wiki (for GURPS)]]** (dead since end of 2008) | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20081225182149/http://www.gurpswiki.net/default.aspx/InfiniteWorldsWiki/InfiniteWorldsWiki.html|Infinite Worlds Wiki (for GURPS)]]** (dead since end of 2008) |
| ** Replaced by **//[[http://gurps.wikia.com/wiki/Infinite_Worlds|GURPS Infinite Worlds]]//** | * Replaced by **//[[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/GURPS_Infinite_Worlds|GURPS Infinite Worlds]]//** |
| * **[[http://zompist.com/virtuver.htm|Virtual Verduria]]** | * **[[http://zompist.com/virtuver.htm|Virtual Verduria]]** |
| * **[[http://bullspec.blogspot.com|The Bull Spec Blog/E-zine]]** | * **[[https://bullspec.com|The Bull Spec Blog/E-zine]]** (until 2012 [[http://bullspec.blogspot.com|here]]) |
| * **[[http://www.todayinah.co.uk/ctt_index.php?noimages=1|Changing the Times]]** (also named "Today in AH") | * **[[http://www.todayinah.co.uk/ctt_index.php?noimages=1|Changing the Times]]** (also named "Today in AH") |
| * **[[http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page|Alternate History Wiki on wikia]]** | * **[[alternate_history:althist_fandom_wiki|Alternate History Fandom Wiki (ex-wikia)]]** |
| * **[[http://www.othertimelines.com|This Day In Alternate History]]** (aka othertimelines.com) | * **[[http://althistfiction.com|Alt Hist: Historical Fiction and Alternate History]]** Blog ("Temporarily Closed to Submissions" since 2020) |
| * **[[http://althistfiction.com/|Alt Hist: Historical Fiction and Alternate History]]** Blog | * **[[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/warships1discussionboards/naval-fiction-f67/|The Naval Fiction Board]]** (historical and alternate history naval fiction) |
| * **[[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alternate-history/|The Yahoo! Alternate History Group]]** | |
| * **[[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ahtg/info|The Alternate History Travel Guides]]** | |
| * **[[http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/forums/67/The-Naval-Fiction-Board#.UIkRTGe8Cgc|The Naval Fiction Board]]** (historical and alternate history naval fiction) | |
| * **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20050407163029/http://home.att.net/~leverett/saga.html|The Saga of Tarrantry Project]]** (first created on the naval fiction board, this separate official site is now archived via archive.org) + [[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/warships1discussionboards/the-naval-fiction-board-f67/#.UIkRTGe8Cgc|a page about the Terrentrian naval air service]] | * **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20050407163029/http://home.att.net/~leverett/saga.html|The Saga of Tarrantry Project]]** (first created on the naval fiction board, this separate official site is now archived via archive.org) + [[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/warships1discussionboards/the-naval-fiction-board-f67/#.UIkRTGe8Cgc|a page about the Terrentrian naval air service]] |
| * **[[http://letterstime.com|Letterstime]]** (WWI era naval alternate history) | * **[[http://letterstime.com|Letterstime]]** (WWI era naval alternate history) |
| * **[[http://alternate-timelines.proboards.com|Alternate Timelines discussion forum]]** - [[offtopic:Lordroel]]'s own personal AH forum where most of his timelines are posted, but is also in use as a general AH site as well. | * **[[https://alternate-timelines.com|Alternate Timelines discussion forum]]** - [[offtopic:Lordroel]]'s own personal AH forum (founded in 2015) where most of his timelines are posted, but is also in use as a general AH site as well. Some of the most interesting threads there are [[https://alternate-timelines.com/thread/2804/great-1914-1918-real-time|those ones about each World War]] - [[https://alternate-timelines.com/thread/2181/world-war-ii-real-time|both in real time]]. That is, every day Lord Roel will post a summary about the day gone by. |
| * **[[http://althistoria.proboards.com|Althistoria discussion forum]]** - Run by [[offtopic:Krall]], another forum. | * **[[https://www.facebook.com/groups/2208892565/|AH group on (*sigh*) Facebook]]** |
| * **[[http://diverginguniverses.proboards.com|Diverging Universes discussion forum]]** - Run by [[offtopic:Ismailov]] | * **[[https://historum.com/speculative-history/|Speculative History on Historum]]** |
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| * **[[http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/history.html|Anthony Mayer's Alternate History Site]]** - One oldie from the early 2000s that's still around. | * **[[http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/history.html|Anthony Mayer's Alternate History Site]]** - One oldie from the early 2000s that's still around. |
| * **[[http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/what-if.htm|Matthew White's Alternate Histories]]** | * **[[http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/what-if.htm|Matthew White's Alternate Histories]]** |
| * **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20071212170442/http://www.btinternet.com/~chief.gnome/|Anthony Wells' "What if Gordon Banks had played ?" TL]]** (archived version) | * **[[http://uchroniques.blogspot.com|UCHRONIQUES]]** - [[offtopic:LSCatilina]]'s AH blog (in French) |
| * **[[http://tateville.com/althistory/|J.T.'s Alternate History Site]]** | * **[[http://www.greywolfauthor.com|Grey Wolf's site]]** - [[offtopic:Grey Wolf]]'s personal site as an author, in addition to his larger Alternate History Fiction site. |
| * **[[http://uchroniques.blogspot.com/|UCHRONIQUES]]** - [[offtopic:LSCatilina]]'s AH blog (in French) | * **[[http://alternatehistoryinquirer.blogspot.com|Alternate History Inquirer]]** - [[offtopic:Yelnoc]]'s AH blog (not updated since 2013) |
| * **[[http://www.greywolfauthor.com/|Grey Wolf's site]]** - [[offtopic:Grey Wolf]]'s personal site as an author, in addition to his larger Alternate History Fiction site. | |
| * **[[http://alternatehistoryinquirer.blogspot.com/|Alternate History Inquirer]]** - [[offtopic:Yelnoc]]'s AH blog | |
| * **[[http://weeklychrononaut.blogspot.com/|The Weekly Chrononaut]]** - [[offtopic:Eckener]]'s AH blog | * **[[http://weeklychrononaut.blogspot.com/|The Weekly Chrononaut]]** - [[offtopic:Eckener]]'s AH blog |
| * **[[http://othertimesblog.blogspot.com/|Other Times : Adventures in Alternate History]]** - Sean Sherman's AH blog | * **[[http://othertimesblog.blogspot.com|Other Times : Adventures in Alternate History]]** - Sean Sherman's AH blog (not updated since 2016) |
| * **[[http://stevesahplace.freeforums.net/|Steve's AH Place]]** - [[offtopic:CaliBoy1990]]'s own personal AH site. Mainly used for hosting works of his (such as Stars & Stripes and La Tierra Afortunada), but also functions as a general AH site as well. | * **[[http://stevesahplace.freeforums.net|Steve's AH Place]]** - [[offtopic:CaliBoy1990]]'s own personal AH site. Mainly used for hosting works of his (such as Stars & Stripes and La Tierra Afortunada), but also functions as a general AH site as well. |
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| ==== Smaller alternate history websites ==== | ==== Smaller alternate history websites ==== |
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| * **[[http://programmesstartsoon.webs.com/|Nezza's new alternate television project website]]** | |
| * **[[http://www.texassportscolumn.com/|Texas Sports Column]]** - Sports Columns with several alternate sports histories. | |
| * **[[http://groups.msn.com/parallelearths/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us|Parallel Earths]]** - Dinosaurs survive, Alternate Biology. | * **[[http://groups.msn.com/parallelearths/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us|Parallel Earths]]** - Dinosaurs survive, Alternate Biology. |
| * **[[http://www.throneworld.com/sixthsun/|Sixth Sun: Wasteland of Flint, House of Reeds, Land of the Dead, Rising Wind]]** | * **[[http://www.throneworld.com/sixthsun/|Sixth Sun: Wasteland of Flint, House of Reeds, Land of the Dead, Rising Wind]]** (no updates since 2008) |
| * **[[http://www.butteredcat.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=25&MMN_position=64:64|1933: What If?]]** - About a Nazi Germany-Britain alliance. | |
| * **[[http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/enigma/writing/fut-his/|Enigma - Future History]]** - An interesting future history project written by a group of students in 1990 - it is now hilariously outdated, but is a good example of former futurologic stories becoming honorary alternate history over time. | |
| * **[[http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/Research/What-If/WhatIf.HTM|A geological WI]]** | |
| * **[[http://www.paulburgess.org/colon.html|The New World]]** - China discovers the Americas. | * **[[http://www.paulburgess.org/colon.html|The New World]]** - China discovers the Americas. |
| * **[[http://1632.org/|1632.org]]** - For [[alternate_history:163x|the book series]] by Eric Flint. | * **[[http://1632.org/|1632.org]]** - For [[alternate_history:163x|the book series]] by Eric Flint. |
| * **[[http://otherhistory.proboards.com|Other History]]** - A newer AH site with a significant amount of promise already! Two longstanding members of AH.com are currently amongst the top staff, and was originally founded by Melkor from CF.Net. | |
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| * **[[http://counter-factual.net/discussion|The CF.net Discussion Board]]** - With links to both the old and new versions of the board. Ceased operations in early 2016, along with the rest of the site. | * **[[http://counter-factual.net/discussion|The CF.net Discussion Board]]** - With links to both the old and new versions of the board. Ceased operations in early 2016, along with the rest of the site. |
| * **[[http://counter-factual.net/zine|The CF.Net E-zine]]** - Ceased operations in early 2016, along with the rest of the site. | * **[[http://counter-factual.net/zine|The CF.Net E-zine]]** - Ceased operations in early 2016, along with the rest of the site. |
| * **[[http://otherhistory.proboards.com/|OtherHistory discussion forum]]** - Run by members of CF.net upon the latter's announcement of shutdown. Now seems to be defunct as well. | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20171010050518/http://otherhistory.proboards.com|OtherHistory discussion forum]]** - Run by members of CF.net upon the latter's announcement of shutdown. Now seems to be defunct as well, since 2017 to be precise. |
| | * **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20071212170442/http://www.btinternet.com/~chief.gnome/|Anthony Wells' "What if Gordon Banks had played ?" TL]]** (archived version, dead since 2007) |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20160408140634/http://www.tateville.com:80/althistory/|J.T.'s Alternate History Site]]** (dead since 2016) |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20120825205946/http://programmesstartsoon.webs.com:80|Nezza's new alternate television project website]]** (Dead since 2012) |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202103552/http://texassportscolumn.com|Texas Sports Column]]** - Sports Columns with several alternate sports histories. (Dead since 2011) |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005202430/http://www.butteredcat.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=25&MMN_position=64:64|1933: What If?]]** - About a Nazi Germany-Britain alliance. (Dead since 2011) |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20080802044329/https://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/enigma/writing/fut-his/|Enigma - Future History]]** - An interesting future history project written by a group of students in 1990 - it is now hilariously outdated, but is a good example of former futurologic stories becoming honorary alternate history over time. (Dead since 2008) |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20171109223633/http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/Research/What-If/WhatIf.HTM|A geological WI]]** (Dead since 2017) |
| | * **[[http://althistoria.proboards.com|Althistoria discussion forum]]** (Run by [[offtopic:Krall]], another forum. Archived in 2020.) |
| | * **[[http://diverginguniverses.proboards.com|Diverging Universes discussion forum]]** (Run by [[offtopic:Ismailov]]. Inactive since 2018.) |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20191216001847/http://www.writers-ark.com/|The Writer's Ark]]** - [[offtopic:writer's ark|Discussion forum]] for readers and writers of speculative fiction. Online and active since early 2016, the forum serves as a refocused spiritual successor to AH.com's [[links:ah_on_the_web#defunct_alternate_history_websites|defunct]] cousin, [[offtopic:Counter-factual.net]]. Meanwhile also dead, sadly. |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20210118001647/http://othertimelines.com|This Day In Alternate History]]** (aka OtherTimelines.com - dead since 2021) |
| | * **[[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alternate-history/|The Yahoo! Alternate History Group]]** (hell knows what happened to them) |
| | * **[[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ahtg/info|The Alternate History Travel Guides]]** |
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| ====Non-English alternate history websites and forums==== | ====Non-English alternate history websites and forums==== |
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| * **[[http://www.uchronie.com/|Uchronie.com]]** - One of the longer lived French AH sites. Short TLs. More about experimentation than real followed alternate history, of a really irregular quality. Some TLs are interesting, some are totally ASB but still good, and an important part is just boring. | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20110130093707/http://www.uchronie.com|Uchronie.com]]** - One of the longer lived French AH sites. Short TLs. More about experimentation than real followed alternate history, of a really irregular quality. Some TLs are interesting, some are totally ASB but still good, and an important part is just boring. (Dead since 2011) |
| * **[[http://forumuchronies.frenchboard.com/|Forum des Uchronies Francophones]]** - "Forum francophone consacré à l'uchronie. L'Histoire est notre terrain de jeu." French language alternate history forum. | * **[[http://forumuchronies.frenchboard.com|Forum des Uchronies Francophones]]** - "Forum francophone consacré à l'uchronie. L'Histoire est notre terrain de jeu." French language alternate history forum. |
| * **[[http://www.noosfere.com/heberg/mota/|La Porte des Mondes]]** - No longer updated, this interesting website is about published French alternate history and uchronie and French editions/translations of foreign AH works. | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20150428222914/http://portedesmondes.noosfere.org:80/|La Porte des Mondes]]** - No longer updated, this interesting website is about published French alternate history and uchronie and French editions/translations of foreign AH works. (Dead since 2015) |
| * **[[http://prixuchronie.wordpress.com/|Prix Actusf de l’uchronie]]** - The Award for Francophone Alternate History Works. | * **[[http://prixuchronie.wordpress.com|Prix Actusf de l’uchronie]]** - The Award for Francophone Alternate History Works. |
| * **[[http://1940lafrancecontinue.org/|La France Continue]]** - Official website of the **//[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=159674|France Fights On]]//** WWII project/timeline. | * **[[http://1940lafrancecontinue.org|La France Continue]]** - Official website of the **//[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=159674|France Fights On]]//** WWII project/timeline. |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=287759|Jour J - French AH Comics Collection]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=287759|Jour J - French AH Comics Collection]]** |
| * **[[http://fai.org.ru/forum/index.php/|Russian Alternate History Forum]]** | * **[[http://fai.org.ru/forum/|Russian Alternate History Forum]]** |
| * **[[http://alternathistory.org.ua/|Ukrainian Alternate History Forum]]** (mostly in Russian) | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20150621211015/http://alternathistory.org.ua|Ukrainian Alternate History Forum]]** (mostly in Russian - dead since 2015+x) |
| | * **[[http://www.zeitenschmiede.de|German Alternate History Site]]** |
| | * **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20030409071854/http://www.ambassadore.net/zeitenschmiede/forum.pl|with]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20050830003345/http://www.technokraten.org:80/forum/forum.pl|Forum]]** (dead since 2003/05) |
| | * **Various non-English versions of the Alternate History Fandom Wiki (ex-wikia):** |
| | * [[https://althistory.fandom.com/es/wiki/Portada|Portada (Spanish)]] |
| | * [[https://althistory.fandom.com/de/wiki/Hauptseite|Hauptseite (German)]] |
| | * [[https://althistory.fandom.com/ru/wiki/AI|Alternativnaya Istoriya (Russian)]] |
| | * [[https://althistory.fandom.com/pt/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal|Página principal (Portuguese)]] |
| | * [[https://althistory.fandom.com/pl/wiki/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna|Strona główna (Polish)]] |
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| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=120960|Fyodor Berezin – The Ukraine’s Dale Brown]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=120960|Fyodor Berezin – The Ukraine’s Dale Brown]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=369774|AH novel from Hong Kong: Victorious Nationalist China 1949-1979]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=369774|AH novel from Hong Kong: Victorious Nationalist China 1949-1979]]** |
| * **[[http://www.uchronia.net/|Uchronia.net's Foreign Language Search Function (in the main menu, to the left)]]** | * **[[http://www.uchronia.net|Uchronia.net's Foreign Language Search Function (in the main menu, to the left)]]** |
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| ==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== |
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| **[[:start|AlternateHistory.com Wiki Main Page]]** | **[[:start|AlternateHistory.com Wiki Main Page]]** |
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