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Uchronia: The Alternate History List (2312 words)
The topic of alternate history is also frequently addressed in wargames and wargaming magazines, although in those media it is usually left to the reader/player to determine what happens after the "point of divergence".
Alternate history fiction is also often confused with "secret history" or "hidden history", in which something we think we know about the past is revealed to be incorrect.
Also akin to alternate histories are what are sometimes called "personal alternate histories" or "micro alternate histories", stories in which fictional characters get a chance to see how their lives might otherwise have occurred.
Histalt - Alternate History - Althist Fiction (1535 words)
In the AH context, an alternate history chronicle or "uchronia".
This is a favourite for alternate history buffs, for there have been many history-changing events that hinged on the outcome of a single battle improbably won.
Rick Sutcliffe's Alternate History SF Rick Sutcliffe's alternate history fiction takes place on several such worlds joined via a medium called the Timestream, each alternate earth distinguished from the others by a decision or group of decisions (nexus triggers) that radically altered subsequent history.
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