Episode 157 of SFF Addicts has arrived!
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly for a masterclass panel on Constructing an Alternate History, featuring authors P. Djèlí Clark, Mary Robinette Kowal and Sophie Burnham. During the panel, they lay out the foundations of alternate history stories, discussing what an alternate history is, what these stories can achieve, the divergence point, cause and effect, balancing real history vs. imagined history, bringing modern ideas/concerns into an alternate history, the legitimacy of history, historical research and more.
P. Djèlí Clark is an academic historian and the award-winning author of Ring Shout, A Master of Djinn, The Black God’s Drums, Abeni’s Song and more. Find Phenderson on Instagram and his website.
Mary Robinette Kowal is the award-winning author of The Lady Astronaut series, The Glamourist Histories series and more. Find Mary Robinette on Instagram and her website.
Sophie Burnham is the author of Sargassa, her debut novel. Find Sophie on Instagram and her website.
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