Harry Turtledove and Richard Dreyfuss
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Together with Britain that is.
So, as an American, who do you see as the protagonist? The Sons of Liberty who wait for an American Revolution that never will come or the British who fight against terrorists in a battle that any American can understand.
Turtledove and Dreyfuss' answer is interesting, the character of Colonel Bushell is alright, the Sons of Liberty are a fascinating bunch of xenophobic rascists, American skinheads if you will, who really make you question this revolution that we follow. The Bald Eagle is mocked as a scavenger, and America, without any cause for revolt, is helplessly represented by the worst of her patriots.
My greatest criticism is in the dedication presented in the front of the novel, Harry Harrison is thanked for advice on the counterfactual and it is my firm opinion that the only thing that Harry Harrison should be thanked for is the novels that he won't write in his lifetime. I suppose Dreyfuss and Turtledove deserve a mild thanks at the least, though, for busying him with this advice during time that might have been spent producing another awful novel in the tradition of the Stars and Stripes series or the Hammer and Cross series.
This is a surprising novel, not as bad as it should be, actually rather entertaining. Perhaps a tad underestimated, as Ressurection Day is, but still not as good as Ressurection Day, however still better than the mass of Turtledove's work.
Purchase: For this price, most certainly.
Price (Amazon):
(Hardcover): Out of Print
Used&New: $0.71<
(Softcover): Out of Print
Used&New:$0.89<
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