{"id":1789714,"date":"2020-11-27T14:15:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789714"},"modified":"2020-11-27T14:15:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:15:45","slug":"bbc-future-explores-alternate-history-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/bbc-future-explores-alternate-history-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Future Explores Alternate History Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alternate history is a long-established subgenre of science fiction. \u201cBut one of the deepest pleasures of alternate histories are their maps. Sometimes these allow stories to unfurl, or complement the hypothetical world of a tale being told. But in many cases, the map alone tells a story,\u201d writes Samuel Arbesman in a piece exploring alternate history and its maps at BBC Future<\/em><\/a>. It\u2019s a 101-level piece insofar as alternate history the subgenre is concerned; the pleasure, as you might expect, is the maps shared and linked to. [ICA<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Previously: Alternate Geographies on the Imaginary Maps Reddit Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alternate history is a long-established subgenre of science fiction. \u201cBut one of the deepest pleasures of alternate histories are their maps. 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