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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. |