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Alien space bats, the Glossary

"Alien space bats" ("ASBs") is a neologism for plot devices used in alternate history to mean an implausible point of divergence.^[1]

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20th-century neologisms
Alternate history
Alternate history fandom
Nantucket series
Science fiction terminology

Alternate history

Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply AH) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history.

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Assiti Shards series

The Assiti Shards series is a fictional universe invented by American author Eric Flint.

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Cthulhu Mythos deities

American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) created a number of fictional deities throughout the course of his literary career.

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Del Rey Books

Del Rey Books is an imprint of the Random House Group, a division of Penguin Random House.

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Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina (plural: dei ex machina; English "god from the machine") is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly or abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence. Alien space bats and Deus ex machina are narrative techniques.

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Dies the Fire

Dies the Fire is a 2004 alternate history and post-apocalyptic novel written by S. M. Stirling.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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Failbetter Games

Failbetter Games is a British video game developer and interactive fiction studio based in London.

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Fallen London

Fallen London, originally Echo Bazaar, is a browser-based interactive narrative game developed by Failbetter Games and set in "Fallen London", an alternative Victorian London with gothic overtones.

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Harry Turtledove

Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction.

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In-joke

An in-joke, also known as an inside joke or a private joke, is a joke with humour that is understandable only to members of an ingroup; that is, people who are in a particular social group, occupation, or other community of shared interest.

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Island in the Sea of Time

Island in the Sea of Time (ISOT) is the first of the three alternate history novels of the Nantucket series by S. M. Stirling. Alien space bats and Island in the Sea of Time are Nantucket series.

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John Birmingham

John Birmingham (born 7 August 1964) is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy.

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Jonbar hinge

In science-fiction criticism, a Jonbar hinge or Jonbar point is the fictional concept of a crucial point of divergence between two outcomes, especially in time-travel stories. Alien space bats and Jonbar hinge are alternate history, narrative techniques and science fiction terminology.

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Ken MacLeod

Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer.

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Learning the World

Learning the World is a science fiction novel by British writer Ken MacLeod, published in 2005.

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Nantucket

Nantucket is an island about south from Cape Cod.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Neologism

In linguistics, a neologism (also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that nevertheless has achieved popular or institutional recognition and is becoming accepted into mainstream language.

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Operation Sea Lion

Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe), was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom.

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Paul Di Filippo

Paul Di Filippo (born October 29, 1954) is an American science fiction writer.

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Plot device

A plot device or plot mechanism is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward. Alien space bats and plot device are narrative techniques.

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Pyramid (magazine)

Pyramid was a gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games.

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

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S. M. Stirling

Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France.

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Steven H Silver

Steven H Silver (born April 19, 1967) is an American science fiction fan and bibliographer, publisher, author, and editor. Alien space bats and Steven H Silver are alternate history fandom.

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Syfy

Syfy (a paraphrased neology of former name Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable television channel, which is owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division and business segment of Comcast's NBCUniversal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_space_bats

Also known as ASB territory, Alien space bat.

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See also

20th-century neologisms

Alternate history

Alternate history fandom

Nantucket series

Science fiction terminology

References