The War That Came Early: West and East
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (646 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400115868 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 488 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Terry Webb said Another Great Turtledove Alternate History. I have just finished Harry Turtledove's six volume set "The War that Came Early". Being a Harry Turtledove fan I of course enjoyed it. Some very thoughtful switches that made for a good and interesting story.However, I do have a few knock-offs on this series.First, I think it went a book too long. Well two books too long actually. I felt there was a lot off filler that didn't really enhance the story, and an abundance of redundancy in . "All of Turtledove's strengths, and all of Turtledove's horrible flaws on full display" according to Lawrence Yarborough. If you have ever read a Harry Turtledove novel, and enjoyed it, then you will probably enjoy this just as much. For those familiar with Turtledove, I am saying that this book's greatest flaws are the same flaws that plague most of his works. There are a lot of characters, most of them are cardboard cutouts of what a history book would say a person from this time period in this situation is like, there are long sequences where the same . Mike Fisher said OK, But Not Turtledove's Best. It seems Harry Turtledove expects his readers to know a little of the actual history that pertains to the things he writes about. At least it helps to understand what's going on here. Past that, he uses pretty much the same formula in all his alternate histories: spend a few pages of text to tell what happens to one character, then another and then another, and thereby tell the larger tale. That can be fun, but it also can be a bit ted
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. In this version of WWII, the Nazis fail to take Paris. The novel most fully shines when the characters are allowed to strive for their full potential: Czech sniper Vaclav Jezek adopts an antitank rifle as his favorite weapon; German pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel ingeniously modifies his aircraft; Soviet soldier Chaim Weinberg becomes a Party propagandist; and the Goldman family tries to achieve a semblance of nor
From an American woman trapped in Germany who receives safe passage from Hitler himself to a Jewish family steeped in German culture and facing the hatred rising around them, from Japanese soldiers on the remote edge of Siberia to American volunteers in Spain, The War That Came Early: West and East is the story of a world held hostage by tyrants-Stalin, Hitler, Sanjuro-each holding on to power through lies and terror even in the face of treacherous plots from within. The other was British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who, determined to avoid war at any cost, came to be known as "the great appeaser." But Harry Turtledove, the unrivaled master of alternate history, has launched a gripping saga that springboards from a different fateful act: What if Chamberlain had stood up to Hitler? What would the Nazis' next move