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11<P ALIGN=CENTER>Now Linked to <B>417 Timelines!</B></P>
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35<P>History is a fascinating subject. There is an almost irresistible draw to look at the bigger picture, the overall course of events, in an attempt to glean some insight or approach some greater knowledge.</P>
36<P>Peering into the real past is fine, and in fact I enjoy doing so quite often, but it takes a certain amount of panache to hold an interest in fictional history. Gleaning knowledge from a past that never existed--or a future, for that matter--is simply so much more sublime. That is what this site is all about.</P>
37<P>Below, you will find links to many online chronologies, timelines, and histories (including a few which I myself have had a hand in creating), and in cases where I am familiar with the subject matter, I have added my own commentary beside the link. They are divided into five media categories:</P>
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40<LI><A HREF="#Television">Television</A> (<B>128 Timelines</B>)
41<LI><A HREF="#Movies">Movies</A> (46 Timelines)
42<LI><A HREF="#Books">Books</A> (<B>109 Timelines</B>)
43<LI><A HREF="#Games">Games</A> (43 Timelines)
44<LI><A HREF="#Comics">Comics</A> (91 Timelines)
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47<P>Most importantly, every one of these links is to a history that never happened. There are only references to actual historical events insofar as they fit into the context of the timeline at hand. Thus, the purity of this pursuit is maintained.</P>
48<P>Research is an ongoing project here. Each category mentions a number of general and specific requests for information that are still pending, and the only order the timelines are listed in is roughly by how detailed they are. Feel free to <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">contact me</A> if you can help add to the archives, or if you have a request of your own.</P>
49<P>When you're done perusing the fictional history on this site, you can also check out the <A HREF="http://www.fakebands.com/">The Rocklopedia Fakebandica</A> (for fictional musicology).</P>
50<P>On another note, you may also wish to take a look at <A HREF="http://edgar.thingsthatneverwere.com/">my personal homepage</A>, or look for me on <A HREF="http://pseudohistorian.livejournal.com/">LiveJournal</A> (yes, still!) and <A HREF="http://twitter.com/pseudohistorian">Twitter</A>, where I should be tracking further developments here for those of you who want to keep up with what happens next.</P>
51<P>Finally, this site is dedicated to all the other historians of things that never were, those devoted people who are responsible for putting fictional history on the Internet for all to enjoy. May your quests be fruitful.</P>
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53<B>--Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were</B>
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58<A NAME="Television"><H2>Television</H2>
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60<P>By its very nature, television provides a rich resource for the development of timelines. Many series rely heavily on their continuity, now more so than ever. Fans of various shows have taken it upon themselves to trace their internal history, and a heavy emphasis can be seen here on genre series.</P>
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62<A NAME="StarTrek"><H3><I>Star Trek</I></H3>
63
64<P><I>Star Trek</I> is the quintessential series for pseudohistorical debate. Despite five decades of canonical material, there is still much disagreement, mostly due to the fact that <I>The Original Series</I> never bothered to tell us when it was set.</P>
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66<UL>
67<LI>My own <A HREF="chronost.html">Star Trek Chronology, Beta Version</A> is available at this site, including dates for every story I could place as well as important events in the history of the <I>Star Trek</I> Universe--though there have been far more stories (canonical and otherwise) with their own interpretations since its last update. Yes, it disagrees with the Okudas. No, there aren't full and complete explanations of my dates. That's why it's a beta version.
68<LI>As a complement to that work, I also offer the other side of the coin (so to speak) in the more regularly updated <A HREF="mirroruniverse.html">Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Chronology</A>.
69<LI>Curt Danhauser has written a number of specialised <I>Star Trek</I> timelines in the same format as the Okudas' <I>Star Trek Chronology</I> (Curt did some of the Additional Research for the Okudas' own <I>Star Trek Encyclopedia,</I> Second Edition):
70	<UL>
71	<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.danhausertrek.com/AnimatedSeries/Timeline.html">Animated Star Trek Timeline</A>, understandably, deals only with <I>The Animated Series.</I>
72	<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.danhausertrek.com/Excelsior/Timeline.html">Star Trek: Excelsior Timeline</A> covers the series that could've been.
73	<LI>You can also find the <A HREF="http://www.danhausertrek.com/NewFrontier/Chronology.html">Star Trek: New Frontier Chronology</A>, covering Peter David's series of novels.
74	<LI>Finally, there is an <A HREF="http://www.danhausertrek.com/Novels/Timeline.html">Early Star Trek Novels Timeline</A>, covering the series of novels published by Bantam Books.
75	</UL>
76<LI>Carolyn Winifred has put together a <A HREF="http://sites.google.com/site/stvotitimeline/">Star Trek Timeline Continuation</A>, named as such because it expands on the timeline included in <I>Voyages of the Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion,</I> by Jeff Ayers, with information on more recently published works in the franchise. It's also the only <I>Star Trek</I> timeline I know of which includes a placement for my own short story, "You Are Not in Space," from <I>Strange New Worlds 10.</I>
77<LI>Jeffrey Harlan's <A HREF="http://www.fednet-ufp.net/chronology/">FedNet Chronology</A> is one of the most exhaustive <I>Star Trek</I> timelines available on the Internet, given how many different sources it uses, but its last listed update was in October 2004.
78<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Startrek.htm">The Star Trek Annotated Timeline</A>, by Win Scott Eckert, also tries to be as inclusive as possible, though it is only available as a very large <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Trek.pdf">
78PDF file</A> at this time, and its last listed update was in September 2003.
79<LI>Conversely, the <A HREF="http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/misc/startim1.htm">Timeline of the Star Trek Universe</A> compiled by I. Marc Carlson sticks mostly to onscreen sources and reference books closely connected to the series; its last listed update was in January 2005.
80<LI>Mark Weller's <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/startrek/enttmln.htm">Star Trek Timeline Home Page</A> initially focussed on events seen or referred to in <I>Star Trek: Enterprise,</I> but all of the franchise's aired material to date has been added over time. However, its last listed update was in February 2005.
81<LI>Michael Marek compiled years of research into his version of <A HREF="http://www.themareks.com/trek/">The History of Star Trek</A>, with special emphasis on Earth and Starfleet-related activities.
82<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.maplenet.net/~trowbridge/timeline.htm">Chronology Of Written Star Trek Fiction</A>, compiled by Geoff Trowbridge, refers exclusively to events narrated in published <I>Star Trek</I> fiction, treating the franchise as if it existed only in book form. This chronology also contradicts what Geoff calls "the Okudachron," and its last listed update was in January 2006.
83<LI><A HREF="http://www.thehamster.co.uk/?page_id=11">A Star Trek Novel Timeline</A>, by Andrew Timson, takes a similar approach, concentrating on making as many of the books work together as possible while acknowledging that some of their continuity issues are irreconcilable.
84<LI>David Young's <A HREF="http://www.youngtrek.com/startrekchronomain.html">Star Trek Chronological Reading Project</A>, by contrast, takes a more personal approach, as he is endeavouring to read every printed <I>Star Trek</I> work by the order in which they occur, while offering his own thoughts on the various continuity issues that arise in doing this. As of January 2007, he was about halfway through the 23rd century.
85<LI>James Dixon researched and compiled his own <I>Star Trek</I> chronology in contradiction to the Okudas, and the best way to look at his work by far is Kevin Atkinson's adaptation, known as the <A HREF="http://wrstone.sdf.org/startrek-timeline/">Fandom Star Trek Chronology</A>. With this searchable version, you can control exactly what sources are included and exclude sources you think are questionable (like, say, "Tech Fandom"); look at a specific time or person; and search the database for occurrences of a particular word string.<BR>
86There is also a somewhat more updated version of the same timeline (the last one known to be available), which comes packaged as a very large <A HREF="http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com/startrek/files/trek17.zip">ZIP file</A>, as well as a simple HTML version called the <A HREF="http://stng.36el.com/st-tng/trivia/timeline/">James Dixon Timeline</A>, though the latter has not been updated since May 1994.
87<LI><A HREF="http://origin.0catch.com/chrispike/timeline.htm">The Christopher Pike Timeline</A>, by  S. C. Mollmann, gathers together all available information on Captain Pike and his crew, particularly Pike's two five-year missions aboard the USS <I>Enterprise.</I>
88<LI>David Henderson's <A HREF="http://enterprise.psiphi.org/content/ref/chron/">Enterprise Chronology</A>, as the name implies, draws its information from <I>Star Trek: Enterprise</I> episodes, novels, and short stories, but it has not been updated since early in <I>Enterprise</I>'s fourth season.
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91<A NAME="DoctorWho"><H3><I>Doctor Who</I></H3>
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93<P><I>Doctor Who,</I> as involved with time as it is, provides any number of difficulties for historians of things that never were, and only the most intrepid dare to try unravelling all of the series' contradictions. If you thought <I>Star Trek</I> was inconsistent...</P>
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96<LI><A HREF="http://www.whosdw.com/">Who's Doctor Who?: A Biography of The Doctor</A> is a site tackling the task of chronicling the Doctor's life in the order the Doctor himself perceived it, begun by the late historian of things that never were, Allen Robinson, and now being offered up and maintained by Louise Lobinske. The site sticks to television continuity and is only halfway through the Fourth Doctor at present, but don't be fooled by the introductory description of the series itself--this work is quite fictional.
97<LI>Stephen Gray has his own take on <A HREF="http://www.whoniverse.org/history/">A History of the Whoniverse</A>, spanning from Event 1 to the End of Time. In his words, "it's always useful to have a second opinion."
98<LI>A general <A HREF="http://www.highspeedplus.com/~dascott/intro.htm">Doctor Who Chronology</A> by Doug A. Scott is available, though compiling a linear <I>Doctor Who</I> history is almost a contradiction in terms.
99<LI><A HREF="http://meshyfish.com/~roo/docwho2.html">The History of the Time Lords</A>, by William B. Swift, attempts to sort out the <I>extremely</I> convoluted history of Gallifrey, using every source of canon possible. It's difficult to follow, even for someone fairly familiar with <I>Doctor Who,</I> and its colour code sometimes proves more confusing than clarifying, but it <I>is</I> extremely thorough.
100<LI>William has an even more specialised timeline analysing <A HREF="http://meshyfish.com/~roo/docwho5a.html">The History of the Daleks</A>, though it is difficult to follow for the same reasons as his other work.
101<LI><B>BACK!</B> Another specialised look at <I>Doctor Who</I> continuity is the <A HREF="http://www.geocities.ws/joekano/cybermen/timeline.htm">Cybermen Timeline</A>, by Chris Schuetz, which includes the television series and audio dramas along with some conjectures meant to "smooth out" inconsistencies between the various stories in which they appear.
102</UL>
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104<A NAME="Highlander"><H3><I>Highlander</I></H3>
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106<P><I>Highlander,</I> by definition, is the story of those who live and travel through the centuries, leading many different lives...which are apparently difficult to sort out at times. The consensus amongst its fans seems to be that there can be more than one timeline.</P>
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108<UL>
109<LI>A near-complete look at the life of Duncan MacLeod can be gained in reading <A HREF="http://www.highlandera-z.co.uk/timeline.htm">Duncan's Timeline</A>, by Nick Peers, which has information through <I>Highlander: Endgame,</I> as well as offering up some real-life historical events for each period covered.
110<LI>By contrast, the <A HREF="http://www.highlander.org/FAQ/FAQ-8.html">Series Flashback Timeline, Version 2.57</A>, by Velia Tanner and Julie Beamer (part of the <I>Highlander</I> FAQ), partially overlaps the above work, and it is only complete up to "Till Death."
111<LI>For an alternate look at the history of Duncan MacLeod, Paul Edmonds presents <A HREF="http://smokingpen.co.uk/highlander/hl_timepg1.html">Four Hundred Years of the Highlander</A>. Written in narrative form, with pictures, and not as detailed as the above approach, this also includes a number of disagreements on when certain events actually occurred.
112<LI>The rise (and fall) of <I>Highlander: The Raven</I> has also given rise to a number of timelines covering the rather sketchy life of Amanda, its central character. The first version of <A HREF="http://webspace.webring.com/people/cg/georgettet/2217/hl_timeline.html">Amanda's Timeline</A> is the most "complete," which just serves to show how little is known about her adventures.
113<LI>Paul Edmonds's account, <A HREF="http://smokingpen.co.uk/highlander/hl_timepg5.html">A Thousand Years of Amanda</A>, is similar in format to his treatment of Duncan's life.
114<LI>Duncan and Amanda are hardly the only foci for fans of the series, and the Immortal sometimes known as Adam Pierson is well represented in the <A HREF="http://www.methos.org/adam/timeline.html">Methos Timeline</A>. What is particularly interesting is that this timeline is written from his point-of-view, cynical comments and all.
115<LI>I was pleased to discover that there is a <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/film/bookofdarius/timeline.html">Darius Timeline</A>, dedicated to the recurring character played by the late Werner Stocker.
116<LI>Chris Wike has put together a timeline of <A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/nashantiques/ceirdwyn.htm#life">Ceirdwyn's Life</A>, profiling the Immortal played by Kim Johnston Ulrich in the <I>Highlander</I> episode "Take Back The Night."
117<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/game/hightime.txt">Timeline of the Highlander Universe</A> compiled by I. Marc Carlson is a catch-all chronology which takes information from the series, the movies, the novels, and even the work of other online historians of things that never were in an attempt to fit it all together in a (somewhat) logical sequence.
118</UL>
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120<A NAME="BattlestarGalactica"><H3><I>Battlestar Galactica</I></H3>
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122<P>All this has happened before, and all this will happen again, but no matter which version of <I>Battlestar Galactica</I> and its ragtag fleet you wish to follow through the <I>yahrens</I> (or years, depending on who you're following) of searching for Earth and fighting the Cylons, there'll be those who chronicle how it happened.</P>
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124<UL>
125<LI>Mark Weller has compiled an impressive set of <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/timeline.htm">Battlestar Galactica Timelines</A>, following every conceivable forking path of continuity. Chief amongst these (in terms of interest for the discerning historian of things that never were) are:
126	<UL>
127	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/galtimeline.htm">Classic Battlestar Galactica Timeline</A>, covering the "base" continuity of the original series;
128	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/gal1980.htm">Galactica 1980 Timeline</A>, which includes the sequel series as well; and
129	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/reimagined.htm">Reimagined Battlestar Galactica Timeline</A>, covering the version of the series now produced by the Sci-Fi Channel.
130	</UL>
131However, Mark goes further in detailing various alternate takes on Colonial history, with each one of the franchise's licencees being granted their own continuity:
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133	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/bltrtime.htm">1978 Theatrical Release Galactica Timeline</A>, extrapolating how the events of the series might have unfolded given the differences between the television and theatrical versions of "Saga of a Star World;"
134	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/hatch1.htm">Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming Timeline</A>, covering the continuity that surrounds the theatrical trailer made by Richard Hatch for a proposed continuation of the original series' storyline;
135	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/gallarsn.htm">Glen A. Larson Galactica Movie Project Timeline</A>, covering Larson's proposed cinematic continuation of the original series;
136	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/desanto.htm">Bryan Singer/Tom DeSanto Battlestar Galactica Timeline</A>, covering their proposed revival which <I>also</I> would've continued on from the original series;
137	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/galnovel.htm">Berkley Galactica Timeline</A>, covering the series of novelisations and original novels published by Berkley Books;
138	<LI><A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/hatch2.htm">Richard Hatch's Battlestar Galactica Novel Timeline</A>, covering the series of novels co-written by Richard Hatch and published by Pocket Books;
139	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/galmarvel.htm">Marvel Galactica Timeline</A>, covering the stories published by Marvel Comics (whose continuity breaks with that of the series early on);
140	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/grdreams.htm">Grandreams Annuals Galactica Timeline</A>, covering the stories included in the comic book annuals published by Grandreams;
141	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/maximum.htm">Maximum Press Comics Battlestar Galactica Timeline</A>, covering the stories by Maximum Press using a timeline published in one of its issues;
142	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/realm.htm">Realm Press Comics Galactica Timeline</A>, covering the aborted runs of stories published by Realm Press; and
143	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/battlestar/galencyc.htm">Encyclopedia Galactica Timeline</A>, recreating the timeline included in the hardcover of the same name by Bruce Kraus.
144	</UL>
145<LI>I. Marc Carlson has compiled his own <A HREF="http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/misc/galactica.htm">Timeline of the Galactica Universe</A> for the reimagined series, but it only covers information from the first two seasons.
146<LI>Meanwhile, the <A HREF="http://www.msu.edu/user/stacey/Galactica/gal-time.htm">Battlestar Galactica Colonial Timeline</A>, by Adam C. Stacey, acknowledges that the continuity information available for the original series is fairly scant.
147<LI>Edward Kirk has pieced together the <A HREF="http://zenade.angelfire.com/bsg/outpost.html">Classic Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Timeline</A> using a variety of unused scripts, synopses, and other proposed continuations of the series.
148</UL>
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150<A NAME="Robotech"><H3><I>Robotech</I></H3>
151
152<P><I>Robotech</I> fans seem to be quite fond of making timelines of the series, due in large part to some major continuity disagreements between the various forms the story has taken.</P>
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154<UL>
155<LI>First and foremost, Mark Dutkiewicz has a number of <A HREF="http://users.megapathdsl.net/~duke/timelines.htm">Robotech Timelines</A>, comparing the original <I>Macross</I>
155 with separate compromised, RPG, and novel timelines for <I>Robotech</I> to see how different they really are.
156<LI>The original history is outlined on its own in the <A HREF="http://www.anime.net/macross/story/chronology/">Macross Chronology</A>, by Egan Loo, which comes in three different versions as part of his very extensive <I>Macross</I> Compendium.
157<LI>A shorter <A HREF="http://www.3dgamedev.com/robotech/Essay/timeline.html">Robotech Timeline</A> is available, by Peter Walker and Aubry Thonon, with Pieter Thomassen and Robert Morgenstern, although it contains historical references from their fan fiction.
158</UL>
159
160<A NAME="Gundam"><H3><I>Gundam</I></H3>
161
162<P>The similarly sprawling <I>Gundam</I> franchise actually has two separate histories: Universal Century, used by the original series, <I>Mobile Suit Gundam,</I> and all related stories; and After Colony, used by <I>Gundam Wing</I> and its spinoffs. As can be seen below, both have been outlined in detail by different historians.</P>
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164<UL>
165<LI>Mark Simmons originally compiled both <A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/heero195/uctimeline.html">The Universal Century Timeline</A> and <A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/heero195/timeline.html">The After Colony Timeline</A> for his now-defunct site, The Gundam Project.
166<LI>Another <A HREF="http://www.gundam.com/timeline/">Universal Century Timeline</A>, by Ben Koshy, also looks at the whole of that continuity.
167<LI>By contrast, the <A HREF="http://jac.anime.net/archives/l2mspring94/time.html">Gundam Timeline: Universal Century</A> only covers those events which took place before Operation Stardust.
168</UL>
169
170<A NAME="OtherTV"><H3>Other Television</H3>
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172<UL>
173<LI>My <A HREF="firefly.html">Firefly Timeline</A> (still in progress, even now!) is a thorough guide to the universe within the short-lived series created by Joss Whedon, though I struggled with the relative lack of detailed information to draw from. <A HREF="http://btvs-angel.narod.ru/Firefly/Timeline/firefly_timeline_index.htm">Ruskaia vercia chronologiya toze prigodna!</A>
174	<UL>
175	<LI>Jill Arroway has her own take on <A HREF="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/timeline.html">The Firefly Timeline</A>, which includes some information from fan fiction and comments explicitly on my own work, though some of her assumptions about my assumptions are offbase.
176	</UL>
177<LI>My <A HREF="kindred.html">Kindred: The Embraced Timeline</A> is far too meticulous in describing an eight-episode series, but no one can ever fault me for lack of attention to detail.
178<LI>I created the <A HREF="sexandthecity.html">Sex and the City Timeline</A> because I couldn't help but wonder how everything fit together chronologically.
179<LI><A HREF="http://www.themareks.com/xf/">The X-Files Timeline</A>, by Michael Marek, is a work of art. I couldn't possibly hope to do better on my own. It happens to mention me, too.
180	<UL>
181	<LI>As a result of the (cancelled) spinoff series, Michael has also put together <A HREF="http://www.themareks.com/xf/gunmen.html">The Lone Gunmen Timeline</A>.
182	<LI>For another take on the franchise, you can also look at <A HREF="http://www.timelineuniverse.net/X-Files/X-FilesChronology.htm">The X-Files Chronology</A>, chronicled by Joe Bongiorno.
183	<LI>For the sake of argument, I. Marc Carlson has also compiled a <A HREF="http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/misc/xftl.htm">Timeline of an X-Files Universe</A>, "including material from <I>Millennium, Strange Luck,</I> and <I>Lone Gunmen,</I>" but the timeline has not been updated since 2000.
184	</UL>
185<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.chronology.org/noframes/b-five/">Babylon 5 History Page</A>, maintained by Larry King, not only contains a good chronology of the series by I. Marc Carlson (dealing with discrepancies between different episodes and with the novels), but also lists prophecies, visions, and dreams in the series, as well as a number of other things. <A HREF="http://babylon5.aha.ru/timeline/">Ruskaia vercia chronologiya toze prigodna.</A>
186<LI><A HREF="http://www.twinpeaks.org/archives/references/timeline">The Twin Peaks Timeline</A>, compiled by Edwin Nomura, is <I>extremely</I> extensive, containing everything from transcribed scenes to floor diagrams of the Red Room.
187<LI>Sam Hughes was so frustrated when he saw the lack of detail and explanation in some timelines for <I>Futurama</I> that he put together his own "considerably more exhaustive" <A HREF="https://qntm.org/timeline">
187Futurama Timeline</A>. I was just pleasantly surprised to discover that there was actually enough continuity to make such a thing possible.
188	<UL>
189	<LI>Nick Slicer also wanted to research the matter, leading to his <A HREF="http://www.freewebs.com/slicer_world/futurama.htm/">Futurama Chronology</A>.
190	<LI>Jym Dyer's take on <A HREF="http://www.things.org/~jym/y3k/timeline.html">The Futurama Timeline</A> was likely one of the works to which Sam was reacting.
191	<LI>Good news, everyone! Noah Otters has compiled a <A HREF="http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/ListsReferences/timeline2.dhtml">Futurama Timeline</A> as well.
192	</UL>
193<LI><A HREF="http://www.xenite.org/xenahist.htm">The History of Xena: Warrior Princess</A>, by Michael Martinez, Erica Friedman, and Sam Ash-Glover, brings together the sketchy information about Xena's life into a coherent whole.
194<LI>Michael Howard has outlined the <A HREF="http://www.geocities.ws/mh430us/">Historical Background for the Bonanza Television Program</A>. He calls it "a preliminary effort," but it is far from being a quick read.
195<LI>Spurred on by my own cajoling amongst other things, Chris Wike has put together <A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/lost_giant/buffy/buffy.htm">The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chronology</A>. He calls it a "Beta Version," but it is far more detailed a work in progress than some of the "complete" chronologies out there.
196<LI>Using similar methods, Chris has also put together a <A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/lost_giant/kolchak/kolchak1.htm">Kolchak the Night Stalker Timeline</A>.
197<LI>Valerie Meachum and Dorothy Elggren have compiled an in-depth timeline of <A HREF="http://loftworks.com/FK/Episodes/FK_Timeline/indepth.html">Forever Knight Flashbacks</A>, including those that didn't actually happen.
198<LI><A HREF="http://www.marsinvestigations.net/timeline.php">The Life and Timeline of Veronica Mars</A> is a thorough work with very good explanations for the specific dates (and occasional lack of same) within it. One particularly useful feature is a drop-down menu that allows readers to select the last episode they have seen, changing the content of the timeline accordingly.
199<LI><B>BACK!</B> The official website for <I>Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda</I> contained <A HREF="http://philharris.co.uk/AllSystems/www.saveandromeda.com/allsystems/history/timeline.html">A Commonwealth Timeline</A> which has since been preserved elsewhere.
200	<UL>
201	<LI><B>BACK!</B> I. Marc Carlson has taken said website as well as information from the show itself and compiled his own <A HREF="https://websiteofahistoricalpolymath.wordpress.com/timelines/time-line-of-the-andromeda-universe/">Timeline of the Andromeda Universe</A>.
202	</UL>
203<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.stargateuniverse.co.uk/universe/timeline/timeline.html">Stargate Timeline</A>, written by Paul Cryer, has been placed here, despite the original movie that started it all, because it deals largely with events from the series.
204	<UL>
205	<LI>Another <A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/green_racer/timeintro.html">Stargate Timeline</A>, written by Philip Colin Lawrence, deals with similar subject matter, but focusses mostly on events which occurred before the series.
206	</UL>
207<LI>The <A HREF="http://oxoniensis.net/timeline.htm">Smallville Timeline</A> is a work in progress being compiled by a large group of people, but it is already quite detailed and well-annotated.
208<LI>A very deadpan <A HREF="http://www.slehm.dk/reddwarf/rdtimeline.html">Red Dwarf Time Line</A> looks at the internal history of this series, with details up to Series VIII.
209	<UL>
210	<LI>There is also an alternative <A HREF="http://www.matrixcity.org/red-dwarf/universe/timeline.html">Red Dwarf Timeline</A> which explicitly diverges from the one listed above.
211	</UL>
212<LI>D. G. Valdron has compiled the <A HREF="http://joulestaylor.com/nonfic/lexx/time.html">Lexx Time Line</A>, complete to the end of Series Three, but with no information from Series Four.
213<LI>Mark Weller, mentioned above in connection to <I>Battlestar Galactica,</I> has also put together a <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/twiki/bucktime.htm">Buck Rogers Timeline</A> devoted to the series <I>Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,</I> which had much of the same creative staff.
214<LI>Joe Rovang has compiled a lengthy <A HREF="http://www.rovang.org/wg/whenindex.htm">Timeline to the Power Rangers Universe</A> that is very detailed (although I get a little lost in the midst of his annotation symbols) and only part of his <
214I>extremely</I> extensive Writer's Guide to the series. Hey, I can't make this stuff up.
215	<UL>
216	<LI>There is another, up-to-date <A HREF="http://www.rangercentral.com/main-timeline.htm">Power Rangers Timeline</A> available, but it seems somewhat less detailed than the first, and contains no annotations at all.
217	<LI>Rachel Dawson has put together yet another <A HREF="http://www.tabletsofdestiny.com/printro.html">Universal Power Rangers Timeline</A>, though it is even less detailed and rather dated at this point, only covering events from <I>Mighty Morphin Power Rangers</I> through <I>Power Rangers: Turbo.</I>
218	</UL>
219<LI>The massive juggernaut of anime that is <I>Dragonball</I> offers a number of opportunities for pseudohistorical study. The <A HREF="http://www.dbzgtlegacy.com/timeline.shtml">Ultimate Dragonball Z/GT Timeline</A> is detailed and nicely laid out in table form, while two other sites deal with the effects of time travel on the timeline, as part of the <A HREF="http://www.capcorphq.com/dbfaq/b/time-travel.html">Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z FAQ</A> (a good explanation with a simple graphical representation) and as a separate <A HREF="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~pjchang/db/timeline.htm">Dragonball Timeline</A> by Paul Chang (with less explanation but a more detailed graphical representation).
220<LI><A HREF="http://www.neon-hummingbird.com/centre/annex/timeline.html">The Centre Timeline</A> and the <A HREF="http://www.neon-hummingbird.com/centre/annex/dsalist.html">DSA/Flashback List</A> are complementary guides to the history behind <I>The Pretender,</I> compiled by Ashley Michel and maintained by Perri Smith, with contributions from Patricia A. Swan.
221<LI>Kevin McCorry offers <A HREF="http://www3.nb.sympatico.ca/kmccorry/cron.html">A Space: 1999 Chronology</A> which takes information from every aspect of the series' fandom to create not only a cohesive chronology (no mean feat in itself), but a lot of other details about the <I>Space: 1999</I> Universe.
222	<UL>
223	<LI>By contrast, Mark Weller has put together his own <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/mokwella/ufospace.htm">UFO & Space: 1999 Timeline</A>, apparently based on initial publicity for the latter series placing both in the same continuity.
224	</UL>
225<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~lessaxf/seaQuest/timeline.html">seaQuest Timeline</A>, by Michelle Vincenti, has details on all three seasons of the show plus <I>seaQuest 2047,</I> the online continuation of the series.
226<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.thewellers.com/mokwella/apestmln.htm">Planet of the Apes TV Timeline</A>, by Mark Weller, deals only with information from that series (as its name implies), as opposed to the films which inspired it.
227<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.housefans.net/concordance/timeline.aspx">House, M.D. Timeline</A> currently has information (and excellent annotations) through the end of the series' second season.
228<LI><A HREF="http://westwing.bewarne.com/timeline.html">The West Wing Time Line</A>, by B. E. Warne, is in its embryonic stages, as it's labelled a "tentative possible time line," but I'm just grateful for its existence, and I'm sure it will grow quickly.
229<LI>Another fictional president is featured in the <A HREF="http://stephensanders.tripod.com/jack_bobby_chronology/">Jack & Bobby Chronology - A Future History of Bobby McCallister's America</A>, compiled by Steve Sanders, which is surprisingly detailed and well-researched considering how recent the series is.
230<LI><A HREF="http://www3.sympatico.ca/kay.simpson/timeline.html">The Sentinel Timeline</A>, compiled by Kay Lynne Simpson, is similarly embryonic, but it has a bright and promising future ahead of it.
231<LI>The <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Dunes/7280/almc.html">Alias Chronology</A>, by Derek Beebe, has very complete information gleaned from the series' first season, but seemed to stop adding information around the beginning of its third.
232<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.blueskydancers.com/reference/eq_timeline.htm">Equalizer Timeline</A>, with information "collected by members of the Equalizer Discussion Group," is presented in a secretive style appropriate to the tone of the series itself.
233<LI>Not too many other "mainstream" television dramas have had their histories sorted out, as you can see, but Catherine Challenger has compiled a <A HREF="http://www.oandafans.com/timeline.shtml">Once and Again Master Timeline</A>.
234<LI>Paul Dempster has put together a fairly thorough <A HREF="http://www.scotek.demon.co.uk/dc/chronology.html">Dawson's Creek Chronology</A>, though it would have a higher place on this list if it had been updated more recently.
235<LI><A HREF="http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~acc2a/sw/calendar.html">A She-Wolf of London Timeline</A>, by A. C. Chapin, has a similar obscurity in its episode divisions, but it is very logically organised around the real lunar cycle.
236<LI>The <A HREF="http://freespace.virgin.net/ed.reynolds/ed7.html">Gargoyles Timeline</A>
236, by Ed Reynolds, covers events in the Disney animated series.
237	<UL>
238	<LI>A different <A HREF="http://users.otenet.gr/~katsaris/gargoyle.htm#Timeline">Gargoyles Timeline</A>, by Aris Katsaris, has fewer details on it but makes more of an effort to incorporate canon sources outside of the main series itself.
239	</UL>
240<LI>The <A HREF="http://pages.emerson.edu/students/seth_seidler/Timeline.html">Transformers Time Line</A>, by Seth Seidler, is an attempt to amalgamate the continuity of the comics and the television series, including the events of <I>Beast Wars</I> and <I>Beast Machines.</I>
241	<UL>
242	<LI><A HREF="http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~lvr/tfchrono.html">The Transformers Chronology</A>, by Jeremy H. Pace, is an older speculative work which does not include the latter television series.
243	</UL>
244<LI>The <A HREF="http://reocities.com/kinomakoto14/sm/timeline.html">Sailor Moon Timeline</A> tries to meld the somewhat disparate continuities of the English and Japanese versions of the show.
245<LI>The official website for the sci-fi medical drama <I>Mercy Point</I> contains its own <A HREF="http://www.spe.sony.com/tv/shows/mercypoint/features1.html">Mercy Point Timeline</A>.
246<LI>The <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Tokyo/Fuji/4069/eva/mainframe2.htm">Neon Genesis Evangelion Timeline</A> covers events before the anime series itself, which is useful since said series is highly dependent on its backstory.
247<LI><A HREF="http://reocities.com/hiphats/lhtime.html">The Little House on the Prairie Timeline</A> is a short work that is mostly interesting for its reflections on "soap opera time."
248<LI>Jon Curry has compiled a short but well-reasoned <A HREF="http://www.supermarionation.net/thunderbirds2026/timeline.htm">Thunderbirds Timeline</A>.
249<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.crashdown.com/episodes/timeline.shtml">Roswell Timeline</A>, written by Damon Moudry, could definitely stand to be expanded, but it's a great start.
250<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.planetx.com/space:aab/encyclopedia/history.cgi">Space: Above and Beyond Timeline</A>, compiled by Carol Stoneburner, Gil Trevizo, and Pat 'wu' Moss.
251<LI>Allen W. Wright has put together <A HREF="http://www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/rostimeline.html">The Robin of Sherwood Timeline</A>, which serves to highlight its "confusing history" by noting where the series contradicts itself and actual historical events.
252<LI><A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~capt_pwr_1/timeline.html">The Captain Power Timeline</A>, by Rebecca Lovett, is a good guide to events in the series itself, and it has an explanation for the uninitiated of the dating system, but it seems a little bare in general.
253<LI>I'm thrilled to be able to offer a timeline for an entirely different kind of captain from the late 1980's--namely, <A HREF="http://ldloveszh.tripod.com/tvtimeln.html">The Captain N Timeline</A>, written by Mark Moore.
254<LI>Staying with the late 1980's as a theme, Mark Moore has also put together <A HREF="http://starlightjem.freewebspace.com/timeline.html">The Jem Series Timeline</A>, which is rather well-researched.
255<LI>Maureen S. O'Brien has compiled the <A HREF="http://www.dnaco.net/~mobrien/holmes/timeline.html">Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century Timeline</A>, using the Baring-Gould dating of the original Sherlock Holmes stories and applying it to the animated series.
256<LI>Even those looking for a <I>Married...with Children</I> timeline are in luck, as Andreas Carl has put together the surprisingly well-researched <A HREF="http://www.bundyology.com/time.html">Bundy Life Timetable</A>.
257<LI>Barbara Walton's <A HREF="http://gcalvarez.tripod.com/walton/timeline.html">Quantum Leap Timelines</A> consist of a primary backstory timeline paralleled with a secondary timeline, which includes irreconcilable dates (like Al's age) and added history (like Sammy Jo Fuller's birth).
258<LI>Vincent Nucaso has put together a short <A HREF="http://www.aotp.com/vince/rumpole/">Rumpole of the Bailey Timeline</A>.
259<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.avatarspiritmedia.net/timeline.php">Avatar: The Last Airbender Timeline</A> seems to cover only events which occurred before the series.
260<LI>Conversely, the <A HREF="http://randomness.liquid-deception.net/sn-timeline.php">Supernatural Timeline</A>, by Joanna Browning, only covers events which occur during the first three seasons of the series.
261<LI><B>BACK!</B> There is a fairly scant <A HREF="http://all_charmed.tripod.com/charmed/id5.html">Charmed Timeline</A> available, without annotations.
262<LI>There is a <I>very</I> basic <A HREF="http://pokemonfanfictionarchives.8m.com/misc/timeline.htm">Pokémon Timeline</A> out there, although most of its dates are unofficial.
263</UL>
264
265<HR>
266
267<A NAME="Movies"><H2>Movies</H2>
268
269<P>Movies, as detailed as they sometimes are, do not create a world or a history as thoroughly as a television series does. Nevertheless, there are a number of timelines out there already, and doubtless more to come.</P>
270
271<A NAME="StarWars"><H3><I>
271Star Wars</I></H3>
272
273<P><I>Star Wars,</I> of course, has garnered a lot of attention lately. With the many new stories being created in various media, a number of people have taken it upon themselves to lay out the history of a galaxy far, far away.</P>
274<P>(N.B. Although there are a multitude of these chronologies online, most of them don't provide much more than very basic information, so I have only included the most detailed ones to come across my path.)</P>
275
276<UL>
277<LI>A humble <A HREF="chronosw.html">Star Wars Timeline</A> for all your research needs, compiled by my friend Bradley Taylor-Pirogov and I, lacks more recent research of its own and still reflects the older Expanded Universe of the "Legends" continuity.
278<LI><A HREF="http://theforce.net/timeline/">The Ultimate Star Wars Timeline</A>, by Brian James Crewe, is the "biggest competition" in terms of thoroughness, using a somewhat different layout from the timelines above and below. It's popular, accurate, and updated often.
279<LI><A HREF="http://www.theforce.net/timetales/">Time Tales: A Star Wars Chronology</A>, by Christopher McElroy and Michael Potts, which is on the same server, is also similarly detailed, and includes more illustration than the other timelines listed.
280<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/timeline/">Star Wars Timeline Gold</A>, created and compiled by Nathan P. Butler, rivals projects such as Time Tales for thoroughness, with over 1200 pages of documentation.
281<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/timeline/index2.html">Star Wars Expanded Universe Chronology</A>, created and compiled by Rob Mullin, is something of a companion piece to the above work, because "for every timeline, there is an equal and opposite chronology."
282<LI>James McFadden has his own <A HREF="http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/sw/">Star Wars Chronology</A>, which also includes thorough references describing how he came up with all of his dates.
283<LI><A HREF="http://www.starwarstimeline.com/">Once Upon a Galaxy: A Day-to-Day Star Wars Timeline</A>, by Eddie van der Heijden, has <I>very</I> detailed annotations, but the fact that it is under construction means that as of February 2007, the timeline has only covered events through the end of the <I>Knights of the Old Republic</I> era, using the 10-month Great ReSynchronization Calendar System devised by West End Games.
284<LI>Michael K. Beidler's <A HREF="http://webspace.webring.com/people/vm/mikebeidler/starwarsliteraturecompendium/compendium.html">Star Wars Literature Compendium</A> not only contains a very good (if now dated) Literature Timeline, but also a number of supplements dealing with Marvel and West End material, and a good discussion of the "canon question."
285<LI>Matthew Justice currently maintains <A HREF="http://timeline.echostation.com/">The Echo Station Timeline</A>.
286<LI><A HREF="http://www.timelineuniverse.net/StarWarsTimeline.htm">The Star Wars Expanded Universe Timeline</A>, chronicled by Joe Bongiorno, offers yet another interpretation, though its formatting is best suited to monitors with higher resolutions.
287<LI>On a more specialised note, Jeff Boivin has put together the <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Starship/6618/timelines/ANH-ESB.html">Star Wars: Era of Rebellion Timeline</A>
287, focussing on the period between <I>A New Hope</I> and <I>The Empire Strikes Back.</I>
288<LI>On an even more specialised note, Lou B. Graziani has compiled a <A HREF="http://graziani.home.mindspring.com/Katarn.htm">Dark Forces Chronology</A>, which details events related to the series of <I>Star Wars</I> games from LucasArts.
289</UL>
290
291<A NAME="OtherFilm"><H3>Other Movies</H3>
292
293<UL>
294<LI>My <A HREF="fastandfurious.html">Fast & Furious Timeline</A> details the history of that franchise a quarter mile at a time.
295<LI><A HREF="http://www.innermind.com/youngindy/info/indy.htm">The Indiana Jones Timeline</A>, by Allen Lane, deals with events throughout Indy's life, from <I>The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles</I> to his old age. (Allen also told me that it was scheduled to incorporate the Marvel Comics series of adventures and have more detailed entries for the books and movies, but quite a bit of time has gone by without an update.)
296	<UL>
297	<LI>Win Eckert has written <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Indy.htm">Raiders of the Lost Timeline: The Indiana Jones Chronology</A>, a sketchier version of the information offered in Allen's timeline.
298	</UL>
299<LI>Fritz Baugh has compiled the impressively massive <A HREF="http://www.gbtimeline.tk/">Ghostbusters Omnibus Timeline</A>, containing information from both movies as well as <I>The Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters,</I> and more. The only caveat I would offer is that some of the timeline's entries are derived from fan fiction, but luckily, these entries are clearly indicated.
300<LI>People familiar with Kevin Smith's work should enjoy <A HREF="http://www.teamoverkill.com/askew/history/">History Askew: A Chronological Guide to the View Askewniverse</A>, by Brian James Crewe, which covers Smith's first four movies (but not the fifth, unfortunately) as well as other work that fits into his continuity. People familiar with his work should <I>also</I> understand why this is the first timeline link to carry a language warning.
301<LI><A HREF="http://www.umich.edu/~themafia/extensivetimeline.htm">The Godfather Timeline</A>, by Chris Mikula, Jamie Kushner, Jenna Cowley, Rebecca Lerner, and Scott Waldman, was created as part of a website providing information on <I>The Godfather</I> trilogy for an English course at the University of Michigan. Very cool.
302<LI><A HREF="http://time.absoluteavp.com/">The Alien Universe Timeline</A>, by Scott Middlebrook, covers the four <I>Alien</I> movies produced thus far.
303	<UL>
304	<LI><A HREF="http://time.absoluteavp.com/eutime.html">The Alien Expanded Universe Timeline</A>, researched and written by Damon Dellamargio and Scott Middlebrook, attempts to incorporate the novels and comics along with the mov
304ies, though it is quick to point out how many contradictions this causes.
305	<LI>Edward Kirk has his own take on <A HREF="http://zenade.angelfire.com/AVP/timeline.html">Alien/Predator Colonial History</A>, which includes information up to <I>Alien vs Predator</I> and <I>Aliens vs Predator: Requiem,</I> but for some reason leaves out <I>Alien Resurrection.</I>
306	</UL>
307<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.2001exhibit.org/science/timeline.html">2001: A Space Odyssey Timeline</A>, by Larry Evans, is part of a larger online exhibit devoted to the movie, coordinated by Dennis Gonzales.
308<LI>Kris Naudus has compiled an <A HREF="lampbane/atlantis.html">Atlantis: The Lost Empire Timeline</A>, providing (as she puts it) "a history of the Shepherd's Journal."
309<LI>Some of the different continuities for Toho's famous movie monster are covered by era in the <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ego/g_saga/showatimeline.html">Godzilla Sh&#333;wa Series Timeline</A>, dealing with the original series of <I>daikaiju eiga</I> from 1954 to 1980; the <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ego/g_saga/heiseitimeline.html">Godzilla Heisei Series Timeline</A>, dealing with the series of films from 1984 to 1999; and the <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ego/g_saga/WNUtimeline.html">Godzilla Wold Newton Universe Timeline</A>, which takes a series of Godzilla novels by Marc Cerasini and attempts to fit them into that literary universe. All of these timelines are detailed, but have very dense paragraphs which could stand to be broken up.
310<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.madmaxmovies.com/archives/web-pages/alex-maddison-mad-max-chronology/mchron.html">Mad Max Chronology</A>, by Alex Maddison, is useful not only for the reasoned chronology itself, but for the multitude of links relating to post-apocalyptic stories. The site's location in Australia also adds an air of authenticity.
311<LI>Fans of the <I>Highlander</I> movie series can read <A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/nashantiques/connor.htm">The Connor MacLeod Timeline</A>, by Chris Wike, which also points out a number of different inconsistencies between the movie and television continuities.
312<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.bttf.com/travel.htm">Back to the Future Time Travel Chronology</A> avoids the problems inherent in placing the events of a time-travel movie in "order" by taking the subjective view of the DeLorean itself.
313<LI><A HREF="http://www.theforbidden-zone.com/info/apeline.shtml">A Chronological History of The Planet of the Apes</A>, by Mario Silva and Luis E. Fonseca. Need I say more?
314	<UL>
315	<LI>Dayton Ward created <A HREF="http://home.kc.rr.com/daytonward/dwapes1.htm">Planet of the Apes: An Annotated Chronology</A> for inclusion in <I>The Planet of the Apes Chronicles.</I> The portion included online covers the period from the earliest known events of the timeline up until the time most closely corresponding with the present day.
316	<LI>Edward Kirk's <A HREF="http://zenade.angelfire.com/POTA/main.html">Planet of the Apes Chronology</A>, by contrast, deals with the continuity created by Tim Burton's film.
317	</UL>
318<LI>The official website of <I>The Blair Witch Project</I> includes <A HREF="http://www.blairwitch.com/timeline.html">A Timeline of Major Events in the History of the Blair Witch</A>.
319<LI><A HREF="http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/q19.html">The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension</A> This timeline for the seminal cult film, compiled by Sean Murphy and Chris Wike, is part of their <I>Buckaroo Banzai</I> FAQ.
320<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.spinaltapfan.com/articles/timeline.html">Spinal Tap Timeline</A> by Chip Rowe <I>definitely</I> blurs the line between real and fictional history.
321<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/nb/molokidan/timeline.htm">Puppet Master Timeline</A> is actually comprehensive enough to help make (some) sense of the continuity in the <I>Puppet Master</I> franchise.
322<LI><A HREF="http://www.houseofhorrors.com/fridaytime.htm">Friday the 13th: The Timeline</A> Yes, even this movie series can be the subject of pseudohistorical study, as this surprisingly rational timeline proves.
323	<UL>
324	<LI>For a different interpretation, there is another <A HREF="http://www.fridaythe13thfilms.com/saga/timeline.html">Friday the 13th Timeline</A> available, by Blake Washer and Brenna O'Brien, with information up to <I>Freddy vs Jason.</I>
325	<LI>Brian Fitzgerald has yet another take on <A HREF="http://reocities.com/hollywood/makeup/4303/jasontimeline.html">Friday the 13th: The Timeline</A>.
326	</UL>
327<LI>Similarly, <A HREF="http://www.hostultra.com/~y2krueger/timeline.html">The Freddy Krueger Timeline</A> examines the history within the <I>Nightmare on Elm Street</I> series, with information up to <I>Freddy vs Jason.</I>
328<LI>Not to be left out, the history of Michael Myers is examined in <A HREF="http://reocities.com/hollywood/makeup/4303/halloweentimeline.html">The Halloween Timeline</A>, by Brian Fitzgerald, with information up to <I>Halloween H20.</I>
329<LI><A HREF="http://zenade.angelfire.com/mummy/chronicles.html">The Mummy Chronology</A>, by Edward Kirk, includes material from the current film series and its spinoffs, with information up to <I>Tomb of the Dragon Emperor</I> and <I>The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior.</I>
330<LI>Edward Kirk has also put together the <A HREF="http://zenade.angelfire.com/jd/timeline.html">Judge Dredd Movie Timeline</A>, based on the continuity established in the film as opposed to the comics.
331<LI>Similarly, Edward compiled the <A HREF="http://zenade.angelfire.com/los/timeline.html">Lost In Space Movie Timeline</A> based on the continuity established in that film as opposed to the television series.
332<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.freeweb.hu/neuwanstein/primer_timeline.html">Primer Timeline</A> attempts to make sense of the many time-travel shenanigans going on in that movie...to the extent that that's possible, at any rate.
333<LI>Although the <A HREF="http://www.80s.com/saveferris/essays/moss.txt">Ferris Bueller Timeline Problem</A>
333, by Joshua L. Moss, is not a timeline <I>per se,</I> it does demonstrate all the best qualities of analysis in an historian of things that never were, so I included it here anyway.
334</UL>
335
336<HR>
337
338<A NAME="Books"><H2>Books</H2>
339
340<P>Authors often place multiple stories or novels in the same universe, both for convenience and for the opportunity to create a more complex setting, and some people online have been brave enough to take on the more tedious task of sorting out the internal histories of such book series.</P>
341<P>At the outset, I realise that this section is the farthest from being complete. I have no doubt missed any number of very good timelines, so <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">any help</A> would be much appreciated.</P>
342<P>For a while now, I've noticed that this section (and all the sections, really) are very science-fiction related. I understand that fantasy and sci-fi create more alternate universes than <I>soi-disant</I> "conventional" fiction, but there are any number of works that would benefit from the creation of timelines.</P>
343
344<A NAME="LOTR"><H3><I>The Lord of the Rings</I></H3>
345
346<P>"I much prefer history, true or feigned," wrote J.R.R. Tolkien, and indeed, his Middle-earth has been expounded upon in so many ways that it is arguably the most seriously studied fictional history in the annals of literature. As such, it is no surprise that several timelines relating to that realm are available online.</P>
347
348<UL>
349<LI>Stephen Geard has compiled <A HREF="http://sdgeard.customer.netspace.net.au/hccnum.html">A History and Complete Chronology of Númenor</A>.
350<LI><A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8611/tolkien.htm">Alberto Monteiro's Tolkien Page</A> features a complex and multi-faceted timeline which incorporates Stephen's work, although it isn't as comprehensive as the one above.
351<LI>Joe Bongiorno has compiled <A HREF="http://www.timelineuniverse.net/MiddleEarth/AChronologyofMiddleEarth.htm">A Chronology of Middle-Earth</A> which endeavours to be as inclusive as possible.
352</UL>
353
354<A NAME="WoT"><H3><I>The Wheel of Time</I></H3>
355
356<P>Robert Jordan's <I>Wheel of Time</I> saga has a huge following and an intricate storyline. Amongst the intense discussions between its fans about every aspect of this series are a number of attempts to set out its varied history in understandable terms.</P>
357
358<UL>
359<LI><A HREF="http://www.sevenspokes.com/">Seven Spokes: A Wheel of Time Chronology</A>, by Robert Oliver, is the first such study, although it is in fact much more than that. It explains the calendar system used in the books and includes other information about the characters and setting that Robert Jordan has created.
360<LI>Steven Cooper offers <A HREF="http://www.users.bigpond.com/steven_cooper/wotchron.htm">Tellings of the Wheel: The Chronology of The Wheel of Time</A>, which attempts to arrange all of the events in the series into a consistent chronology, presented in table form.
361<LI>The third related pseudohistory to look at is actually a set of separate but sequential <A HREF="http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~emma/jordan-timeline.html">Wheel of Time Timelines</A> by Emma Pease, which she warns is still rough and incomplete.
362</UL>
363
364<A NAME="Cthulhu"><H3>Cthulhu Mythos</H3>
365
366<P>The journey into ultimate terror that is H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos carries with it the unique terrors inherent in trying to precisely date the actions of dark cosmic forces...</P>
367
368<UL>
369<LI>Alberto Monteiro has converted the <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8611/cthulhu.htm">Lovecraftian Timeline</A> from the alt.horror.cthulhu FAQ to HTML.
370<LI>The <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~danharms/timeline.htm">Cthulhu Mythos Timeline</A>, by Dru Smith, Donovan Loucks, and Daniel Harms, is somewhat more detailed than the above timeline, but it was also derived from the alt.horror.cthulhu FAQ, as it is part of The Official Cthulhu Mythos FAQ, a spinoff of sorts from the original.
371<LI>Comparative pseudohistory is always a good idea, so you can also take a look at <A HREF="http://www.netherreal.de/library/timeline/">When The Stars Are Right: A Timeline of the Cthulhu Mythos</A>, by Jim Hawley.
372</UL>
373
374<A NAME="WoldNewton"><H3>Wold Newton</H3>
375
376<P><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Chron.htm">The Wold Newton Universe Crossover Chronology</A>, by Win Scott Eckert, details the history of Philip José Farmer's intertextual novels, although his graphics can take quite a while to load. As tangents to the Wold Newton Universe, Win offers a number of other chronologies, put together by Win himself or (often) in collaboration with others:</P>
377
378<UL>
379<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Tarzan_Chron.pdf">The Tarzan/John Carter/Pellucidar/Caspak/Moon/Carson of Venus Chronology</A>, which "covers the shared worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs' fantastic creations" but has a rather unwieldy name;
380<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Savage.htm">The Doc Savage Chronology</A>, from the character created by Lester Dent (as Kenneth Robeson);
381<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Avenger.htm">The Avenger Chronology</A>, from the character created by Paul Ernst (as Kenneth Robeson);
382<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Fumanchu.htm">Chronology of Dr. Fu Manchu and Sir Denis Nayland Smith</A>, from the novels by Sax Rohmer;
383<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Bond.htm">The James Bond Chronology and Genealogy</A>, his own version of the life of Ian Fleming's spy, which disagrees greatly with the one further below;
384<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Shadow.htm">The Shadow Chronology</A>, from the works primarily written by Walter B. Gibson (as Maxwell Grant);
385<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Rook.htm">The Rook Chronology</A>, from the time-travelling comic book character created by Bill DuBay;
386<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Spenser.htm">Parker's P.I.'s: A Chronology of Spenser, Jesse Stone, and Sunny Randall<
386/A>, covering Robert B. Parker's detective novel series;
387<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/UNCLE.htm">The U.N.C.L.E. Chronology</A>, by Mark Ellis and Win Eckert;
388<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/WWWest.htm">The Wild Wild West Chronology</A>, also by Mark Ellis and Win Eckert;
389<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Reid.htm">Masked Men: A Chronology of the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet</A>, by Mark Ellis, Matthew Baugh, and Win Eckert, from the related characters created by Fran Striker;
390<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Zorro.htm">The Legacy of the Fox: A Chronology of Zorro</A>, by Matthew Baugh (with updates and additions by Win Eckert), from the character created by Johnston McCulley, which I find intriguing for what it illustrates about the evolution of Zorro;
391<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Shangchi.htm">The Shang Chi Chronology</A>, also by Matthew Baugh (with Win Eckert), featuring the son of Fu Manchu created by Marvel Comics;
392<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Muffy.htm">Maureen Birnbaum and the Timeline of Adventure</A>, again by Baugh, a chronology of the Muffy Birnbaum stories by George Alec Effinger;
393<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Syn.htm">The Life and Times of the Rev. Doctor Christopher Syn, Parson, Smuggler, and Sometime Pirate</A>, once more by Baugh, from the series of novels by Russell Thorndike;
394<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Solomon.htm">The Solomon Kane Chronology</A>, yet again by Baugh (adapted from Richard Toogood), from the stories by Robert E. Howard;
395<LI>some short <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Occult.htm">Chronologies of Wold Newton Universe Occult Detectives</A>, also by Matthew Baugh, including:
396	<UL>
397	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Occult.htm#Grandin">Jules de Grandin Chronology</A>, with Rick Lai, from the stories by Seabury Quinn;
398	<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Occult.htm#Pursuivant">The Judge Pursuivant Chronology</A>, the <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Occult.htm#Thunstone">John Thunstone Chronology</A>, and the <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Occult.htm#SilverJohn">Silver John Chronology</A>, all from the stories by Manly Wade Wellman;
399	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Occult.htm#Zarnak">Anton Zarnak Chronology</A>, from the character created by Lin Carter; and
400	<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Occult.htm#Kirowan">John Kirowan Chronology</A>, from the stories by Robert E. Howard;
401	</UL>
402<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Occult2.htm">Sgt. Jaeger Chronology</A>, by Rick Lai, from a set of three stories by Manly Wade Wellman;
403<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Lecoq.htm">The Monsieur Lecoq Chronology</A>, also by Rick Lai, from the novels by Émile Gaboriau;
404<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Casca.htm">The Casca Chronology</A>, by Andrew K. Henry, from the novels by Barry Sadler;
405<LI><A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Poirot.htm">The Chronology of Hercule Poirot</A>, by Brad Mengel, from the works of Agatha Christie; and
406<LI>the <A HREF="http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Callahan.htm">Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Chronology</A>, compiled by Loki Carbis, from the stories by Spider Robinson.
407</UL>
408
409<P><A HREF="http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/wnu2.htm">The French Wold Newton Universe Timeline</A>, by Jean-Marc Lofficier, covers similar territory but offers its own take on the material by bringing in characters from the vast field of French popular fiction. Jean-Marc also offers a few tangential timelines:</P>
410
411<UL>
412<LI><A HREF="http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/habitsnoirstimeline.htm">Les Habits Noirs: A Timeline</A>, by Jean-Marc himself, from the novels by Paul Féval, <I>père;</I> and
413<LI>an <A HREF="http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/arsenelupintimeline.htm">Arsène Lupin Timeline</A>, by André-François Ruaud, from the stories by Maurice Leblanc.
414</UL>
415
416<A NAME="OtherBooks"><H3>Other Books</H3>
417
418<UL>
419<LI>Steve Vander Ark and Michele Worley have compiled an impressive set of <A HREF="http://www.hp-lexicon.org/timeline.html">Harry Potter Time Lines and Calendars</A> based on JK Rowling's series, centred around "The Master Timeline of the Entire Saga." All of their work is <I>very</I> thoroughly annotated.
420	<UL>
421	<LI>Margaret Levine Young has compiled a different take on <A HREF="http://www.gurus.com/hptimeline/">The Harry Potter Timelines</A>, which includes both a Master Timeline and individual timelines for many of the characters, though it currently only contains information from the first four volumes.
422	<LI>Kris Naudus has also put together her own version of the <A HREF="lampbane/potter.html">Harry Potter Timeline</A>, though it similarly doesn't extend past the first four volumes.
423	</UL>
424<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.twilightlexiconblog.com/?page_id=9">Twilight Timeline</A> features information from all four books in Stephenie Meyer's series, along with information from her website and personal correspondence and corrections from Meyer herself.
425<LI>Dr. Attila Torkos, of the University of Szeged in Hungary, has compiled a <A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/richro.html">Chronology of Anne Rice's World</A>, including up-to-date references from all of her interconnected works.
426	<UL>
427	<LI>The <A HREF="http://reocities.com/SouthBeach/Island/4493/lestat/timeline.html">Timeline of the Vampire Chronicles</A>, by contrast, is actually taken from <I>The Vampire Companion</I> by Katherine Ramsland, with the cooperation of Anne Rice. As such, it could stand to be more detailed, and it doesn't include any information from Anne Rice's more recent vampire novels.
428	</UL>
429<LI>Dr. Attila Torkos (mentioned above) has also compiled a <A HREF="http://www.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/~torky/Stephen_King_timeline.mht">Timeline of Stephen King’s Multiverse</A>, covering events on Keystone Earth, the Prime Reality, the world of <I>The Stand,</I> and Mid-World, all centred around The Dark Tower. However, his coding appears not to work on older browsers.
430<LI>The <A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/duchro.html">Timeline of the Dune Universe</A>, once again by Dr. Attila Torkos, makes a point of being based entirely on the published novels (including the original works by Frank Herbert as well as the newer prequels and sequels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson), without containing any information from <I>The Dune Encyclopedia.</I>
431	<UL>
432	<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.usul.net/books/timeline.htm">Dune Chronology</A>, by contrast, is that which appeared in <I>The Dune Encyclopedia,</I> originally written by Dr. Willis E. McNelly, and is now considered an alternate, non-canonical take on the "Duniverse."
433	</UL>
434<LI>Mike Carlin's <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1136/timeline/">Isaac Asimov Timeline</A> forms just a part of his extensive Encyclopedia Galactica.
435	<UL>
436	<LI>Dr. Attila Torkos has compiled his own <A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/aschro.html">Chronology of the Robot-Empire-Foundation Universe</A>, which updates the timeline first published in David Brin's novel <I>Foundation's Triumph.</I> (A slightly shorter version of Attila's timeline was published in the Robot sequel <I>Aurora,</I> by Mark W. Tiedemann.)
437	</UL>
438<LI>Dr. Attila Torkos has also compiled a number of other timelines based on a variety of speculative fiction series:
439	<UL>
440	<LI><A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/minervae.html">The Giants Chronology</A> (A and B), from the series of Minervan Experiment novels by James P. Hogan;
441	<LI><A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/kronia.html">The Kronian Legacy Chronology</A>, sticking with James P. Hogan, based on the novels <I>Cradle of Saturn</I> and <I>The Anguished Dawn;</I>
442	<LI>a <A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/ramaengl.html">Timeline to the Rama Universe</A>
442, from Arthur C. Clarke's series;
443	<LI><A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/odyseng.html">The Space Odyssey Chronology</A>, from the epic series also written by Arthur C. Clarke, which remains in this section as opposed to the <A HREF="#Movies">Movies</A> section because it is based on the novels and includes the latter two of those, <I>2061: Odyssey Three</I> and <I>3001: The Final Odyssey;</I>
444	<LI><A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/rivereng.html">The Riverworld Chronology</A>, from the series by Philip José Farmer;
445	<LI>a <A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/mythago_angol.html">Timeline of the Mythago Cycle</A>, from the fantasy series by Robert Holdstock; and
446	<LI>a <A HREF="http://sslx.orl.szote.u-szeged.hu/timelines/hyperion.html">Timeline of the Hyperion Cantos</A>, from the series of novels by Dan Simmons.
447	</UL>
448<LI>Alberto Monteiro, that stalwart historian of things that never were, has <I>also</I> compiled a guide to alternate <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8611/rah.htm">Heinlein Timelines</A>, including specific timelines for his <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8611/rah2.htm">Future History</A> and <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8611/rah3.htm">The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</A>.
449<LI><A HREF="http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/books/book65.htm">The Oz Chronicles</A>, by Tyler Jones and Chris Dulabone, provides what they call an "Historically Accurate Chronological Chain" for the various Ozian books written over the years by L. Frank Baum and others.
450	<UL>
451	<LI><A HREF="http://reocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/3976/OzList.html">The Most Up-To-Date Oz List</A> uses a different set of criteria to determine what belongs in the chronology of Oz--but in doing so, it leaves out many of the books in the above chronicles while including many "non-commercial books" which might be considered fan fiction.
452	<LI><A HREF="http://www.timelineuniverse.net/Oz/OzMap.htm">The Royal Timeline of Oz</A>, by Joe Bongiorno, features his own take on which books should be considered canonical, with notes on each book he looked at, though its formatting is best suited to monitors with higher resolutions.
453	</UL>
454<LI>It's not quite a complete David Eddings timeline, but Matt Korth has compiled <A HREF="http://www.sandwich.net/kalten/eddings/timeline.html">A Timeline for The Belgariad and The Malloreon</A>.
455<LI>Cheryl Beth Miller has put together a <A HREF="http://pern.srellim.org/time.htm">Timeline of Major Events on Pern</A>, covering ten books (for now) in Anne McCaffrey's series.
456<LI>Alexx Kay has put together <A HREF="http://www.panix.com/~alexx/dragtime.html">A Tentative Timeline of Dragaeran History</A>, from Steven Brust's series of fantasy novels.
457<LI><A HREF="http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/timeline/dw-timeline-intro.html">The Discworld Timeline</A>, "moderated" by Orin Thomas, is a bit messy and could stand to be delineated better, but it does clear up many confusing issues in the series by Terry and Lyn Pratchett.
458<LI>Leslie S. Klinger has a <A HREF="http://webpages.charter.net/lklinger/Chrotabl.htm">Sherlock Holmes Timeline</A> in table form, showing major events in the lives of Holmes, Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the history of Western Europe and the rest of the world. Thankfully, it is based on the work of William S. Baring-Gould.
459<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.jaffebros.com/lee/gulliver/chron.html">Gulliver's Travels Chronology</A>, compiled by Lee Jaffe, uses a similar table form to cover Jonathan Swift's literary classic, providing a history of events in the <I>Travels,</I> Swift's life, and his times.
460<LI>A timeline for <A HREF="http://www.sharpetorium.info/timeline.html">The Life and Times of Richard Sharpe</A> is available, chronicling the protagonist of Bernard Cornwell's series of historical novels.
461<LI><A HREF="http://www.readinggroupsonline.com/outlandishcentral/timeline/">The Outlandish Timeline</A> attempts to begin a complete reference work for the Outlander novels by Diana Gabaldon, but it hasn't been updated in some time.
462<LI>Although the <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/scary2/fearstreettimeline/Fear_STreet.htm">Fear Street Timeline</A>, based on the series of novels by R.L. Stine, claims to be incomplete and unedited, it still manages to be rather detailed.
463<LI><A HREF="http://www.gpfn.sk.ca/~geis/draka/history.html">The Domination Of The Draka</A>, maintained by John B. Geis, is an "Historical Timeline of the Domination" described 
463in S.M. Stirling's Drakon series of alternate history novels.
464<LI>Alex Maddison, the post-apocalyptic fan mentioned above, has also compiled a detailed <A HREF="http://www.zip.com.au/~alexm/deathlands/deathlands.html">Deathlands Chronology</A>, from the series of novels by James Axler.
465	<UL>
466	<LI><A HREF="http://www.jamesaxler.com/outlanders/chronology.htm">The Outlanders Timeline</A>, by Alex Maddison, Mark Ellis, and Chris Van Deelen, deals specifically with the series that spun off from Deathlands (and should certainly <I>not</I> be confused with Diana Gabaldon's series!).
467	</UL>
468<LI><A HREF="http://www.chronology.org/noframes/niven/timeline.html">The Up To Date Known Space Chronology</A>, compiled by I. Marc Carlson, covers the extensive universe created by Larry Niven.
469<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.chronology.org/noframes/pournelle/timeline.html">Chronology of Jerry Pournelle's Future History</A> (not to be confused with Robert A. Heinlein's), by Larry King, chronicles the universe of the CoDominium.
470<LI>I. Marc Carlson has also compiled the <A HREF="http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/misc/dresden.htm">Time Line of the Harry Dresden Universe</A>, based on the stories which make up <I>The Dresden Files</I> by Jim Butcher.
471<LI>Fabrice Rossi has put together an overview of <A HREF="http://darkover.apiacoa.org/encyclopedia/history/index.en.html">Darkover History</A> as part of an extensive site devoted to Marion Zimmer Bradley's work. <A HREF="http://darkover.apiacoa.org/encyclopedia/history/index.fr.html">Une version française de cet histoire est aussi disponible.</A>
472<LI><A HREF="http://www.dnaco.net/~mobrien/andre/">The Andre Norton Multiverse Timeline</A>, by Maureen S. O'Brien, is (as she puts it) "possibly the most comprehensive chronology to date. Unfortunately, said date is 1995."
473<LI><A HREF="http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Tarzan/tarzlive.html">Tarzan Alive</A>, by Ed Stephan, is really meant as a guide to Philip José Farmer's "definitive biography of Lord Greystoke," but its selling point is a chronology of events bearing directly on the Tarzan story.
474	<UL>
475	<LI>Chris Adams has compiled his own <A HREF="http://home.earthlink.net/~yamara/erbtimeline.html">Timeline of the Burroughs Universe</A>, and offers a copy of Clark A. Brady's <A HREF="http://home.earthlink.net/~yamara/erbbrady.html">Chronology of Events in Burroughs' Fiction</A> for comparison.
476	</UL>
477<LI>Walter von Tagen III has compiled <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~Bond_MI6/chrono.html">A James Bond Chronology</A> based on the writings of Ian Fleming, without including most of the more recent Bond works.
478<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.pangloss.ca/flashman/Chronology.htm">Flashman Chronology</A>, by Brian Siano with additions by Brian Teron and John Walker, details the very realistic life and times of Sir Harry Flashman, the central character in a series of historical novels by George MacDonald Fraser.
479<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.movie-trailers.com/weber/Honorpedia/History/Timeline/timeline.html">Timeline of the Honor Harrington Universe</A>, maintained by Scott Deering, covers the military sci-fi series by David M. Weber.
480<LI>Muffy Barkocy has put together a chronology of <A HREF="http://www.things.org/~muffy/pages/books/rex_stout/bibliography.html">Nero Wolfe's Cases</A>, from the series of mystery novels by Rex Stout. Like the Sherlockian timeline above, it is also based on the work of William S. Baring-Gould.
481<LI>Don Seltzer has put together a timeline for <A HREF="http://hmssurprise.org/Resources/char_index/timeline.html">Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin Series</A>, about the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, correlating the books with real historical events. See? Not every timeline has to be about a genre series...
482	<UL>
483	<LI>As a supplement to this, there is also a timeline of <A HREF="http://hmssurprise.org/Resources/char_index/aubrey.html">Jack Aubrey's Career Prior to the Books</A> in table form, submitted by Richard S. Ellis.
484	</UL>
485<LI><A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/newmanbyrne/timeline.html">The Matter of Britain Series Timeline</A>
485 is based on an alternate history work in progress by Kim Newman and Eugene Byrne.
486<LI>S. Andrew Swann has put together <A HREF="http://www.sff.net/people/SASwann/books/timelin1.htm">A Moreau Timeline</A> based on his own series of novels.
487<LI>Would you believe it? Alberto Monteiro has even put together <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8611/hhgttg.htm">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Timeline</A>.
488<LI><A HREF="http://www.lookingglasswars.com/curiosity-folder/timeline1.html">The Looking Glass Wars Timeline</A>, presumably compiled by Frank Beddor himself, parallels events in "our" world with events in Wonderland.
489<LI>Michael Rawdon has compiled <A HREF="http://www.leftfield.org/~rawdon/books/mystery/sayers.html">A Chronology of Lord Peter Wimsey Stories</A>, from the works of Dorothy L. Sayers, which includes notes on the placement of each story.
490<LI>Michael has done the same with <A HREF="http://www.leftfield.org/~rawdon/books/mystery/allingham.html">A Chronology of Albert Campion Stories</A>, from the works of Margery Allingham, which is far shorter.
491<LI>Steve Sloan contributed and modified the <A HREF="http://www.gayspermbank.com/brin/timeline.htm">Timeline and History of the Five Galaxies</A>, from David Brin's Uplift series, based on the original timeline found in <I>GURPS Uplift.</I>
492<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.math.ttu.edu/~kesinger/deverry/chronology.html">Deverry Series Chronology</A>, from the sequence of historical fantasy novels by Katharine Kerr, appears to have been put together by Kerr herself.
493<LI>Paul Hendricks has put together a <A HREF="http://members.lycos.co.uk/hendricks_paul/kindreds/chronology.html">Chronology of the Anne of Green Gables Books</A>, from Lucy Maud Montgomery's series.
494<LI>Lori Beste has composed a <A HREF="http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~en109is1/timel.htm">Time Line for Wuthering Heights</A>, from the classic novel by Emily Brönte.
495<LI>Anna Melashenko has compiled a rather scant <A HREF="http://virtualnarnia.tripod.com/timeline.html">Narnia Timeline</A> in table form, chronicling the Chronicles (if you will) by C. S. Lewis.
496<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.alitheia.org/shannarafiles/Shannara_Timeline.php">Shannara Timeline</A> by Minnie Gong, from the series by Terry Brooks, is also in table form and is similarly scant.
497<LI>Another scant timeline in table form, by David Johnson, outlines much of H. Beam Piper's work with <A HREF="http://www.zarthani.net/chronology.htm">A Chronology of Piper's Terro-Human Future History</A>.
498<LI>The <A HREF="http://homepage.mac.com/msb/163x/faqs/1632_timeline.html">1632 Timeline</A> by Bo Johansson, based on the alternate history series created by Eric Flint, is yet another scant timeline in table form.
499<LI>I. Marc Carlson has compiled the <A HREF="http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/misc/islands.htm">Timeline of the Nantucketer Universe</A>, based on the similar alternate history series by S.M. Stirling, which is <I>another</I> scant timeline in table form.
500<LI>I. Marc Carlson has also compiled the <A HREF="http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/misc/alteredcarbon.htm">Time Line of the Altered Carbon Universe</A>, from the Takeshi Kovacs novels by Richard K. Morgan.
501<LI>Steve Roth's <A HREF="http://princehamlet.com/timeline.html">Hamlet Timeline</A> is an abbreviated version of his full book chapter exploring the chronology of <I>Hamlet, Prince of Denmark</I> by William Shakespeare.
502<LI>Madeline Ferwerda compiled <A HREF="http://www.z-amber.com/timeline.html">A Canonical Timeline of the Events of the Corwin Chronicles</A>, from Roger Zelazny's Amber series.
503<LI>Jim Gillogly has put together a fairly basic <A HREF="http://www.cs.umu.se/~kenth/Modesty/mbcron.html">Modesty Blaise Chronology</A>, based on the book and comic series by Peter O'Donnell.
504</UL>
505
506<HR>
507
508<A NAME="Games"><H2>Games</H2>
509
510<P>Games, in whatever medium they are played, present a unique problem for historians of things that never were, since the outcome of any given history is often dependent on the player(s) of the game in question. The universe that a game or series of games takes place in, however, still needs to be set out for these players, in much the same way as it is outlined in other media, and the histories presented in such games are just as worthy of pseudohistorical study as those provided elsewhere on this site.</P>
511<P>As with the other categories, difficulties brought on by the subjectivity of gameplay do not hinder the attempts of these brave scholars to sort out game histories as consistently as possible. In the interests of simplicity, these timelines tend to follow the "official" path for the history of a game's setting as de
511scribed in the sourcebooks, novels, and so forth that are associated with it.</P>
512
513<A NAME="D&D"><H3><I>Dungeons & Dragons</I></H3>
514
515<P><I>Dungeons & Dragons</I> is the original roleplaying game, and as such, it has the most elaborate history to its name. A number of worlds have been spawned from the D&D setting over the years, and timelines for some of these have been described online.</P>
516
517<UL>
518<LI><A HREF="http://www.geonomicon.com/chronology/chronology.htm">A Temporal Chronology of the Primes</A>, by Brian R. James, "is a timeline that links events from D&D's popular campaign worlds into a single historical accounting" by using known events that link the campaign worlds from official source material.
519<LI>Mystara was the first setting created for <I>Dungeons & Dragons,</I> and although now out-of-print, it still has a number of fans. The best look at this setting is undoubtedly <A HREF="http://pandius.com/history.html">The History of Mystara and its Races</A>, featuring <A HREF="http://pandius.com/timeline.html">The Unofficial Timeline of Mystara</A>, a main timeline by Daniel Boese, as well as additional timelines by Giampaolo Agosta, Marco Dalmonte, Átila Pires dos Santos, Geoff Gander, Jerry Hovenanian, Matthew Levy, Shawn Stanley, Andrew Theisen, and Steven B. Wilson.
520<LI>Fans of the Dragonlance saga have two timelines to choose from:
521	<UL>
522	<LI>The first version of <A HREF="http://www.edu.physics.uch.gr/~lookas/timeline.html">The Timeline of Krynn</A>, by Laios Basileios, can be found at the University of Crete.
523	<LI>A second, less detailed version, also called <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/la/Lorantha/TTimok.html">The Timeline of Krynn</A>, by Katherine Lau, has a rather garish background.
524	</UL>
525<LI>Eric L. Boyd, Ed Greenwood, Steven E. Schend, and "The Candlekeep Monks" at Wizards of the Coast have put togeter <A HREF="http://www.wizards.com/forgottenrealms/FR_Timeline.asp">Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction</A>, "a complete accounting" of <I>Forgotten Realms</I> novels, comics, and short stories sorted chronologically.
526<LI>Separately, Sylvain Robert has compiled his own, shorter <A HREF="http://crpp0001.uqtr.uquebec.ca/w4/TimeLine/TL_00.html">Forgotten Realms Timeline</A>, although it seems to take some of its information from other timelines previously available online.
527</UL>
528
529<A NAME="OtherGames"><H3>Other Games</H3>
530
531<UL>
532<LI>The <A HREF="http://robinlionheart.com/quendor/">Chronology of Quendor</A>, by Robin Lionheart, is a thorough guide to the internal history of the Zork series of text adventures, as well as offering a number of other information resources. It's "so colossal, even Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive might find it adequate."
533<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.suikosource.com/history/timeline/">Suikoden Timeline</A>, compiled by Theodore Pastor, is a very complete guide to the continuing history between the different games, although it hasn't been updated to include the newest addition to the series.
534<LI>The historical setting of the Ultima series of computer games is outlined by Robert S. Gregg, who has compiled a <A HREF="http://www.notableultima.com/history/Chronology_Britannia.html">Chronology of Britannia</A>, actually covering events which took place in both Britannia and Sosaria.
535<LI><A HREF="http://www.starfleetgames.com/documents/Timeline.pdf">The Star Fleet Universe Timeline</A> is the official account from Amarillo Design Bureau of the history in <I>Star Fleet Battles,</I> whose setting has long since deviated from the <I>Star Trek</I> canon whence it originated.
536<LI>The <A HREF="http://biohaze.com/timeline.html">Biohazard/Resident Evil Timeline</A>, by John Nicholson, covers the mythology of that video game franchise in a series of PDF files with extensive annotations.
537<LI><A HREF="http://www.patman.org/wod/resources/wodtimeline.asp">White Wolf's World of Darkness Timeline</A>, by Jonathan Burt, is somewhat complete but increasingly out-of-date, in light of the Third Edition of <I>Vampire: The Masquerade.</I>
538<LI><A HREF="http://www.siegetower.com/warhammer/timeline.htm">The Scroll of Time</A> is a detailed timeline of the <I>Warhammer</I> Universe.
539<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.prairienet.org/~dmckinne/timeline.html">Traveller Integrated Timeline</A>, edited by Donald E. McKinney, chronicles the history of that roleplaying universe up to its divergence with the <I>GURPS Traveller</I> universe. (A newer version of the timeline is also available as a <A HREF="http://winterwar.prairienet.org/dmckinne/timeline.zip">
539Zip file</A>.)
540<LI>David William Butler has put together a guide to the four major continuity theories for <I>The Legend of Zelda</I> series. The version developed by the original Zelda Headquarters has a <A HREF="http://loz.zeldalegends.net/story/continuity/timeline1.php">Standard Interpretation Time Line</A> as well as a modified <A HREF="http://loz.zeldalegends.net/story/continuity/timeline-n.php">Zelda.com Interpretation Time Line</A>, while the version based on comments by <I>Zelda</I> producer Shigeru Miyamoto has a <A HREF="http://loz.zeldalegends.net/story/continuity/timeline-m1.php">Late Imprisoning War Interpretation Time Line</A> and a <A HREF="http://loz.zeldalegends.net/story/continuity/timeline-m2.php">Early Imprisoning War Interpretation Time Line</A>. Confused yet?
541	<UL>
542	<LI>In turn, Juliet A. Singleton has taken this sort of research and done her own to create the <A HREF="http://www.northcastle.co.uk/archive/history/timeline.html">Hyrulian Timeline</A>, which includes information from the comics and TV series as well as the video games themselves.
543	</UL>
544<LI>A number of <A HREF="http://www.sarna.net/btech/bt-board-timelines.shtml">BattleTech Timelines</A> by Dan Grendell, covering the history of each of the Great Houses and other significant groups, was originally compiled for FASA's official game homepage.
545	<UL>
546	<LI>Andrew Timson has put together his own <A HREF="http://www.thehamster.co.uk/?page_id=4">BattleTech Timeline</A>, providing "one possible order for reading the books."
547	</UL>
548<LI>The <A HREF="http://blance.com/wcl/wclegacy/wctime.html">Wing Commander Timeline</A>, written and compiled by Andrew Modeen, with contributions from Ben Lesnick, is the most detailed guide to the games' internal history on the Web, though it apparently contains some entries based on fan fiction.
549	<UL>
550	<LI>Another <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Chamber/6528/timline.html">Wing Commander Timeline</A> provides a more scant guide to the games' history.
551	</UL>
552<LI>The <A HREF="http://halosm.bungie.org/story/halostory.timeline.html">Halo Story Timeline</A> covers the internal history of that very popular game series, largely through the use of tie-in novels and an official backstory provided online.
553<LI>The "spiritual predecessor" to <I>Halo</I> in the gaming world is also covered with <A HREF="http://marathon.bungie.org/Story/timetable.html">Marathon's Timeline</A>, by Matthew Smith and Hamish Sinclair.
554<LI><A HREF="http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/davros/57/ctime.html">The CastleVania Timeline</A>, by Andrew Modeen, makes a point of noting the differences between the American and Japanese chronologies for the game series.
555	<UL>
556	<LI>Riccardo Raffaelli offers a different look at the <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/Castlevania_X/chrono_index.html">CastleVania Chronology</A>, with more dates for events between the games in the series.
557	<LI>Yet another interpretation of <A HREF="http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/story.htm">The CastleVania Storyline</A> is available, by Kurt Kalata, Mike Boyajian, and Mike Benhuri.
558	</UL>
559<LI>For some reason, the <A HREF="http://www.princessartemis.com/documents/time.html">Final Fantasy VII Timeline</A> is arranged backwards, from the most recent events back into the distant past.
560	<UL>
561	<LI>For a more specialised look at the game's backstory, you can also look at <A HREF="http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff7/info/JenovaProject.txt">The Jenova Project: A Timeline</A>, dealing with the bioengineering experiment at the centre of the game.
562	</UL>
563<LI>The <A HREF="http://matrixcity.org/ff8/timeline.html">Final Fantasy VIII Timeline</A> is considerate enough to actually have separate timelines depending on what point in the game you've reached, in order to avoid spoilers.
564<LI><A HREF="http://www.members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/timeline.htm">The Timeline of Events in Half-Life History</A>, by Chan Karunamuni, "goes over all the major events and plot points of the saga, from before <I>Half-Life 1</I> to the end of <I>Half-Life 2</I>."
565<LI>Although this <A HREF="http://www.gamehiker.com/theories/masa001.shtml">Mario Timeline</A> is described as a speculative "theory," it's almost frightening to see how it manages to get all the different games in the long-running Mario series together--even the party games--and have the result actually make sense.
566	<UL>
567	<LI>By contrast, the <A HREF="http://www.smbhq.com/timeline.htm">Super Mario Bros. Timeline</A>, by Chris Waters, focusses on the specific series of the same name, and does so without explaining how he arrived at his dates.
568	</UL>
569<LI>The <A HREF="http://mmxo.megaman-network.com/analyses/timeline.shtml">Mega Man X Series Timeline</A> is vague in certain places, but appears to be well thought out.
570<LI>Because of all of the possible alternate timelines, the <A HREF="http://home.earthlink.net/~letrimh/timeline.htm">Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross Timeline</A> hurts my head a bit.
571<LI>The <A HREF="http://zenade.angelfire.com/dino/main.html">Dino Crisis Timeline</A>, by Edward Kirk, also attempts to deal with the consequences of time travel and alternate outcomes in the games.
572<LI><A HREF="http://www.classicgaming.com/contra/story.htm">The Contra Timeline</A>, also by Kurt Kalata, Mike Boyajian, and Mike Benhuri.
573<LI><A HREF="http://www.classicgaming.com/metalgear/story.html">The Metal Gear Timeline</A>
573, by Brant Wynn and Johnny Soler, attempts to reconcile the contradicting versions of the story on different systems, as well as the apocryphal <I>Snake's Revenge.</I>
574<LI><A HREF="http://www.classicgaming.com/mdb/metstory.html">The Metroid Story</A>, written by T. J. Rappel, is a detailed narrative dealing with the history behind the three <I>Metroid</I> games.
575<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.court-records.net/timeline4.htm">Ace Attorney Series Time Line</A> contains information through <I>Apollo Justice.</I>
576<LI>Cory Fischer has put together a <I>very</I> scant <A HREF="http://www.myst5.com/timeline2.html">Myst Timeline</A> dealing with the history of the D'ni.
577<LI>The official website for <I>World of Warcraft</I> features an even more scant <A HREF="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/story/timeline.html">World of Warcraft Timeline</A> listing where works of fiction fall between the original games and the current expansions.
578</UL>
579
580<HR>
581
582<A NAME="Comics"><H2>Comics</H2>
583
584<P>While comics, like books, provide an array of possible fields of study for the fictional historian, most people do not undertake such a task because of the extensive problems that arise from such practices as trying to tell a long continuous story while keeping all of its characters the same age, or spinning off more and more forking paths of time and alternate Earths (with their concomitant alternate versions of the same people) until the mind boggles with divergent histories.</P>
585<P>Despite these quandaries, some people online have still decided to tackle the glaring continuity issues before them and create coherent histories for their favourite comic book heroes.</P>
586
587<A NAME="DC"><H3>DC Comics</H3>
588
589<UL>
590<LI><A HREF="http://dcu.smartmemes.com/">The Unauthorized Chronology of the DC Universe</A>, compiled by Chris J. Miller, prides itself on standing out from the crowd, as it were, by being "complete, comprehensive, canonical, cross-referenced, original, and annotated."
591<LI><A HREF="http://www.dcuguide.com/History_Home.htm">The Unofficial History of the DC Universe</A> is also meant to chronicle the events of the DC Universe as it now stands, "spanning from creation to the end of time," but at this point, it only covers events up to "13 Years Ago."
592<LI>Loki Carbis has compiled <A HREf="http://www.very.net/loki/secretdc/">The Secret History of the DC Universe</A>, starting with the Zero Hour timeline and working from the timelines in <I>Secret Files & Origins.</I>
593<LI>Michael Kooiman is only slightly more specific in his focus by offering a <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/docs/pre20thcentury.html">Chronology of the Pre-20th Century DC Universe</A>.
594<LI>Jim Doty has written <A HREF="http://reocities.com/Area51/Labyrinth/7393/dcintro.html">A DC Golden Age Timeline</A>, which is just what it says it is, though it only covers the twentieth century.
595	<UL>
596	<LI>John McDonagh has his own <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline1a.html">Golden Age Heroes of Earth-1 Timeline</A>, which is explicitly only meant to cover "certain important events" as opposed to serving as a comprehensive timeline.
597	<LI>Along similar lines, Michael Norwitz has compiled a basic <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline2.html">Earth-2 Timeline</A>, covering the original Earth on which DC's Golden Age stories were set.
598	</UL>
599<LI>Michael Norwitz has also compiled or otherwise presented a healthy number of alternate timelines, both historical and thematic, which are rather speculative and liberal in terms of choosing characters and events to include in each world:
600	<UL>
601	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineJ2.html">Earth-2.5 Timeline</A>, by Rahadyan Sastrowardoyo, featuring the Justice Guild which appeared in the animated <I>Justice League</I> episode "Legends;"
602	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline3.html">Earth-3 Timeline</A>, featuring evil counterparts of standard DC heroes, particularly the Crime Syndicate;
603	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline4.html">Earth-4 Timeline</A>, featuring heroes published by Charlton Comics;
604	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline5.html">Earth-5 Timeline</A>, featuring mundane versions of famous superhero characters;
605	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline12.html">Earth-12 Timeline</A>, featuring the Inferior 5 and other humourous DC characters;
606	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline17.html">Earth-17/Dreamworld Timeline</A>, featuring both Overman & the Justice Project of America <I>and</I> Sunshine Superman & the Love Syndicate, as seen in <I>Animal Man</I> #23;
607	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline18.html">Earth-18 Timeline</A>, featuring Marvelman and Big Ben from <I>Warrior</I> magazine;
608	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline27.html">Earth-27 Timeline</A>, featuring alternate versions of Animal Man and other heroes, along with Magnus of The Exiles, as seen in <I>Animal Man</I> #27-32;
609	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline42.html">Earth-42 Timeline</A>, by Anton Psychopoulos, featuring the Air Fighters and other Hillman heroes;
610	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline238.html">Earth-238 Timeline</A>, featuring Alan Moore's Captain UK and other characters designed as tributes to old British comic heroes;
611	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline399.html">Earth-399 Timeline</A>, featuring a divergent world on which Superman died and was replaced twice by clones, as seen in <I>Animal Man</I> #27-32;
612	<LI>a pair of <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline4ab.html">Earth 412 and Earth C-Minus 4 Timelines</A>, featuring tangents to the world(s) of Charlton Comics;
613	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline597.html">Earth-597 Timeline</A>, by John McDonagh, featuring a world from Marvel continuity where Hitler won World War II;
614	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline886.html">Earth-886 Timeline</A>, by John McDonagh, featuring the theatrical incarnations of Marvel heroes as shown in comic book adaptations;
615	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline919.html">Earth-919 Timeline</A>, featuring alternate-Earth counterparts of DC characters, as published by Marvel;
616	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline1278.html">Earth-1278 Timeline</A>, by Douglas Ethington, featuring the theatrical incarnations of DC heroes as shown in comic book adaptations;
617	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline1958.html">Earth-1958 Timeline</A>, by Lenny Carlson, featuring a world in which one version of the O-Men battles to protect their world against a Skrull invasion;
618	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline1975.html">Earth-1975 Timeline</A>, by Lenny Carlson, with assistance from John McDonagh, featuring the heroes of Atlas/Seaboard Comics;
619	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline1977.html">Earth-1977 Timeline</A>, by John McDonagh, featuring the surreal universe of comic book characters depicted in the Robert Mayer novel <I>Superfolks;</I>
620	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timeline1983.html">Earth-1983 Timeline</A>, by John McDonagh, featuring a divergent world on which Captain America was revived in 1983;
621	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineA.html">Earth-A Timeline</A>, by Nathanial Parkson, featuring the Lawless League of America;
622	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineB.html">Earth-B Chronology</A>, by Douglas Ethington, featuring Silver and Bronze Age stories which contradict Earth-1 continuity;
623	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineC.html">Earth-C Timeline</A>, featuring Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew;
624	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineE.html">Earth-E Timeline</A>, featuring the Super-Sons, and the <I>World's Finest</I> team of the 1950's;
625	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineK.html">Earth-K Timeline</A>, featuring Michael Chabon's amazing heroes of Kavalier and Clay; 
626	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineS.html">Earth-S Timeline</A>, featuring heroes published by Fawcett Comics;
627	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineT.html">Earth-T Timeline</A>, by Steve Chung, featuring Captain Thunder and other divergent heroes featured in Fawcett Comics;
628	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineX.html">Earth-X Timeline</A>, featuring "a noncanonical view" of the Freedom Fighters;
629	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineFrancais.html">Earth-Français Timeline</A>, by John McDonagh, featuring Tintin and other characters from French comics in the DC multiverse;
630	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelinePrime.html">Earth-Prime Timeline</A>, also by John McDonagh, featuring various mundane characters inspired by superheroes, as seen in <I>Realworlds</I> and other titles;
631	<LI><A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineElse.html">That Was The Year That Wasn't: An Elseworlds Timeline</A>, by Ivan Schablotski and Michael Norwitz, with assistance by Nathanial Parkson, featuring the various alternate superheroes seen in <I>Elseworlds</I> titles co-existing (rather dubiously) in a single continuity;
632	<LI>an <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineAngor.html">Angor Timeline</A>, featuring the metafictional Justifiers/Assemblers, DC homages to Marvel superheroes;
633	<LI><A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineParagon.html">The Princess Paragon (and Associates) Timeline</A>, featuring the comic book universes depicted in the Robert Rodi novel <I>What They Did to Princess Paragon;</I>
634	<LI>a <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineRoma.html">Rome-World Timeline</A>, by John McDonagh, featuring a world from Marvel continuity where the Roman Empire never fell;
635	<LI>a <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineGamma.html">Terra Gamma Timeline</A>, by Lenny Carlson, featuring the superheroes from America's Best Comics, such as Tom Strong; and
636	<LI>a <A HREF="http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/timelineBSN.html">Terra Obscura Timeline</A>, featuring the superheroes from Nedor Publications and elsewhere.
637	</UL>
638<LI>Ivan Schablotski, mentioned above, has also created an <A HREF="http://reocities.com/schablotski.geo/Earth612.htm#_Earth-612_CHRONOLOGY">Earth-612 Chronology</A>, dedicated to the world of the Mighty Mystics and the Legion of the Strange,
639along with other Vertigo-related amalgams and spoofs, which might ultimately be part of the Amalgam Universe.
640<LI>Michael Kooiman definitely tops the list for specific superheroes with <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/legion/pre_zero/pre-chron1.html">The Legion of Super-Heroes Chronology: Pre-Zero Hour</A> and <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/legion/post_zero/post-chron1.html">Post-Zero Hour</A>, which are both very extensive.
641<LI>As a tangent to his original Legion work, Michael Kooiman also put together a <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/legion/legion89.html">L.E.G.I.O.N. Chronology</A>.
642<LI>As if that weren't enough, Michael has also put together a <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/jla/_chron/jlachron.html">Justice League Chronology</A>.
643<LI>On a somewhat related note, he has <I>also</I> compiled the <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/jsa/_chron/jsachron.html">Justice Society Chronology</A>.
644	<UL>
645	<LI>David W. Stepp has written his own take on <A HREF="http://www.execpc.com/~icicle/JSAHIST.html">The History of the Justice Society of America</A>.
646	</UL>
647<LI>Sticking to superhero teams, Michael Kooiman presents <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/cosmic/powercompany.html">The Power Company Chronology</A>, by Loki Carbis, with extensive annotations by John Wells.
648<LI>Michael has even put together an <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/outsiders/chronintro.html">Outsiders Chronology</A>.
649<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.titanstower.com/source/infohistory/timeline.html">Teen Titans Timeline</A> is reprinted from <I>
649Titans Secret Files</I> #1.
650<LI>A more specialised look at DC's Golden Age can be found in <A HREF="http://ourworld.cs.com/argentprime/batman.htm">The Golden Age Batman Chronology</A>, a look at the life of the original Caped Crusader, by Aaron Severson.
651<LI>Various continuity issues surrounding Barbara Gordon's history inspired John Wells to attempt a reconciliation by putting together <A HREF="http://www.bat-hound.com/batgirl/timeline2.html">Batgirl/Oracle: A DCU-Style Timeline</A>.
652<LI>In a similar vein (quite literally, in some respects), Wells also put together <A HREF="http://www.bat-hound.com/batgirl/timelineflame.html">Flamebird: A DCU-Style Timeline</A>, profiling the life and heroic career of Bette Kane.
653<LI>Scott McCullar has put together <A HREF="http://www.fgi.net/~grnarrow/hypertimeline.html">The Unofficial Green Arrow Deluxe Timeline</A>.
654<LI>Proving the he can focus on individual heroes as well, Michael Kooiman presents <A HREF="http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/docs/swampthing.html">The Swamp Thing Chronology</A>.
655	<UL>
656	<LI>Rich Handley goes even further in his take on the elemental's history with <A HREF="http://www.swampthingroots.com/timeline_01.html">Roots of the Swamp Thing: The Swamp Thing/Hellblazer/Un-Men Timeline</A>.
657	</UL>
658<LI><A HREF="http://home.bip.net/rivieran/literature/timeline.html">The Sandman Chronology</A>, compiled by Mike Harris, is a refreshingly consistent history of the world in Neil Gaiman's series, as Mike notes that there is little need for conjecture. Having said that, it hasn't been updated for some time.
659<LI>Lorcan Nagle has detailed <A HREF="http://monarchy.5u.com/history/history.html">The History of the Monarchy</A> as seen in Doselle Young's series for WildStorm Productions.
660<LI><A HREF="http://world.std.com/~mikecap/planetary/planetary_timeline.html">The Planetary Timeline</A>, created by Mike Caprio with help from Chris Pinard, outlines events within the continuity of Warren Ellis's series of the same name.
661<LI>Kris Naudus proudly presents several works now hosted on this site including her <A HREF="lampbane/transmet.html">Transmetropolitan Timeline</A>, based on another series by Warren Ellis, though I must include a language warning along with this link.
662<LI>Kris has also completed a <A HREF="lampbane/cybertimeline.html">Cyberella Timeline</A>, based on Howard Chaykin's comic book series.
663<LI>Remember Kris? She decided to make a <A HREF="lampbane/giantkiller.html">Giantkiller Chronology</A> as well, based on Dan Brereton's series.
664<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics-SupermanTimeLine.html">Superman Timeline</A>, compiled by David T. Chappell, is a list of major "Superman Events" that mixes actual dates and age references as one would expect in such a work.
665<LI><A HREF="http://www.comp.dit.ie/dgordon/League/loeg0010.html">The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Chronology</A>, by Damian Gordon, Michael Norwitz, and Philip Graves, is really a "League of Leagues," profiling various groups of literary heroes and their adventures through the centuries, as detailed in the landmark series by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill.
666<LI>The <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~rikmertens/image/wildcats.html">Wildcats Timeline</A> could stand to be somewhat more detailed, given the large amount of WildC.A.T.s/Wildcats material available.
667<LI><A HREF="http://www.melriks.com/superhero/image/authority.html">The Authority Timeline</A> offers a brief glimpse into the history of the offshoot of Stormwatch featured in WildStorm Comics.
668<LI><A HREF="http://kbac.orcon.net.nz/astro4.html">The Astro City Timeline</A>, by Martin Wisse, from the series by Kurt Busiek.
669<LI>Fans of comic book series derived from video games will be glad to learn of the <A HREF="http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/comics/AtariForce/timeline.shtml">Atari Force Timeline</A> by Lee K. Seitz, which includes a discussion of continuity problems in the short-lived series.
670<LI>Craig Klein has put together a <A HREF="http://www.shadowgalaxy.net/Vendetta/timeline.html">V for Vendetta Timeline</A>, from the series by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, as one large graphic, and he is quick to ask that you be patient while it loads.
671<LI>The <A HREF="ftp://theory.lcs.mit.edu/pub/people/wald/watchmen/watchmen.appendix">Watchmen Appendix</A>, compiled by Doug Atkinson, includes a timeline as well as summarising the differences between our world and the world of the Watchmen.
672</UL>
673
674<A NAME="Marvel"><H3>Marvel Comics</H3>
675
676<UL>
677<LI><A HREF="http://reocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/wicksint.html">The Unofficial Chronology to the Marvel Universe</A>, written by Robert Wicks, is quite thorough, but it only deals with events up to the debut of the Fantastic Four, not covering the present or the future.
678<LI>Ivan Schablotski has <I>also</I> created a <A HREF="http://reocities.com/crazy_ivan_thx11/WorldWar3.htm#_Time-line_of_WORLD">Time-Line of World War 3</A>, covering the amalgamated universe (briefly) created when Marvel's Heroes Reborn Universe combined with the WildStorm Universe.
679<LI><A HREF="http://www.vortex.bridgwater.ac.uk/mtlg/timeline.htm">The UnOfficial Timeline of Marvel: The Lost Generation</A>, by Richard Porter, details events related to the characters and era of the Marvel Universe in the series of the same name.
680<LI><A HREF="http://reocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/byrd.html">The Unofficial Wolverine Chronology</A>, written by Ronald Byrd, is intended to fill in the various blanks of Wolverine's career.
681<LI>James McFadden has written the <A HREF="http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/joechron1.html">G.I. Joe Comics Chronology</A>.
682<LI>Bernard R. Assaf maintains <A HREF="http://panther.bsc.edu/~bassaf/quarantine/lvchron.html">The Legacy Virus Chronology</A>, detailing the history of the long-running Marvel storyline.
683<LI>Even relatively minor characters have their devotees, as is evidenced in <A HREF="http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~md08/blink/issues/">The Blink Chronology</A> by Allen William Dodson.
684</UL>
685
686<A NAME="OtherComics"><H3>Other Comics</H3>
687
688<UL>
689<LI>The <A HREF="http://reocities.com/schablotski.geo/amalgamtime1.htm">Amalgam Universe Chronology</A>, created by Ivan Schablotski, makes sense of the continuity created when DC and Marvel joined forces.
690<LI>Those who are tired of the domination of comics continuity by DC and Marvel, however, can take a look at Magnus Ramström's collection of <A HREF="http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~d87-mra/valiant/times.html">Valiant Universe Timelines</A>.
691<LI>Similarly, a <A HREF="http://www.coreyblake.com/cgww/misc/timeline.html">Timeline of the CrossGen Universe</A> is also available.
692<LI>Ivan Schablotski has even put together a <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/crazy_ivan_thx11/Earth-Red.htm">Time-Line of Earth-Red</A>, a composite of all the documented comic book Earths that favour Communist, rather than Western, heroes.
693<LI><A HREF="http://www.panix.com/~alexx/time5.html">The Cerebus Timeline</A>, a rather extensive document by Alexx Kay, based on Dave Sim's comic book series.
694<LI>Chris Wike has compiled the <A HREF="http://members.fortunecity.com/lost_giant/sable/sable1.htm">Jon Sable, Freelance Timeline</A>, based on Mike Grell's comic book series.
695<LI>The official website of <I>2000 AD</I> includes a fairly detailed guide to <A HREF="http://www.2000adonline.com/index.php3?zone=thrill&page=timelines">Judge Dredd's Timeline</A>.
696<LI><A HREF="http://www.zompist.com/loveroc1.html">The Jaime Hernandez Chronology</A>, compiled by Mark Rosenfelder, places all the events described 
696in said writer's work in a chronological sequence.
697<LI>Kris Naudus has put together the <A HREF="lampbane/scud.html">Scud: The Disposable Assassin Timeline</A>, covering that comic book series by Rob Schrab and its related spinoffs from Fireman Press.
698<LI>Nathan Butler has put together the <A HREF="http://www.visi.com/~wildfoto/rstimeline.html">Rising Stars Timeline</A> based on the series by J. Michael Straczynski.
699<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.kiva.net/~flint/Maxx/timeline.html">Maxx Timeline</A>, maintained by Tom Lee, based on Sam Kieth's comic book series.
700</UL>
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