Belief Versus Ideology in
Harry Turtledove's Alternative History

Fri Jun 19 2026

Blazing Reader,

Beliefs and ideologies? What's the difference?

In this two-minute video, James Corbett and I discuss just that — as part of a review of Harry Turtledove's novel, Powerless (an alternative history in which the United States of America has become a collection of Soviet-ruled communist nations)...

Belief Versus Ideology in Harry Turtledove's Alternative History

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John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona, All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of philosophical fiction that are "so completely engaging that you find yourself alternately laughing, gasping, hanging on for dear life." Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber.