Name: World Building for Alternate History
Start: 2026-06-28T13:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-28T14:00:00-0400

World Building for Alternate History

Sunday June 28, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

M - Plaza Ballroom C

Historian Dan Butler moderates this discussion on the elements of worldbuilding for Alternate History.

Moderators

Daniel Allen Butler

Author

Daniel Allen Butler is a best-selling author, historian, and college-educated semi-professional beach bum. His previous works include "Unsinkable"--the Full Story of RMS Titanic; The Day the Lusitania Died; Warrior Queens - The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II; The Age... Read More →

Guests

Joseph Hower

Author

Joseph Hower is a former active-duty Marine from West Michigan. He and his wife share five children and four granddaughters. He is a professional musician and a retired electrical engineer. He spends his free time performing with two bands across West Michigan and tending to his lawn... Read More →

Daniel Kemp

Author

A couple history degrees, the Army, and a turbulent personal life inspired the Athenaeum Inc military thriller trilogy at Cannon (Door Number Three, Doubling Down and Triple Play). He’s also done shorts on everything from the sinking of the Bismarck to feeding dragons.

Mark Huston

Author

Mark Huston is a Chicago based author. He is published in Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Series and is a long-time contributor to the Grantville Gazette. His first novel, "Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice", was a Dragon Award Finalist. His work has also appeared in F&SF. Mark is and... Read More →

Bjorn Hasseler

Author, Editor

Bjorn Hasseler found Eric Flint's novel 1632 in a public library. Then he discovered that fans were not just allowed but encouraged to write in the 1632 universe. He writes the Neustatter's European Security Service thread (A Matter of Security, Missions of Security, Security Threats... Read More →

S.M. Stirling

LibertyCon 38 Special Guest of Honor, Author

S.M. Stirling was born in France in 1953, to Canadian parents -- although his mother was born in England and grew up in Peru. After that he lived in Europe, Canada, Africa, and the US and visited several other continents. He graduated from law school in Canada but had his dorsal fin... Read More →

Sunday June 28, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom C

Literary/Publishing, Panel

LibertyCon 38

Daniel Allen Butler

Joseph Hower

Daniel Kemp

Mark Huston

Bjorn Hasseler

S.M. Stirling

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