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Summary: How does he do it?
Review: Hary Turtledove may be the most amazing author working today. Earlier this year he brought us the next book in the WorldWar series, and now in August we have the next book in the Great War series. Turtledove gives us many different characters in this book, and though some say it's too many, I would disagree! Each character is fully fleshed out, with their own unique story and personality. My personal favorites are Flora Hamburger, Anne Collelton, and General Custer. How great is it for Turtledove to bring us Custer, who in our world dies shortly after the Civil War, fighting the South in the Great War. This book kept me turning the pages all night long. The Red revolt is fascinating, as is the character of McSweeny, with his rightous flame-thrower! I love the introduction of the barrels, it's done so well. And also to finally meet the widow Semproch's former love was very nice. I wish, however, that Turtledove hadn't done away with Jeb Stuart III, but it makes perfect sense. Lastly, there is the character of Jonathan Moss, the flying ace. As he sees friend after friend shot down, Turtledove really lets the reader feel the loss. And see if you don't want to grab a gun and charge into battle after the Yankees execute a certain young Franc-tireur. I can't wait for the next one. Will the newly mobilized blacks help turn the tide? Will Anne have her revenge? And what horrible new weapons of war will be introduced? Mr. Turtledove, I eagerly await.
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Summary: Another triumph in Turtledove's finest series...
Review: 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.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: 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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Summary: America's World War One Continues!
Review: 'The Great War: Walk in Hell,' is the continuation of Turledove's story of a divided America which began with 'How Few Remain.' 'Walk' picks up in 1915 while war and revolution explode across both the United States and the Confederate States of America. In the South, the oppressed black minority fights to hold on to the Socialist republic that they have created while in Salt Lake City Mormon extremeists once again challenge the Federal government. At the same time thousands of men die each day in the trenches that separate the two powers. While 'Walk' isn't nearly as entertaining as Turtledove's 'Guns of the South' or 'How Few Remain,' it is considerably better than the novel which precedes this one, 'The Great War: American Front.' In 'Walk' the characters that Turtledove created in 'American Front' are fleshed out and don't seem to be merely there as a means of advancing the plot. Also, the political struggle is exmained a little closer when the U.S. tries to annex captured Confederate territory. If not entierly plausable at times, 'Walk' is nevertheless a fun and entertaining read.
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Summary: Turtledove's Dreadful World
Review: I agree with the readers who think that the United States and Germany will win the War. The US keeps its troops in North America instead of sending them to France to give the Western allies much-needed military and psychological support. Besides, the plot's progression points to a US-German win. But no matter who we root for, it's hard to believe that the World will be a better place for either an American or a Confederate victory. Turtledove's World remains infinitely less attractive than ours, even if a victory for Kaiser Wilhelm prevents the rise of National-Socialism in Germany. The Great War series has nothing to offer but an arrogant and imperialistic Germany, crumpled land, burning towns, and lasting enmity between North and South, and between Canadians and Americans. Turtledove essentially applies a European scenario to North America, and shows exactly what our countries were able to avoid during the World conflicts.
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Summary: The Great War gets bogged down
Review: Walk In Hell is the continuation of Turtledove's alternative history of WWI as fought on American soil. Walk In Hell continues the story exactly where American Front leaves off and focuses largely on the inability for either side to escape the horror of trench warfare. In the Confederacy the blacks rise up in communist insurrection taking advantage of the South's distraction with the war. With the fight stalled on most fronts Walk in Hell works to further develop the 12 or so characters Turtledove is following through the war.
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Summary: the war rages on
Review: WWI countinues to rage across America as the south moves on Baltimore, and Philadelphia and the mormons rebel in Utah but problems brew in the south as well
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Summary: "Another Winner By The Master Of AH"
Review: As usual, Turtledove does an excellent job showing us this alternate WWI through the eyes of his diverse characters. Not only do we see the actual fighting, but we see what goes on behind the lines. Canadians living under U.S. rule, working women dealing with rationing and Western Union death notices and a Socialist woman doing what she can to end the war. The Confederates also have a major problem besides the USA. The blacks in the South have begun a full-scale Socialist Revolution. Turtledove also shows off new inventions thrown into the war, such as flamethrowers and tanks (called barrels by the USA) No matter what side of the conflict his characters are on or what their beliefs are, they are written in such a way that you can't help but care about them.
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Summary: Walk in Hell...But don't Stop!!
Review: My introduction to the topsey-turvey world of Harry Turtledove-The Great War Walk In Hell-soon had me hooked on this great storyline reaching back to the beginning with How Few Remain and subsequently, American Front. A whole new world was laid out in front of me and I'm glad it's fantasy. There are few worse scenarios that would have topped the cataclysmic changes to the state of world affairs than that of the creation of the CSA. As I have stated in my other reviews of this epic storyline, Walk In Hell introduced me to the strong cast of characters that Mr Turtledove has essembled. However the storyline is free flowing and easy to grasp for those-such as myself- who picked this book up and read it without any inclination of an exciting past. The events depicted are clear and quite possible as Harry Turtledove keeps basic reality in check. I was pleasently surprised to met General Armstrong Custer, a reminder to those that events could have been different. This book is set in a time when the world was still ruled by empires and dictated to accordingly. The USA is still reeling under the anger of losing and having to wear the thought of living next to the CSA, a country with the backing of Great Britan and France, and Canada to the north. Smoat twice in it's history by this abborhation of international affairs, the USA has found and is using her ally, Imperial Germany. This time the tide looks to be turning in the USA's favor, the CSA is fighting insurreccction by it's long suffering black population and new weapons of mass distruction, gas and the new fangled "Barrel" are unleshed with the all too familair consequences. The story ends on a knife edge and you are left hanging for more..."Breakthroughs". Naturally you would track back into the past and read How Few Remain and American Front to get a jest on this amazing history.
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Summary: No Let Down Here!
Review: Mr. Turtledove again proves his established position as the greastest Alternate History Writer. This book is impossible to put down, as a teenager I found this book both insightful and entertaining. I have read the previous books in this series (and the book after this one) and other books written by this great author. I am also a great lover of history and military history, and this fulfills my hunger for great literature (although it is not factual, I still find myself believing this really happened while reading his books). Take my advice, read as many of his books as you can, soon you too will be a Turtledove addict like me.
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