In the Balance (Worldwar Series, Volume 1)

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Summary: An exciting view of an alternate World War II
Review: Once I picked up this book I couldn't put it down, an exciting vision of what WWII might have become if it were disrupted by an alien invasion. Anyone who likes history or science fiction should definetly read this book.

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. The plot is fascinating, the situations believable and the idea is very appealing. Having read this volume I definitely wanted more.

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Summary: Master of what if
Review: I had never read Turtledove until this book. The premiss of the story grabbed me; What if, during the height of WWII an armada from another star system invaded Earth? The only reason I gave it four stars is because Turtledove tends to get a little wordy. Harry Turtledove is definitely the Master of "What if".

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Summary: Great book by a great author
Review: This book, this series, is one of the best books I have ever read. I bought the whole series! I recommend you do the same. If you are a WWII buff, or like the military, you'll adore this series. I like the point of view of the Lizards. Adds simpathy.

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Summary: A book of technology against experience
Review: Aliens are coming! Is that not a subject of too many books. Not this time! This book is really great. I recommend it to anyone with a little sence of scince fiction/alternate history. A armada of lizards come to earth during the Second World War and try to councer it. The countries who so recently had been fighting have to join together to beat back the aliens.

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Summary: Modern day technology against quantity and drive
Review: It seems possible that Harry Turtledove has tried to invent a war of modern day armys technologicly supperior. But would they be a match against a more quantity full resoursefull enemy with no choice to surrender.

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Summary: A really fun and highly recommended read.
Review: This book is just plain fun. I am both a science fiction and a history buff, and fans of either will almost certainly enjoy this book. In a nutshell; lizardlike aliens armed with 1990s technology invade Earth halfway through World War Two. Unfortunately the aliens haven't been involved in a major war in a few mullenia, and their troops are expecting to find knights instead of panzers. Still the alien technology is formidible, and humanity joins together in an unholy alliance against them. Needless to say all hell breaks loose very quickly. The books characters, both alien and human are believable and realistic- human beings don't patch up their differences but instead put WWII on hold to fight a slightly more pressing enemy. I read the entire thing in a couple of days, and spent months eagerly anticipating each new volume (four in all.) This is a really fun and highly recommended read.

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Summary: A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE
Review: Being a WWII buff I was in the bookstore one day picking up books about WWII that I thought might be good reading. When I got home and looked at the cover of WORLD WAR: IN THE BALANCE I saw the words "alternate history". That's when I said to myself "OH NO!, What kind of silly book did I manage to pick up this time?". When I started reading it though I became so captivated that I literally couldn't put it down till I finished it. I was so addicted that I had to read TILTING THE BALANCE, then I had to read UPSETTING THE BALANCE, and finally I had to read STRIKING THE BALANCE. The worst part is waiting for the sequel books to arrive after you've ordered them if you've already finished reading the first one. Excellent reading, and highly reccommended to all people as a must read....

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Summary: World War II grinds to a halt as aliens invade
Review: In the middle of World War II, reptilian aliens invade the earth. They had sent a probe during the middle ages and expect to find very little resistance. To their great surprise, they find instead an earthling populus on the verge of discovering nuclear technology (we do dicover it and use it to a large extent later in the series). Humanity scrambles and differences must be put aside to meet the even greater foe. A great start of a 4 book series.

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Summary: humanity gets a taste of its own medicine
Review: An alien species that is technically far ahead of mankind decides to emark on a 1000 year journey to colonize earth. Based on their own experience, not much will change in that time. Too bad for them, when they arrive, much has changed, and human military technology has changed from the spear to the fighter plane. And the exact moment the aliens reach earth happens to be during the biggest military buildup of all time - WWII. What follows is a classic case of innovation and aggression (on the part of the humans) versus experience and material advantage (on the part of the aliens). In addition to the fascinating alternative-history/military aspect of this book, there are two other really outstanding qualities: (a) turtledove really makes the aliens seem sympathetic characters, particularly a pair of rank-and-file alien soldiers who fall into human hands and wonder what horrors these gigantic hairy barbaric aliens will inflict on THEM, and (b) the book is realy scary: while reading about the alien invasion, one is struck by the though: they might win.