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Title: The Great War: Walk in Hell by Harry Turtledove ISBN: 0-345-40562-5 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 05 July, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (75 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Another triumph in Turtledove's finest series...
Comment: Unlike books like "1632" or Turtledove's own "Worldwar" series, there's not a single fantastic element to be found in the Great War series. There isn't dragon cavalry or time travel; instead, this is simply a story of people doing as well as they can in a world gone insane with bloodlust.
The characters are universally *human*. There are no cardboard cutouts mouthing platitudes about how just the war really is after all, just scared and tired men realizing that they are very likely going to die, and suffer before the end. Even the CSA's soldiers or Communist revolutionaries get moments of human dignity and each one is sketched out with details rather than having indistinguish- able cardboard cutouts for characters.
The action takes place almost solely on the North American continent, but that means everything from Canadian winters to the newly annexed Confederate states of Chihuahua and Sonora. And regardless of whether it's the Navy patrols on the
Mississippi river or house-to-house fighting in Utah the action is quick, brutal, and never really gets redundant.
Unlike some authors, Turtledove isn't afraid to kill off anyone (my own favorite character in the series bleeds to death in a desert skirmish), which leads the reader to care even more for the ones that do survive. Even the people on the home front aren't always safe, and the ones left behind from a soldier's death are shown in mourning.
Buy this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A great sequel
Comment: Harry Turtledove's Great War:Walk in Hell was an intriguing book. The writing was well worked and imaganitive. The reason I gave it 4 stars was the amount of unneccesary sex scenes. Other than that I liked it. Some of the other people thought the amount of characters was confusing but I found it helpfull, I could see all the aspects of war. There is an artilery commander, farmers, sailors and infantry. This shows how the war effects different parts of life. I thought that it would be interesting though if he could show how the war is going in Europe. Turtledove must have done a lot of research and it shows in the realism of this novel. I am anticipating the next part of this series, The Great War:Breakthroughs.
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing
Comment: I started this series expecting to be entertained, but only mildly. I was sept off my feet by all three of the books in this series. It is a great read for anyone into military, historical, or alternate history fiction novels
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Title: How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove ISBN: 0345406141 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 29 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: American Empire: Blood and Iron by Harry Turtledove ISBN: 0345405668 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 25 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold by Harry Turtledove ISBN: 0345444221 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: American Empire: The Victorious Opposition by HARRY TURTLEDOVE ISBN: 034544423X Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove ISBN: 0345384687 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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