For All Nails: Numerical Listing of Posts
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This archive contains all postings in For All Nails, a
collaborative extension to the timeline of Robert Sobel's alternate
history For Want of a Nail. The point of divergence is the
victory of Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777. North America is subsequently
divided between the Confederation of North America and the United States
of Mexico. A timeline of events specified in Sobel's book is
here.
The convention for these postings is that they be short vignettes,
usually from a single first-person or limited-omniscient point of view.
Sometimes two or more related vignettes are combined into a single post.
Some "facts" from Sobel have been asserted here to be errors, generally
after discussion.
This list, by posting number, is roughly in order of posting and not
at all in internal chronological order. This list
has the events in order by date.
Introducing a New Feature! This archive now
contains posts in the "For All Nails Flashbacks" series, describing events
before post #1 in 1957. These appear in green in the list below.
Authors so far: Matt Alderman, Chester A. Arthur,
David Mix Barrington, Sir Francis Burdett, Jonathan Edelstein,
Bernard Guerrero, Joe Horan, Mike Keating, Henrik Kiertzner, Noel Maurer,
Dan McDonald, Randy McDonald, Johnny Pez, Raymond Speer, Walter R. Strapps,
Vegard Valberg, Carlos Yu.
Contributions by
new people are welcome -- they may be posted directly to
soc.history.what-if or mailed for comment to any of the current authors.
- #1: For All Nails (Noel)
- #2: Paris is Burning (Johnny)
- #3: (untitled, The Ivory Tower) (Dave)
- #4: The Traitorous Eight (Dan)
- #5: Out of Uniform (Dave)
- #6: Two Angry Citizens (Dave)
- #6a: A Correction (Dave) (posted as second #6)
- #7: Uneasy Lies the Head (Johnny)
- #8: (untitled, Oil Markets) (Noel)
- #9: (untitled, review of For All Time) (Noel)
- #10: (untitled, Michigan City Spy Ring) (Carlos)
- #11: (untitled, Chamber of Commerce) (Noel)
- #12: Island Life (Dave)
- #13: (untitled, Timothy Liddy) (Carlos)
- #14: (untitled, Scandinavian State Funeral) (Henrik)
(first posted as #8)
- #14b: A Cold North-easterly Breeze... (Henrik)
- #15: More Island Life (Dave)
- #16: (untitled, Mercator and Urquell) (Carlos)
- #17: Burlington Home Radio Society (Dan)
- #18: A New Light (Johnny)
- #19: A Chingazo (Dave)
- #20: A Day at the Office (Noel) (first posted as #19)
- #21a: Officers and Gentlewomen (Matt)
- #21b: "...And Met With My Downfall" (Matt)
- #22: Mangia! (Dave)
- #23: Someone in Nancy (Randy) (missing keywords
"all nails", Google on title or "FAN #23")
- #24: That's Not Cricket! (Noel)
- #25: All Politics is Local (Dave)
- #26: In Birmingham They Love the Guv'nor (Dave)
- #27: Sexo, Drogos, y la Musica del Diablo (Carlos)
(posted with no number)
- #28: Sour Krauts (Noel)
- #29: For Want of a Fact (Randy)
- #30: A Copenhagen Welcome to Visitors! (Henrik)
(first posted as #26)
- #31: Star of Wonder, Star of Light (Dave)
- #32: Ca ira (Henrik)
- #33: A Stiff Northerly Expected (Henrik)
- #34: A Prodigal Son Returns and a Meeting is Arranged
(Henrik)
- #35: A Question of Attribution (Henrik)
- #36: The Hero of Paris (Johnny)
- #37: The Candidate (Noel)
- #38: Scion (Johnny)
- #39: Body, Mind, and Character (Dave)
- #39b: Tropical Paradox (Noel)
- #39d: Secretarial Privilege (Noel)
- #40: That All the World Should be Counted (Dave)
- #41: If You Lead, I Will Follow (Matt) (posted as
#41a)
- #42: Fingernails that Shine Like Justice (Johnny)
- #43: Tails and Dogs (Noel)
- #44: Un Quebecois Errant (Randy)
- #44b: A Quebecois on the Scheldt (Randy)
- #44c: On Brittany's Shores (Randy)
- #44d: (Maeterlinck in Ireland) (Randy) (in dev't)
- #45: (untitled, The Boricua Incident) (Henrik)
- #46: NUBS presents Insight (Dan)
- #47: A Speech Never Given (Dave)
- #48: A Near-Run Thing (Dave)
- #49: Fallout (Johnny)
- #50: Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair (Dave)
- #51a: Victoria's Secret (Part 1) (Jonathan)
- #51b: Victoria's Secret (Part 2) (Jonathan)
- #51c: Victoria's Secret (Part 3) (Jonathan)
- #51d: Victoria's Secret (Part 4) (Jonathan)
- #51e: Victoria's Secret (Part 5) (Jonathan)
- #51f: Victoria's Secret (Part 6) (Jonathan)
- #51g: Victoria's Secret (Part 7) (Jonathan)
- #51h: Victoria's Secret (Part 8) (Jonathan)
- #51i: Victoria's Secret (Part 9) (Jonathan)
- #51j: Victoria's Secret (Part 10) (Jonathan)
- #51k: Victoria's Secret (Part 11) (Jonathan)
- #51l: Victoria's Secret (Part 12) (Jonathan)
- #51m: Victoria's Secret (Part 13) (Jonathan)
- #51n: Victoria's Secret (Part 14 and last) (Jonathan)
- #52: Rocket Science (Dave)
- #53a: Corbies (Matt)
- #53b: The Apes of Hell (Matt)
- #53c: Bachelors' Hall (Matt)
- #54a: Some Rival (Matt)
- #55: Triestine Livers (Randy)
- #56a: I, Mercator (Carlos)
- #56b: I, Mercator (continued) (Carlos)
- #56c: I, Mercator (continued) (Carlos)
- #57a: The Next Stage (Johnny)
- #57b: A Serb Bullet (Johnny)
- #57c: Accident (Johnny)
- #58: The Sweet Six (Dave)
- #59: Not-So-White Trash Nation (Noel)
- #60: Spaced Service (Noel)
- #61: Picking Up Slack (Johnny)
- #62: Sunday Morning Coffee (Dave/Matt)
- #63: How Many Germans Does it Take... (Johnny)
- #64: A Meeting of the Minds (Noel)
- #65: Southern Cross (Henrik)
- #66a: In The Muck (Johnny)
- #66b: Diplomacy (Johnny)
- #67: Even Paranoids Have Enemies (Noel)
- #68: She's Got Legs (Noel)
- #69: Waiting For The Chancellor (Johnny)
- #70: "Call Me Judge Lancito" (Dave)
- #71: Southern Exposure (Noel)
- #72: Closing Time (Dan)
- #73: Academic Discourse (Dave/Johnny)
- #74: Conspiracy Theory (Johnny)
- #75: A Helping Hand (Henrik)
- #76: You Say "GrenAYda", I Say "GranAHda" (Dave)
- #77: Leebild Electronics, PLC (Dan)
- #78: Water on the Brain (Johnny)
- #79: Henry The Bad (Johnny)
- #80: Ferdinand the Bull (Dave)
- #81a: Youth of the Coronation (Johnny)
- #81b: Ball and Chain (Johnny)
- #81c: Conversation With a Servant (Johnny)
- #81d: A Visitor From Outer Space (Matt/Johnny)
- #81e: Mistaken Identity (Johnny)
- #81f: A Honey Trap? (Dave/Matt)
- #82: Scenes From A Wedding (Dave/Dan)
- #83a: Live From Nairobi (Dan)
- #83b: The Briar Patch (Dave)
- #83c: Politics As Usual (Dave)
- #84a: Surprise! (Johnny)
- #84b: A State of Shock (Johnny)
- #84c: Succession (Johnny)
- #85: Mobile Locos (Noel)
- #86: The World Joan Made (Johnny)
- #86a: The World Joan Made: Addendum (Johnny)
- #87: Springtime for Ferdi and Elbittar (Dave)
- #88: City of Angels (Randy)
- #89: The Yanks are Revolting (Dave)
- #90: The Wrath of Kahn (Johnny)
- #91a: The Reproaches (Matt) (not currently
not found by "all nails", try "reproaches 91a")
- #91b: Washed by the Blood of Patriots (Matt)
- #91c: Hidden Menaces (Matt/Johnny)
- #91d: Sabado Gigante (Matt)
- #92: A Royal Audience (Dave)
- #93: The Dream and the Nightmare (Johnny)
- #94: My Father Was a Gambler Down in Georgia (Dave)
- #95: Get Shorty (Johnny)
- #96: Dominique (part 1) (Joe) (posted as 96a)
- #97: A Little Less Conversation (Johnny)
- #98: Ambiguity Reigns Supreme (Henrik)
- #99: Another Royal Audience (Johnny)
- #100: How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Dave)
- #101: The African Queen (Jonathan)
- #102: You Can't Always Get What You Want (Johnny)
- #103: Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Johnny)
- #104a: There's Something About Larry (Johnny)
- #104b: Martha Stewart Living (Johnny)
- #104c: Legend of a Will (Johnny)
- #104d: Joanie's Got a Gun (Johnny)
- #105: Do You Know the Way to Millinocket? (Dave)
- #106: Southern Man Don't Need Him Around Anyhow (Dave)
- #107: Trent's Fighting Airmobiles (Dan)
- #108: Wheelchair General (Johnny)
- #109: Strap Your Hands 'Cross My Engines (Dave)
- #110a: Between the Rivers (Dave)
- #110b: Yes, Minister (Dave)
- #111a: The Osterman Weekday (Noel)
- #111b: You Can't Go Home Again (Noel)
- #111c: Call the Police There's a Madman Around (Noel)
- #111d: Kill All the Lawyers (Noel)
- #112: And I'll Cry if I Want To (Johnny)
- #113a: The Assignment (Mike)
- #113b: The Black Rock Plot (Mike)
- #114: Party On (Johnny)
- #115: Come and See the Show, It's a Dynamo (Bernard)
- #116: The Garden of Forking Paths (Johnny)
- #117: Hanging on the Telephone (Dave)
- #118: Black September (Noel)
- #119: The Defector (Johnny)
- #120: Careful What You Wish For (Mike)
- #121: October Surprise (Noel)
- #122: The Unforgettable Fire (Johnny)
- #123: Waste Management (Dave)
- #124: The Two-Headed Snake (Dan)
- #125: _I, Mercator_, #4 (Carlos) (in development)
- #126: Cold As Ice (Mike)
- #127: "Local Hero Comes Home" (Dan)
- #128: _En Vivo de Martinica_ (Dave)
- #129: The Language of Love (Johnny)
- #130: There She Is (Sir Francis)
- #131: November Election (Noel)
- #132: _Confido in Fabulositate_ (Johnny/Dave/Matt)
- #133: The Mancunian Candidate (Johnny)
- #134: Rocky Mountain Way (Johnny)
- #135: Undercover of the Night (Mike)
- #136: If Dirt Were Dolares (Mike)
- #137: Hey Mister That's Me Up On the Jukebox (Dave)
- #138a: Broken Regiment (Chet)
- #138b: The Darkest Colors (Chet)
- #138c: The Second Attack (Chet)
- #138d: Images of the Rainbow (Chet)
- #138e: Ultraviolet (Chet)
- #138f: Caging the Beast (Chet)
- #138g: A Proposition (Chet)
- #138h: Anti-Climax (Chet)
- #139: It's a Nice Day to Start Again (Johnny)
- #140: Really Boring Stuff (Noel)
- #141: More Really Boring Stuff (Noel)
- #142: Yet More Really Boring Stuff (Noel)
- #143: Putupan (Carlos)
- #144: Where Are They Right Now? (The Cabal)
- #145: Bad News in Bogota (Johnny/Noel)
- #146: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Johnny)
- #147: Sunday Morning Tea (Dan)
- #148: Happy New Year! (Henrik)
- #149: Uncle Torsten's Coon Dog (Dave)
- #150: The British Are Coming (Johnny)
- #151: January Chill (Noel)
- #152: The Hotline (Noel/Dave)
- #153: Notes from the Investigation, pt. 1 (Noel/Dan)
- #154: Necessity is the Mother Of... (Bernard)
(posted first as #158)
- #155: Welcome to the Jungle (Walter)
- #156: Rocket Queen (Walter)
- #157: Out ta Get Me (Walter)
- #158: Nightrain (Walter)
- #159: Weakness is Strength (Bernard)
- #160: Hope you Guessed My Name (Mike)
- #161: The Lesson (Jonathan)
- #162: Ashes and Action (Mike)
- #163: Sweet Sorrow (Jonathan)
- #164: Under Heartbeat City's Golden Sun (Johnny)
- #165: And the Walls Came Down (Mike)
- #166: I Heard the News Today (Mike)
- #167: A Message From Big Brother (Henrik)
- #168: Pound Diplomacy (Henrik)
- #169: Movement of Jah People (Dave)
- #170: For All Time (continued) (Noel)
- #171: Rocky Mountain Low (Johnny)
- #172a: State of Emergency: Prologue (Jonathan)
- #173: The Rocky Mountain Horror Show
(Johnny)
- #174: When the Going Gets Weird (Dave)
- #175: Page 93 (Jonathan)
- #176: Santa Anna's Coming to Town
(Johnny)
- #177: North to Alaska (Mike)
- #178: On The Border (Mike)
- #179: One If By Land, Two if By Sea (Johnny)
- #180: Interruption (Henrik/Johnny)
- #181: Angry Johnnie (Johnny)
- #182: Arma Superior (Noel)
- #183: Wheeler Wars (Noel)
- #184: How About Them Oranges? (Noel)
- #185: Ramadan (Jonathan)
- #186: A Boy's Life (Dave)
- #187: The Children's Crusade (Matt)
- #188: The Second Republic (Johnny)
- #189: (Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Johnny)
- #190: Going to California (Mike)
- #191: Mail Call (Dave/Noel/Johnny)
- #192: God's Smugglers (Vegard)
- #193: Apocalypse Soon (Johnny)
- #194: La Reforma Politica (Noel)
- #195: Historiae Virorum Illustrorum
Novangliae (Dave)
- #196: Never Give Up, Never Surrender!
(Mike)
- #197: What Dreams May Come (Johnny)
- #198: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL (Sir Francis)
- #199: What's on the Vita Then? (Sir Francis)
- #200: The Lads From Luanda (Johnny)
- #201: Notes from the Investigation, pt. 2
(Dave/Noel) (in development)
- #202: Bullet the Blue Sky (Mike)
- #203: All the World's a Stage (Dave) (posted with
title "Mistaken Identity", cf. #81e)
- #204: Rogue Asset (Johnny)
- #205: Death in the Afternoon, Popcorn Extra (Matt)
- #206: Mi Lucha (Carlos)
- #207: The Dingoes of War (Johnny)
- #208: The Merchant of Guadalajara (Johnny)
- #209: The World is a Vampire (Johnny)
- #210: Travelin' Band (Mike)
- #211: Fantascience Friction (Dave)
- #212: A Monarchy, If You Can Keep It (Noel)
- #213: Shouted Down (Noel)
- #214: Notwani Road (Jonathan)
- #215: Sins of the Father (Carlos)
- #216: My Home Town (Johnny)
- #217: When Love Comes to Town (Johnny)
- #218: Southern Men (Mike)
- #219: Operation Excalibur (Johnny)
- #220: Love, North American Style (Sir Francis)
- #221: Such Sweet Sorrow (Johnny)
- #222: Robots and Empire (Johnny)
- #223: Hello Goodbye (Johnny)
- #224: Houseguests (Johnny)
- #225: The Puppet Masters (Johnny)
- #226: Rise Up, Gather Round (Mike)
- #227: Freedom (Johnny)
- #228: Now We All Did What We Could Do (Noel/Dave)
- #229: Useless Tory Brats (Noel) (in development)
- #230: The Last Straw (Johnny) (in development)
- #231: An Opposing Viewpoint (Johnny)
- #232: Strange Bedfellows (Johnny)
- #233: Shootout at Black Rock (Dave)
- #234: A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Montagu (Johnny)
- #236: By Any Other Name (Dave) (in development)
- #237: Truckers (Carlos)
- #238: These are the Journeys (Johnny)
- #239:
They Tell Me He Was Lonely (Dave)
- #240: Closing Walls and Ticking Clocks (Johnny)
- #241: Games Without Frontiers (Mike)
- #242: Brothers (Carlos)
(in development)
- #243a: Napoleon's Nail Part I
(Raymond) (awaiting repost with FAN number)
- #243b: Napoleon's Nail Part II
(Raymond) (awaiting repost with FAN number)
- #243c: Napoleon's Nail Part III
(Raymond) (awaiting repost with FAN number)
- #243d: Napoleon's Nail Part IV
(Raymond) (awaiting repost with FAN number)
- #243e: Napoleon's Nail Part V
(Raymond) (awaiting repost with FAN number)
- #243f: Napoleon's Nail Part VI
(Raymond) (awaiting repost with FAN number)
- #243g: Napoleon's Nail Part VII
(Raymond) (awaiting repost with FAN number)
- #243h: Napoleon's Nail Part VIII
(Raymond) (in development)
- #244: Look For The Union Label (Johnny)
- #245: Laylat Al-Ragha'ib (Jonathan)
- #246: So I Wouldn't Get Weighed (Dave)
- #247: Seven Nation Army (Johnny)
- #248: Teach Your Children Well (Johnny)
- #249: Trouble Brewing (Johnny)
(in development)
- #250: Guy Walks Into A Bar (Dave)
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