Ed- Yes, Guns of the South is a standalone, and is IMO his best work. He wrote a similar follow-up series built around Special Order 191 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Order_191) about the post-Civil War if the CSA had gone its own way, and eventually affected 20th Century history. I avoided the WorldWar series, partly because I'm more interested in his 19th century subjects. :-) Alien invasions during WWII just seemed kind of meh to me, too. He's also started a series about Atlantis, and how it was discovered and colonized- leading to a series based on its place in modern history. I've only read the first, but its pretty good. P
______________________________ [email protected] "You can be the captain, and I will draw the chart..." Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:20:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] What Are You Reading? MK-2 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I was very interesting in Harry Turtledove's alternate history novel and first tried In the Balance from the Worldwar series. I was not impressed and couldn't get past the second chapter.Is The Guns of the South better than In the Balance? ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Patrick Pence <[email protected]> wrote: I've got three books on the nightstand right now that I am working my way through: - Re-reading James McPherson's 'Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era' after about 15 years. -Picked up 'I Hear America Talking: An Illustrated History of American Words and Phrases' at our local Goodwill Bookstore. A very good read so far. -Rulebook to 'Here I Stand: The Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555', in preparation for our upcoming trip to BGGCon. Serv, welcome to the Turtledove Club! The Guns of the South still his single best work, hands down. ______________________________ [email protected] "You can be the captain, and I will draw the chart..." On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: I tried to reply to the old What Are You Reading? thread and I think I ended up sending Van an email instead. Van you can go ahead and delete that. Anyway, I just finished the novelization of Dragonslayer by Wayland Drew. Not sure if I have ever seen this movie or not but now I really want to watch it. Now I am starting the Eisenhorn Omnibus by Dan Abnett. So I am going to be reading this one for a long while. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
