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2 weeks ago

Apple's Bold Sci-Fi "Paranoid Thriller" Is Streaming Sooner Than You Think

Starting in 2019, the series has charted a timeline in which the USSR beat the US to the Moon in 1969, and then explored how various dominoes fell after that point. From an alternate 1980s featuring a functional Moonbase to landing on Mars in the 1990s, and now, with Season 5, a full-on Mars rebellion looming, this show is as thought-provoking as it is bold.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror review roundup

Subsequently, runaway children turned the valley into a fortress, surviving on food they could catch or grow, with occasional forays into the towns below. Riley has heard the rumours, but it is only when she sees a green-clad boy or is it a girl? hovering outside her bedroom window offering directions on how to find Nowhere that she realises this might be her chance to escape and save her little brother from their sadistic guardian.
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fromConsequence
1 month ago

For All Mankind Season 5 Reveals Release Date, First Mars-Set Teaser Trailer

For All Mankind Season 5 advances to the 2010s, portraying a thriving Mars colony facing growing tension with Earth and premiering March 27.
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from24/7 Wall St.
3 months ago

This Is What the World Might Look Like Today Without European Colonization

A world without European colonization could have been colonized by non-Western empires, yielding more cultural diversity and sustainability but lower technology and living standards.
Books
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 months ago

The Best Historical Fiction Novels to Read Right Now

Diverse historical novels portray survival, cultural collision, alternate histories, evolving gender roles, and personal transformation across varied eras and global settings.
Television
fromVulture
5 months ago

Peacemaker Recap: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Peacemaker's penultimate episode examines moral ambiguity and perspective by complicating heroism, portraying characters whose actions reveal shifting virtues and flaws in an Alt-Evergreen Nazi universe.
Video games
fromInverse
6 months ago

'The Outer Worlds 2 ' Let Me Play As A Big Dumb Idiot, and I Loved It

The Outer Worlds 2 supports playing a bumbling, hapless character while offering improved shooting, sharper visuals, and continued corporate satire in an alternate future.
Film
fromVulture
7 months ago

Aztec Batman Will Take on Historical Supervillain Hernan Cortes

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires features Yohualli Coatl as Batman fighting against Cortés in a unique alternate history setting.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey review this dystopia could have been extraordinary

Catherine Chidgey's The Book of Guilt is her first dystopian novel, exploring an alternate history where WWII ended earlier than in reality.
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fromPolygon
10 months ago

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX's director on the 'sense of the Cold War' he wanted for the series

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX offers an alternate-history narrative distinct from the traditional Universal Century framework.
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