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Summary: Fun, but unrealistic
Review: When I stumbled across this book, I rushed home to read it. I was stunned when I was finished. Though fun, it wasn't what I had hoped for. First of all, it is a story of a second war between the states in 1881(in this book the south wins the first one). When two new territories are purchased, the U.S. declares war, and watches the South, Britain, France, and Canada declare war on them. The U.S. arogantly continues. This is when it becomes unrealistic. The South is unrealisticly a military juggernaut, a nation of probably no more than six million? Two: the South, which holds George Washington as the Father of their country too, and believe every thing he preaches, still is involved in entagling alliances. Maybe it's cause I'm a staunch Northern synpathizer, but the U.S. wouldn't roll over and die like it did in this book
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Summary: This book is only a bad prequel
Review: I have to honestly say that I was very disapponted with HFR. Especially after the treatment Turtledove gave "Guns of the South" you expected a better potrayal of post-war America in the 1880s. All you really saw was a not-well-thought-out story of a stalemate which sets the stage for "The Great War" series. Turtledove could not have begun the GR series without HFR since the timeline of "Guns of the South" is so different (President Lee, AK-47s, South African time travelers, etc.), so this is a necessity. I recommend you simply read "The Great War" series, beginning with "American Front". He will fill you in on all the backstory that you will need
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Summary: Brilliantly prepared but some problems along the way
Review: This is the second book of Turtledoves that I've read and although not as good as Guns of the South it's still good. From reading some of the reveiws, I feel like not enough people respect Turtledove as much as they should. The book was good but I will admit it had problems. Lincoln's poem at the beginning was brilliant! I can not express that more. I also loved his map! I also loved how he handled the reason with which the Confederates win Antietam. One thing though is that Turtledove showed too many point-of-views of the losing side of the war ( U.S.) and not enough of the winning side (C.S.). Also, he rushed into the purchase of the Mexican Territory which I think shouldn't have even happened. Another thing was that Clemen's and Lincoln's points-of-views were just boring and weren't going any where. There was nothing boring about Stuart, though! I also want to say that wars in that time took longer than one year and that the U.S. should have had more victories. I'm pro-Confederacy but not pro-Slavery.The last thing I have to say about this book is that it took too long for the war to start and too long for it to end. I have already started to read American Front andTurtledove has already improved with a lot more point-of-views for both sides, but the book has an ugly map and no poem at the front.
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Summary: More History accuracy would have made this book better.
Review: If Turtledove would just spend a little researching his ideas for books befrore writing them, he could have tremendous stories. He again , like in 'Guns of the South', does not use the black Confederates. They were a pivital part of the Southern war effort. AND YES THEY DID FIGHT! It seems as though he does not want to use them. Well to that I must ask him to quit writing about the Southern Nation. Also, this whole thing of," I am white man, master of all I survey.", is stupid and offencive. Everybody in the book who is not white, is concidered to be ignorant. Yes, history was consulted there, but not that much. He did however illustrate the Union army's feelings toward slavery pretty well, being the Yanks really did not care about the slaves. Do not get me wrong this was a good story but if History would have been consulted more this book would have been alot better.
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Summary: Please.
Review: "How Few Remain" is going to be an accurate accounting of Harry Turtledove's fans if he doesn't wake up. Guns of the South was great fiction, so was the first WorldWar book. I agree with the reviewer who applauded them and compared them to the best in recent war fiction, brilliant novels like "The Killer Angels", "The Triumph and the Glory", and "The 13th Valley". It is very obvious that those authors are passionate about their books and aren't just cranking out half-baked manuscripts full of cliches and, like the earlier reviewer mentioned, laughable stereotypes. Turtledove has a lot of talent, and, more relevant to this discussion, a lot of talent left, because he hasn't used up much of it on this book.
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Summary: Some good research woven with bad stereotypes
Review: He had some good research but he relied a lot on bad stereotypes and propaganda.
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Summary: engrossing read; literally couldn't put down
Review: This is only the second book by Mr. Turtledove I've read (the first being The Guns of the South). Like the other, How Few Remains takes place in an alternate America where the South successfully broke away to form the Confederate States. What some Amazon.com readers found ponderous in Mr. Turtledove's large tome, I found detailed and fascinating. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in history and science fiction and the limitless universe of "What-if" alternate worlds scenarios.One comment: Gilbert Taylor's Booklist review of How Few Remain states that George Custer's brother Tom Custer dies, reappears, then dies again through the course of the story. I went back to the novel, story fresh in my mind and, for the life of me, could not find any instance of this happening. I would suspect that the Booklist reviewer may have not given as much attention to his reading of the book as he should have.
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Summary: PLEASE!! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
Review: I wasn't but thirty pages into this book when I found myself flipping ahead just to get an idea of where Mr. Turtledove had the storyline going next. Some of, actually, very little of this drawn out novel was interesting and even plausible to me. If Harrison Turtldove is the "Master of Alternate History", then I've must have bought the wrong novel because I'm not convinced.
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Summary: Alternative history novel has bad case of the bloats
Review: Harry Turtledove can write gripping alternative histories. Look at "Guns of the South" and the first volume of the "Worldwar" series for examples. "How Few Remain" has many sins, it is ponderous and cliche ridden but it's greatest sin is that it is boring. In the end I was left with the feeling that not only is the idea of editorial supervision dead and buried but, even worse, that I had devoted precious reading time to a novel that is only a prequel to his next one. It's one thing to imagine how history might have turned out differently but to imagine how people might have turned out (J.E.B. Stuart survives the Civil War) is merely alternative psychology. If I was Turtledove I would have had the blowhard Custer get slaughtered by Indians in exactly the same way as at Little Big Horn. That would show us that history often doesn't change all that much.
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Summary: How Few Remain is a wonderfully entertaining book
Review: How Few Remain is a fast paced, very believable book about the world that could have been had the South won her freedom in 1865. Turtledove uses the known traits and characteistics of many historic figures to weave as story that one in drawn into and can easily accept by the true rendering of the characters drawn from our time-line. I higly recommend this book!
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