All that coffee made Jake's heart thud and soured his stomach. Good luck." "I'm Jake Featherston, and I'm here to tell you the truth." June 21 passed through to June 22. American bluster was bad enough most times, but this lunacy- "Good luck to you, Mr. "And one fine day, I reckon, we'll have friends in Europe, too, friends who'll help us get back what's rightfully ours and what you've taken away." "A European power- to help you against England and France?" For the first time, Lord Lyons was undiplomatic enough to laugh. I remain,Ĭolonel "Mighty generous of you," Lincoln said with cutting irony. As he expressed the desire of making your acquaintance & as the Army of Northern Virginia will again, it is likely, face hard fighting in the months ahead, I send him on to you that you may judge both him & his remarkable weapon for yourself. Andries Rhoodie of Rivington, North Carolina, who has demonstrated in my presence a new rifle, which I believe may prove to be of the most significant benefit conceivable to our soldiers. I have the honor to present to you with this letter Mr. Harry Norman Turtledove (born 14 June 1949) is an American novelist, best known for his works in several genres, including that of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction.įiction has to be plausible. For instance, he had a theory that those with fragile masculinity are drawn to the military but this often serves to further ingrain that feeling.Īlso interesting was the research that those more likely to follow authoritarian ideologies (such as the Nazis) are likely to come from parents who were insecure about their social status during the the child's upbringing, and that they are more likely to believe in 'magical determinants to an individual's fate'.Many things are possible. The guy had way too much interest in Freud but it made some really interesting points. I just read a book called 'On The Psychology Of Military Incompetence' that basically tried to figure out why certain military leaders messed up so badly. A few that I remember are Powersat, Moonwar, and the Asteroid War trilogy.Ĭlick to expand.It's interesting how we're probably closer to Brave New World (people don't care about the dictatorship because they're too distracted with smartphones and Netflix) rather than 1984 (people actively oppressed by a totalitarian government). Once he introduced aliens, I kind of lost interest, but Bova's works are excellent, well-researched, and completely plausible. It's almost like he gave up, and just sums up the rest of the story in an epilogue.īen Bova's near-future sci-fi. The only 'bad' part is that, after 1100 pages, he STILL doesn't wrap up the story properly. ![]() It's that good, and I've read it several times since. It's over 1100 pages, and I read it first when I was about 10 years old. A sweeping historical fiction set in feudal Japan. One of the main villains of the first book now appears to be an ally to the good side, and there are even hints that the main antagonists might not be so bad.ĮDIT: A few other books that spring to mind, though I haven't read them recently: There is indication that the hero from the first couple of books might ultimately be the villain. What does it is that the real motivations of the movers and shakers are shrouded in mystery, and they are well written and fleshed out. Taken individually, the books are quite good, but taken as a series, they are a step above. ![]() I do enjoy classics from time to time, but I recently read, 'The price of valor' by Django Wexler, the third in the 'Shadow Campaign' series. I'm going to lower the quality of book here.
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