tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90653476538249145472024-03-18T20:14:54.536-07:00Strangers' JourneyStrangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-61869494748363210962013-07-12T02:00:00.000-07:002013-07-12T02:00:07.976-07:001930: Real Lighter<div style="text-align: center;">
Before the advent of Zippo...</div>
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<strong>French Lancel lighter</strong></div>
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Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-51056605279353468532013-07-11T02:30:00.000-07:002013-07-11T02:30:06.197-07:001930: Introducing Dr. Tesla<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>One of Dr. Tesla's striking experiments</strong></div>
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A blare of light produced in a filamentless bulb by wireless power transmitted from a loop carrying terrific currents oscillating eighty million times per second.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">From <em>Tesla Maps Our Electrical Future</em> by H. Winfield Secor, <em>Science & Invention</em>, April 1930</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(read the article on </span><a href="http://www.teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla-article-tesla-maps-our-electrical-future" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tesla Universe</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></div>
Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-81420935389783374302013-06-30T08:39:00.000-07:002013-06-30T08:39:06.866-07:001930: Real AutomaticIn 1923, British watchmaker <strong>John Harwood</strong> took out a patent for his invention of the self-winding mechanism for the wristwatch.<br />
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Using a semicircular weight that rotated 300 degrees and ran into a spring bumper which the wearer could feel, it was known as the "bumper" design. The watch would run for only 12 hours when fully wound and the time was set using the bezel since it didn't have a traditional stem winder. With financial backing he went on to produce many thousands of watches based around his new mechanism but unfortunately due to the British economic depression of the 1920's and 30's, went bust and the Harwood company folded in 1931 allowing other companies to use the design.<br />
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Info: <a href="http://www.ablogtowatch.com/top-ten-technically-important-mechanical-wristwatches/2/" target="_blank">Ablogtowatch</a>Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-63772589909237464592013-06-26T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-26T02:30:00.466-07:001930: Girls, Girls, Girls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">From a French erotic set, <a href="http://www.antiques.com/" target="_blank">Antiques.com</a></span><br />
<br />Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-44676657721644601772013-06-25T02:37:00.000-07:002013-06-25T02:37:12.624-07:00At the Studio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... мы уселись в смешной автомобильчик Марка и отправились в
сторону моего дома – но так и не доехали. Ибо мой любимый водитель после кофе
ощутил внезапный прилив сил и собрался в студию, прослушивать материалы. А я
увязалась за ним, чтобы начитать на магнитофон очередное упражнение из
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Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-62543839062100256472013-06-24T08:03:00.001-07:002013-06-24T08:03:25.127-07:001930: Real Nollendorfplatz, Berlin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Erwin Piscator entering the 'Nollendorf theater'</strong></div>
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<strong>Above, centre: Neue Schauspielhaus, home of <em>Piscator-Bühne</em></strong></div>
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Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-30125290539309890002013-06-22T03:35:00.002-07:002013-06-22T03:35:35.882-07:00June 22 Demotivational<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>This perfidious aggression against our country is a treachery without precedent in the history of civilized nations...</em></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">June 22, 1941</span><br />
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Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-40024322536799921892013-06-19T12:30:00.000-07:002013-06-19T21:48:45.327-07:001930: Introducing Émile Borel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel</strong> (1871 – 1956) was a French mathematician and politician. He was among the pioneers of measure theory and its application to probability theory. The concept of a Borel set is named in his honor. One of his books on probability introduced the amusing thought experiment that entered popular culture under the name "infinite monkey theorem" or the like. He also published a series of papers (1921–27) that first defined games of strategy.<br /><strong>In the Strangers' World (1930), a paper published by Borel in early 1921 literally changed the course of history, preventing the Entente from some unwise steps and saving Germany from hyperinflation.</strong><br />
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Все произведения этого жанра можно условно разделить на три категории. "Как было бы ужасно, если...", "Как было бы прекрасно, если..." и "Давайте просто посмотрим, что было бы, если..." Третья - самая малочисленная. И самая трудная для авторов, по нашему скромному мнению.</div>
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Принято думать, будто альтернативной историей занимаются лишь те, кто недоволен сегодняшним днем. В действительности круг гораздо шире. Более того, мораль нескольких весьма известных сочинений (см. "Демон истории" С. Гансовского, <em>Making History</em> Стивена Фрая, <em>11 22 63</em> Стивена Кинга) можно свести к следующему: "Не вздумай менять историю, хуже будет!" Альтернативно-историческое произведение может написать самый закоренелый детерминист - для того, чтобы продемонстрировать торжество детерминизма.</div>
Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-83917109062027039752013-06-18T03:08:00.002-07:002013-06-18T03:08:24.941-07:001972: Real Time Cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>June 19, 1972</strong></div>
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Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-31900043133559717372013-06-17T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-17T02:30:02.000-07:001930: Real JunkersThe <em>Adler</em>, featured in our new project, is based on the real <strong>Junkers S 36</strong> high-altitude mailplane, the one and only twin-engine aircraft designed under direction of Prof. Hugo Junkers. In OTL, the prototype was taken to Sweden, where it was militarised and re-designated as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_K_37" target="_blank">K 37</a>. In the Strangers' World, the S.36 was bought by Deutsche Lufthansa and modernized for a long-range Transarctic flight.<br />
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Домашнее вино наливали в кувшины прямо из бочки, а салаты – великое множество мелко нарезанных салатов, щедро сдобренных оливковым маслом, в белых фаянсовых мисочках, – появлялись перед нами как по волшебству.</div>
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Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-18575658382902389042013-06-15T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-15T02:30:01.798-07:001930: Real Summer Travel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Vogue cover, June 1930</strong></div>
Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-55045603968142503972013-06-14T01:46:00.000-07:002013-06-14T01:46:49.129-07:001972: Real Deco<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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А теперь, под сенью лондонской ретромоды 70-х, порассуждаем о читателях. Которых мы (напомним) считаем ничуть не глупей себя.</div>
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Эти бедные читатели порой не подозревают, что их используют для оправдания авторского произвола. "Читатель - баран, он все равно ничего не поймет", "Читатель слишком много знает и поднимет эту затею на смех", "Читателю нужны стрелялки, драки и много секса", "Читатель чихать хотел на секс, дайте ему политику", "Читатель не обращает внимания на детали", "Читатель должен чувствовать себя уютно, давайте напихаем ему побольше знакомых реалий, тот самый вкус, да-да", и т.д., и т.п.</div>
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Львиная доля подобных обвинений несправедлива. Ибо основана на деятельности граждан, которые очень любят рецензировать и комментировать непрочитанные книги. Многие из этих граждан и читать толком не умеют: то есть грамоте они обучены, но реагируют исключительно на слова-символы. И делают далеко идущие выводы на основании обрывка одной-единственной фразы.</div>
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А настоящий читатель - ни в коем случае не баран. Он любознателен и наблюдателен. Он вполне эрудирован, но всегда непрочь расширить свой кругозор. Он легко расстается со стереотипами. И, что немаловажно: он уже прочитал достаточно книг, чтобы видеть: где оригинальная идея, где вариация на классическую тему, а где грубый плагиат.</div>
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Все сказанное имеет отношение к любым книгам, а не только к альтернативно-историческим. Заметим, что художественная литература по своей природе альтернативна, поскольку основана на самого разного рода допущениях. Например: допустим, что в Санкт-Петербурге, в доме Шиля, что на углу Столярного переулка и Малой Мещанской улицы, в квартире нумер 14 живет студент по фамилии Раскольников... Но ведь он там никогда не жил! А в Лондоне, на Бейкер-стрит, никогда не было дома под номером 221B. И что? А ничего. Ничего страшного. И никто не говорит: "Этого не может быть, потому что этого не может быть никогда". Так же спокойно следует относиться и к другим допущениям: Крым - остров, Техас - независимая республика, Франц Фердинанд благополучно покинул Сараево, Александр Македонский не умер в 323 году до н.э. в Вавилоне. Главное - ради чего все эти отклонения от реальности. И уж совсем неважно, кому принадлежат слова: <strong>"Борьба воображения против пошлости как первоочередная политическая задача"</strong>. Вряд ли мы удивимся, если узнаем, что статьи под таким заголовком никогда не существовало. А заголовок - есть и будет. </div>
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Rubery, Owen's are still a well-known name in the old Black Country - and are still in business albeit it in a very different form. The old works at Darlaston disappeared in the late 20th century as they left the structural and steelworks business that they'd been long associated with. This picture shows a fascinating building under construction - 55 Broadway in London, designed by Charles Holden as the headquarters of the then London Underground Group - it was to become London Transport in 1933 - and London Underground are stil based in this wonderful building. Winner of the 1930 RIBA medal the building, with its superb attention to detail, was for many years the tallest structure in London.<br />
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The Daimler is probably too modern for the Strangers' World but the other one, a red wonder called Routemaster, is timeless.</div>
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Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-79206989693743253622013-06-10T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-10T02:30:03.214-07:00Cranes of Old<strong>Deutsche Lufthansa</strong>, mentioned in the Prologue, has got a distinctive, eye-catching logo. The crane emblem is usually cradited to <a href="http://www.noahread.net/blog/writing/otl-aicher/" target="_blank">Otl Aicher</a>, a man behind <a href="http://evaandmark-strangers.blogspot.com/2013/06/1972-real-waldi.html" target="_blank">Waldi the Dachshund</a> (and Olympic pictograms). It's true that in 1960s Herr Aicher developed a corporate style for Lufthansa but he did not invent the crane, only slightly revamped it. This stylish bird was introduced as early as in 1919! Here are some pre-Aicher cranes:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">* <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">To serve a pleasant reminder: on July 9, 1930, police raided the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York and arrested Bacon, Earl Carroll and other cast members for "giving an indecent performance".</span></span></span></div>
Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-49871053289886589462013-06-08T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-08T04:46:17.996-07:00P38 Revisited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Под сенью оружия - очередная порция досужих рассуждений. На сей раз о героях.</div>
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Начнем с того, что рядовому неподготовленному индивидууму, очутившемуся в параллельном мире или в чужом времени, можно лишь посочувствовать: он не может противостоять разным подлым вирусам, а также сознательным гражданам, у которых его странный выговор и глупые вопросы наверняка вызовут подозрения. И даже если он попал в относительно недавний исторический период, то его шансы на выживание невысоки. Не говоря уже о возможностях изменить историю.</div>
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Но литература на то и литература, чтобы герой выживал и действовал. Особенно если этот герой - наш старый знакомец Марти Сью. Ему и в параллельном мире живется припеваючи. Особенно если удалось туда прихватить пару тысяч чертежей и волшебный смартфон с умными книжками. Марти круче Гришки Распутина и Алистера Кроули, вместе взятых - генералы и конструкторы послушно выполняют его указания, сильные мира сего жадно ловят каждое его слово, женщины начинают раздеваться, едва заслышав его шаги. Могучий разум героя, помноженный на содержимое смартфона, позволяет выиграть мировую войну за пару недель, попутно расправившись с внутренними врагами... Вам уже скучно? Нам тоже.</div>
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Второй вариант - неуч и простак, выживающий благодаря исключительному везению. Если он и изменяет историю, то лишь случайно. Автору он нужен как чистая доска, на которой к финалу появится нечто Единственно Верное™. Простофиля не попадет ни в тюрьму, ни в психиатрическую лечебницу, ни на кладбище - только лишь затем, чтобы в разговоре с Мудрым Следователем™, Пожилым Рабочим™ или Секретным Инженером™ проникнуться правильными идеями. Точнее, теми идеями, которые автор считает правильными. Что, скучно? Вот и нам.</div>
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Below left: Tietz department store; below centre: Berolinahaus construction site and Alexanderplatz railway station; below right: Wertheim department store; centre: Ashinger (f. Königstädter Theater); right: Berlin Police Department (Polizeipräsidium); above left: St. George's church.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://evaandmark-strangers.blogspot.com/2013/04/1930-hotel-adlon-berlin.html" target="_blank">Hotel Adlon, Berlin</a></span><br /><a href="http://evaandmark-strangers.blogspot.com/2012/11/our-new-project-1930-real-berlin.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #bb3300;">Real Berlin</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://evaandmark-strangers.blogspot.com/2013/01/1930-real-berlin-revisited.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #bb3300;">Real Berlin Revisited</span></span></a><br /><a href="http://evaandmark-strangers.blogspot.com/2013/02/real-berlin-at-night.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #bb3300;">Real Berlin at Night</span></span></a></div>
Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-43103097511233906352013-06-06T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-06T02:30:02.781-07:001972: Real Waldi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Created by Otl Aicher for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, <strong>Waldi the Dachshund</strong> was the first official Olympic mascot. Over two million Waldi-related items were sold around the globe.</div>
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In the Strangers' World, the mascot for the Games (also held in Munich) should be more pompous - Bavarian Lion maybe?</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Image 1: </span><a href="http://creativive.blogspot.co.il/2012_08_01_archive.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">creatiVive</span></a>Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-37480814290371700932013-06-05T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-05T12:51:21.207-07:00Hanussen's Medium<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She started her movie career in 1926. In the early Thirties, she worked with <a href="http://evaandmark-strangers.blogspot.com/2013/03/1930-real-hanussen.html" target="_blank">Erik Jan Hanussen</a> as his 'assistant'. It was <strong>Maria Paudler</strong> who voiced the fatal prophecy which sealed the clairvoyant's fate: <em>"I see a house... a big house... it is burning... it burns down... It is meant as a signal for a... a revolt… "</em> Next day, the Reichstag was set on fire, and the rest is history. Real history.</div>
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Some trivia: Maria Paudler played the leading role in the first German TV film.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: via </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Truus, Bob & Jan of Holland</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">, on Flickr</span> </div>
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Here we owe you a short explanation: in the Strangers' World (1930), the effect of postwar reparation on Germany is much softer than in OTL aka Real History. Thus, no billions to burn - less unwise decisions, less reasons for hyperinflation. And healthier economics by the end of the decade. </div>
Strangershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230133040659847517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065347653824914547.post-74991461350734698942013-06-03T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-03T02:30:01.744-07:00Her Fragrance<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Vivre</strong>, a Molyneux perfume created in 1931, was relaunched forty years later, in 1971. Just in time to be mentioned in our "Opera" chapter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Top notes are aldehydes, coriander, green leaves and bergamot; middle notes are
iris, orange blossom, jasmine, hiacynth, ylang-ylang, lily-of-the-valley and
rose; base notes are leather, sandalwood, tonka bean, oakmoss, vetiver and
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Да, и главное! Острая верхняя нота бергамота и кориандра, сердце, раскрываемое розой, жасмином и померанцевым цветом, и, наконец, резкий выпад на выходе в сандаловое дерево, ветивер с Реюньона и дубовый мох – "Вивр", восстановленный в этом году аромат 31-го от "Молино".</blockquote>
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1930's perpetual calendar with steel chrome plated frame, wooden back and base with glass front panel. Found this at Greenwich antique market and picked up a nice bargain, it is in full working order, just needs red masking to be refreshed.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Text and photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23875695@N06/" target="_blank">Ledlon89</a>, on Flickr</span></div>
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