My pick? A new Beatles album.
How about Paul and Yoko get married?
Before it became not so funny, I long said that we’d see a new Beatles album long before we’d see a new Real Pink Floyd album. That was back when all the members of the Floyd were still alive, it was still just as impossible that Roger and Syd would both simultaneously get back together with the band as it would be for Lennon to rise from the dead.
a Flashman novel dealing with his exploits in the US civil war
The people with rights to fictional works decide that a newer, shittier version of the work does not need to replace the original in the public consciousness.
The current director of the Harry Potter movies totally gives into his obvious Harry/Hermione shipperness and has them end up together at the end of the Deathly Hollows instead of Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione.
W was never President
The United States goes back on the gold standard.
A Grateful Dead reunion, called: “Grateful Resurrected.”
Or how about Beethoven’s Tenth?
A bible that includes all the apocrypha, commentary, and excised items that would’ve been period-appropriate.
I win the lottery.
Congress readjusts the length of copyright to a more sensible period than 95 years.
3 more Discworld novels
Completely portable free and nonpolluting energy source capable of driving motor vehicles, powering buildings, and what-have-you.
(Actually, it’s tied with Warp Drive.)
A worldwide Kate Bush tour. (The only one happened in 1979)
A TV show about the early years of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian directed by Joss Whedon.
That HBO produces more seasons of Carnivale. Yes, I know one could consider it ‘finished’ if you skip the last 5 minutes or so of the final show, but there are still those unanswered questions…what about Alamagordo? Does Ben become the new “Management” or does he recover?
Firefly seasons 2 through 5.
These do exist…
Alice in Chains goes on tour…/cry