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Old 14th October 2006, 09:56 PM   #72 (permalink)
Ozymandias
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Re: Alternate history scenarios: What if?

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Originally Posted by C. Craig R. McNeil
I'm a big fan of alternative history and have gone to the extreme and mixed it in with a healthy dose of fantasy while writing my book, A Gathering of Storm Clouds. I've taken an idea of the British Empire discovering Atlantis in the dying years of the 19th Century and spun it out into a world where WW1 never happened because Britain dominates with magnificent mile long dreadnaughts.

Alternative history is a wonderfully fertile area that rewards active imaginations!
That sounds like a very interesting premise. Brilliant, in fact. I look forward to reading it.

I myself am writing a "Steampunk" novel. It concerns the adventures of Artemis Appleby, a Holmesian detective, and his son. I'm writing it as children's book because I feel the genre of steampunk is woefully underrepresented in children's literature. There are so many possiblities with this genre! It's high adventure with a capital H!
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