"Alienspacebats" ("ASBs") is a neologism for plot devices used in alternate history to mean an implausible point of divergence. "Alienspacebats" originally...
Apostilb, a unit of luminance Alt.sex.bondage, a Usenet newsgroup Alienspacebats, a term used while discussing implausible points of divergence in alternate...
MacGuffin, a recognition by name of Hitchcock's use of the device. Alienspacebats Big Dumb Object The Double McGuffin Monomyth Red herring Schmilblick...
futuristic or non-temporal settings. 20th century in science fiction Alienspacebats Alternate ending Alternative future American Civil War alternate histories...
important upcoming event or decision, that humanity will need to make. Alienspacebats Butterfly effect Counterfactual history For Want of a Nail Point of...
universes are presumed to comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and the physical laws and constants...
alternate history scenarios, such as survival of the Byzantine Empire or an alien invasion during the middle of the Second World War. In addition, he has...
required a number of lucky breaks to get as far as they did (see also: alienspacebats). Benford’s reply was "I bet you could think of some premise that would...
lead to a lackluster close encounter." In the novel MacLeod uses "alienspacebats", a science fiction MacGuffin, as characters in the novel as an in-joke...
Thrilling Wonder, December 1946 The Aliens, Berkley, March 1960. "The Aliens", Astounding, August 1959 "Fugitive From Space", Amazing, May 1954 "Anthopological...
Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2000. Pyramid Novels portal Alienspacebats It is also known informally as ISOT, after the first book in the series...
Thomas More S. M. Stirling Eric G. Swedin Harry Turtledove Elements Alienspacebats American Civil War alternate histories Butterfly effect Hypothetical...
Shigenori Tōgō: Japanese foreign minister Alienspacebats Kishin Corps, another alternate history series involving an alien invasion during World War II. "Uchronia:...
through the agency of shamanic magic.[citation needed] Novels portal Alienspacebats Ariel, a 1983 post-apocalyptic fantasy by Steve Boyett which was subtitled...
Thomas More S. M. Stirling Eric G. Swedin Harry Turtledove Elements Alienspacebats American Civil War alternate histories Butterfly effect Hypothetical...
The universe of Star Wars, a space opera media franchise, features a broad variety of different alien creatures. These aliens can be sentient or non-sentient...
group's return to their own planet, including rockets. The aliens often fail to blast off into space, either due to Etno's rockets malfunctioning or someone...
Meyer has acted in the films Dragonheart (1996), Starship Troopers (1997), Bats (1999), D-Tox (2002), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). She played Detective...
This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and spin-offs:...
This is a list of monster movies, about such creatures as extraterrestrial aliens, giant animals, Kaiju (the Japanese counterpart of giant animals, but they...
and Los Angeles' influential KROQ-FM. On July 25, 1998, they fought the alien rock band Gwar during The Ska Parade. The Aquabats spent 1997 and 1998 touring...
with New Netflix Specials!". 7 October 2020. The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants at Netflix The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space! at Netflix...