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Alan Smale

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Journey Planet
  • "A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma: The National Cryptologic Museum" in Journey Planet 90's Museums, edited by Chris Garcia, James Bacon, and Steven H Silver, May 2025
  • "Anderson Planet: Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, and UFO" in Journey Planet 58's Cancelled Too Soon, edited by James Bacon, Evan Reeves, Steven H Silver, and Chris Garcia, November 2021.
  • "Mongolia, Land of the Eternal Blue Sky: Sand, Steppe, and Shamans" in Journey Planet 51's Magical Places, edited by Chris Garcia, James Bacon, and Steven H. Silver, August 2020.
Turning Points

  • "Turning Points: The Mongol Horde" (column), in Galaxy's Edge, Issue 62, May 2023
  • "Turning Points: Rome Falls" (column), in Galaxy's Edge, Issue 61, March 2023
  • "Turning Points: X-ray Lasers" (column), in Galaxy's Edge, Issue 60, January 2023
  • "Turning Points: The Antikythera Mechanism" (column), in Galaxy's Edge, Issue 59, November 2022
  • "Turning Points: The Chicxulub Impact" (column), in Galaxy's Edge, Issue 58, September 2022
  • "Turning Points: Earthrise" (column), in Galaxy's Edge, Issue 57, July 2022
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Mongolian scene
Mongolian ger in the Gobi Desert

"Mongolia rocked my soul, and changed my life. Firstly, because of its physical grandeur and sheer immensity. The impossible panoramas of the steppe, the barren desert vistas of the Gobi, the dark mysteries of the Siberian taiga forests that reach down into the country from the north. Then: the historical resonances ..."
– Alan Smale, Journey Planet 51