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[[Point of Divergence]] or POD, in [[alternate history]] fiction, is the moment when the fictional world stops following the same course of events as our timeline. |
[[Point of Divergence]] or POD, in [[alternate history]] fiction, is the moment when the fictional world stops following the same course of events as our timeline. |
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| − | Many alternate history stories use an important battle as a Point of Divergence. In the [[Southern Victory]] series, the POD occurs on September 10, 1862, when important military orders lost by a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] courier are immediately recovered by Confederate troops. In our timeline, the orders were discovered by [[United States Army|Union]] forces. The consequence of that change is that the Confederate States win the [[American Civil War]]. |
+ | Many alternate history stories use an important battle as a Point of Divergence. In the [[Southern Victory]] series, the POD occurs on September 10, 1862, when important military orders lost by a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] courier are immediately recovered by Confederate troops. In our timeline, the orders were discovered by [[United States Army|Union]] forces. The consequence of that change is that the [[Confederate States]] win the [[American Civil War]]. |
A Point of Divergence can also be a natural event not related to the acts of human beings, and might be in the distant past. For example, in the [[Atlantis (series)|Atlantis series]] the POD is related to tectonic forces working differently than in [[OTL]] millions of years in the past, causing a part of North America to drift into the mid-Atlantic; in ''[[A World of Difference]]'' the POD is related to planet-forming forces creating, in the fourth orbit outwards from the Sun, a planet substantially different from our [[Mars]]. |
A Point of Divergence can also be a natural event not related to the acts of human beings, and might be in the distant past. For example, in the [[Atlantis (series)|Atlantis series]] the POD is related to tectonic forces working differently than in [[OTL]] millions of years in the past, causing a part of North America to drift into the mid-Atlantic; in ''[[A World of Difference]]'' the POD is related to planet-forming forces creating, in the fourth orbit outwards from the Sun, a planet substantially different from our [[Mars]]. |
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Revision as of 06:31, 7 September 2015
Point of Divergence or POD, in alternate history fiction, is the moment when the fictional world stops following the same course of events as our timeline.
Many alternate history stories use an important battle as a Point of Divergence. In the Southern Victory series, the POD occurs on September 10, 1862, when important military orders lost by a Confederate courier are immediately recovered by Confederate troops. In our timeline, the orders were discovered by Union forces. The consequence of that change is that the Confederate States win the American Civil War.
A Point of Divergence can also be a natural event not related to the acts of human beings, and might be in the distant past. For example, in the Atlantis series the POD is related to tectonic forces working differently than in OTL millions of years in the past, causing a part of North America to drift into the mid-Atlantic; in A World of Difference the POD is related to planet-forming forces creating, in the fourth orbit outwards from the Sun, a planet substantially different from our Mars.
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| Story | Relevant Point of Divergence | Year of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| A Different Flesh* | 1492 | 1988 |
| A World of Difference* | 1976 | 1990 |
| Agent of Byzantium | 610 | 1988 |
| Atlantis* | 1452 | 2005-2009 |
| But It Does Move | 1633 | 2009 |
| Cayos in the Stream | 1942 | 2013 |
| Counting Potsherds | 480 BCE | 1989 |
| The Daimon | 415 BCE | 2002 |
| Days of Infamy | 1941 | 2004-2005 |
| The Guns of the South | 1864 | 1992 |
| Hindsight | 1949 | 1984 |
| In the Presence of Mine Enemies | 1940 | 1992-2003 |
| Islands in the Sea | 717 | 1989 |
| Joe Steele | 1878 | 2003-2015 |
| Worldwar | 1942 | 1994-2004 |