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underlankers in talk_politics

Since Sandwichwarrior mentions his works:

Nov 04, 2011 19:13

This is a link to the full Up With the Star timeline as per where it currently is. This is the alternate history timeline I keep mentioning in various Friday LULZ threads. With the point of divergence that Ben Butler becomes Abraham Lincoln's Vice-President in 1864, giving command of the Army of the James to David Hunter, a real soldier, I created ( Read more... )

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abomvubuso November 5 2011, 00:21:34 UTC

MASSIVE HISTORYGASM!

Okay, bookmarking now.

devil_ad_vocate November 5 2011, 01:23:59 UTC

The Sheldon Cooper of Liberal Arts!

oportet November 5 2011, 02:49:29 UTC

I know human events don't have too much influence on the make-up of the earth itself, but if you're putting together an alternate universe, why does the Middle East still get to float on top the most valuable natural resource?

Give it to Greenland, or my alternate-universe great uncle, or have it come out of volcanoes.

underlankers November 5 2011, 12:17:08 UTC

Geography can't be changed in alternate history. It's the hardest sci-fi there is.

ghoststrider November 6 2011, 00:45:42 UTC

Sure it can! Haven't you ever read The Lord of the Rings? :p

abomvubuso November 6 2011, 08:58:14 UTC

Wot'e said.

allhatnocattle November 5 2011, 17:22:57 UTC

Jack Churchill is the most badass soldier I have ever heard of... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

ghoststrider November 6 2011, 00:43:12 UTC

So, finally, I can unravel all of your neuroses...

ghoststrider November 7 2011, 16:56:21 UTC

OMG this is in-depth i'm lost in this man's mind....