Directory of Alternative History Resources

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Speculations on what the world would be like if certain events that happened didn't, or vice versa.

Resources in This Category

• Alternate History Discussion

  http://alternatehistory.com/
  The largest alternate history discussion forum on the web, plus a directory of individual scenarios sorted by era.

• Alternate History Wiki

  http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
  Exhibits pages related to alternate histories.

• B-49 Alternate History

  http://ninfinger.org/models/rms_tips/b49alt.hist.html
  Speculates on how military aviation history would have been different if the project had not been cancelled.

• David Johnson's webpage

  http://home.earthlink.net/~trolleyfan/
  Mostly noteworthy for the long "TrolleyWorld" scenario, also has parts of zines from Point of Divergence.

• Decades of Darkness

  http://decadesofdarkness.alternatehistory.com/
  History of an evil USA dominated by slave owners.

• For All Time

  http://foralltime.alternatehistory.com/
  A very long and detailed dystopia resulting from the death of FDR shortly after Pearl Harbor.

• History from the Closet

  http://historyfromthecloset.blogspot.com/
  Finding the hidden truth through short history and archaeology tales.

• Polish Zioty's Alternate History Page

  http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/althistory/
  A fun and interesting way of looking at how history could have been.

• Shattered World

  http://theshatteredworld.blogspot.com/
  An extremely detailed World War 2 alternate history, with its own discussion board.

• Sideways

  http://timeliketoons.tripod.com/sideways.htm
  An anthology web comic strip that focuses on alternate history/reality. Also provides a showcase for alternate history stories.

• Surreal History

  http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/what-if.htm
  Includes CSA Today, Balkanized North America and Moslem Australia.

• This Day in Alternate History

  http://www.othertimelines.com/
  A daily calendar with at least one alternate history scenario per day. Input on the scenarios or suggestions for new scenarios welcome.

• Today In Alternate History

  http://www.todayinah.co.uk/
  Weblog that features important events in history that never occurred today. Created by Robbie Taylor of College Station, Texas.

• Uchronia: The Alternate History List

  http://www.uchronia.net/
  An annotated bibliography of novels, stories, essays and other material involving the 'what ifs' of history.

• Union Lost

  http://www.angelfire.com/alt2/unionlost/
  Features two alternate history scenarios.

Related Categories

• Home > Science > Anomalies and Alternative Science > Historical Anomalies and Revisionism
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