Comments | stankow: Haiku Book Revu

stankow

Haiku Book Revu

Jan 04, 2007 01:12

Hell to Pay, Simon R. Green (Nightside 7)
Still kicking much ass
John Taylor finds a lost girl,
Ultraviolence

End of the Beginning, Harry Turtledove (Days of Infamy 2)
If you like his stuff
This is classic Turtledove
But seems quite pointless

The Traveler, John Twelve Hawks (The Fourth Realm 1)
Do you remember
The Celestine ProphecyThis one has ( Read more... )

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dlayiga January 4 2007, 10:16:09 UTC

I've gotten into alternate History recently, and Turtledove appears ot be the master of the genre...is he worth it?

stankow January 4 2007, 13:08:44 UTC

Turtledove is the acknowledged and true master of AH, but he's writing a metric assload of books these days, and not all of them are worth the effort.

Definite Turtledovian successes:
Guns of the South -- the definitive AH book and the one that really launched not only Turtledove's career, but the current AH boom.
The Worldwar series (the tetralogies only -- the coda book, Homeward Bound, was a steaming loaf of monkey crap)

If you've got time:
The various American Empire/Settling Accounts/whatever the hell he calls the whole damn series. These aren't strict sequels to Guns of the South, but they start from the same point -- the South successfully seceded from the North. I like 'em, but at this point, honestly, it's as much because I've got so much time invested in them as any actual affection.
Ruled Britannia -- What if Spain had conquered England in Victorian times? Best if you're fairly well-versed in Shakespeare and the time, because there's a lot of Turtledove showing off how smart he is. It comes off well if you are too ( ... )