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| ==== Background ==== | ==== Background ==== |
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| [[offtopic:Thande]]'s first, and so far only, major timeline. It was started in January 2007, after Thande had already been on the site for two years, but some glimpses of it were provided by a series of brainstorming maps posted on the [[alternate history:Map Thread]] some months before. However, Thande radically changed the conception of the TL several times between then and writing the TL proper, so the maps bear little resemblance to the eventual TL. | [[offtopic:Thande]]'s first and most major timeline. It was started in January 2007, after Thande had already been on the site for two years, but some glimpses of it were provided by a series of brainstorming maps posted on the [[alternate history:Map Thread]] some months before. However, Thande radically changed the conception of the TL several times between then and writing the TL proper, so the maps bear little resemblance to the eventual TL. |
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| The original version of the TL would have featured an alternate George III of Great Britain who became obsessed with the Americas and fought in the [[pods:Seven Years War|Seven Years' War]] under an alias. Thande eventually rejected this for being too romantic. However, the title was more appropriate for that conception than it is for the eventual result. | The original version of the TL would have featured an alternate George III of Great Britain who became obsessed with the Americas and fought in the [[pods:Seven Years War|Seven Years' War]] under an alias. Thande eventually rejected this for being too romantic. However, the title was more appropriate for that conception than it is for the eventual result. |
| 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". |
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| [[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. |
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| 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]]. |
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| 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. |
| 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: |
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| * - **[[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 ==== |
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| 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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