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timelines:look_to_the_west [2016/10/10 16:36] – [Publication] petiketimelines:look_to_the_west [2020/02/08 15:30] – Updating to new attachment format eofpi
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 ====== Look to the West ====== ====== Look to the West ======
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 +//There's a feeling I get//\\
 +//When I look to the west//\\
 +//And my spirit is crying for leaving//\\
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 +//In my thoughts I have seen//\\
 +//Rings of smoke through the trees//\\
 +//And the voices of those who stand looking.//\\
  
 ==== Background ==== ==== Background ====
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 Due to Thande inadvertently giving two characters similar backstories in two close-together chapters, the timeline has become nicknamed the "Look to Burning Down People's Houses TL" Due to Thande inadvertently giving two characters similar backstories in two close-together chapters, the timeline has become nicknamed the "Look to Burning Down People's Houses TL"
  
-[[offtopic:Roberto]] is Thande's official [[lttw maps|mapmaker for LTTW]], a fact that he takes great joy in, and loves to flaunt it around. [[offtopic:Nugax]], [[offtopic:Alex Richards]] and others later took over some of Roberto's map duties, as he's busy these days.+[[offtopic:Roberto]] is Thande's official [[LTTW maps|mapmaker for LTTW]], a fact that he takes great joy in, and loves to flaunt it around. [[offtopic:Nugax]], [[offtopic:Alex Richards]] and others later took over some of Roberto's map duties, as he's busy these days.
  
-Thande is particularly fond of [[alternate history:alternate terminology]] (see that page and the [[glossary look to the west|glosssary]] for some examples from this TL). You can generally assume that if something was invented or thought up after the POD of 1727, it will have a different name in this TL than in [[alternate history:OTL]]. +Thande is particularly fond of [[alternate history:alternate terminology]] (see that page and the [[glossary look to the west|glossary]] for some examples from this TL). You can generally assume that if something was invented or thought up after the POD of 1727, it will have a different name in this TL than in [[alternate history:OTL]]. 
  
 There are [[references and cameos look to the west|numerous hidden references and in-jokes]] to OTL history and culture and [[references and cameos look to the west|various AH.commers have cameos]] throughout the timeline. There are [[references and cameos look to the west|numerous hidden references and in-jokes]] to OTL history and culture and [[references and cameos look to the west|various AH.commers have cameos]] throughout the timeline.
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 ==== Awards ==== ==== Awards ====
  
-The timeline has won a total of 5 [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]] in the following categories :+The timeline has won a total of 5 [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]] in the following categories:
  
-  * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=1715961&postcount=5|"Best 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2008_winners|2008]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) +  * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-1715961|"Best 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2008_winners|2008]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) 
-  * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=2456123&postcount=6|"Best 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2009_winners|2009]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]])  +  * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-2456123|"Best 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2009_winners|2009]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]])  
-  * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7242212&postcount=16|"Best Continuing 18th Century  Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2013_winners|2013]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) +  * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7242212|"Best Continuing 18th Century  Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2013_winners|2013]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]]) 
-  * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=223599&stc=1&d=1392004445|"Best Continuing 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2014_winners|2014]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]])+  * - **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/223599/|"Best Continuing 18th Century Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2014_winners|2014]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]])
   * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/ta-2016-ft-s-timeline-png.279095/|"Best Finished Timelines & Scenarios Forum Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2016_winners|2016]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]])   * - **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/ta-2016-ft-s-timeline-png.279095/|"Best Finished Timelines & Scenarios Forum Timeline"]]** ([[alternate_history:2016_winners|2016]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]])
  
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 ==== Publication ==== ==== Publication ====
  
-A Volume I book version of the timeline, titled //Diverge and Conquer//, [[http://sealionpress.co.uk/our-books/diverge-and-conquer/|has been published]] by [[offtopic:Sea Lion Press]] in January 2016. Thande made [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/look-to-the-west-volume-v-to-dream-again.354968/page-36#post-11932818|a post]] explaining which people helped him prepare the book version. The Volume II book, titled //Uncharted Territory//, [[http://sealionpress.co.uk/our-books/uncharted-territory/|was published]] in October 2016.+A Volume I book version of the timeline, titled //Diverge and Conquer//, [[http://www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page/diverge-and-conquer|has been published]] by [[offtopic:Sea Lion Press]] in January 2016. Thande made [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/look-to-the-west-volume-v-to-dream-again.354968/page-36#post-11932818|a post]] explaining which people helped him prepare the book version.  
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 +The Volume II book, titled //Uncharted Territory//, [[http://www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page/uncharted-territory|was published]] by Sea Lion Press in October 2016.  
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 +In May 2018, Thande [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/look-to-the-west-volume-v-to-dream-again.354968/page-100#post-17052619|announced]] that Sea Lion Press is [[http://www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page/equal-and-opposite-reactions|publishing]] Volume III of the book series, titled //Equal and Opposite Reactions//.
  
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