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scarred:
It seems like roughly 70% of all alternate history books involve the Axis Powers winning World War II. Which is boring as fuck when you think about what could be done with tinkering with early western civilizations' development, like Rome, Greece, etc.
jimbunny:
Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James
It's like reading Jane Austen, or Charlotte Bronte. Except better.
De_El:
--- Quote from: scarred on 25 Jun 2010, 16:27 ---It seems like roughly 70% of all alternate history books involve the Axis Powers winning World War II. Which is boring as fuck when you think about what could be done with tinkering with early western civilizations' development, like Rome, Greece, etc.
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That may be so, but if yr gonna give a shit about any of them, I'd hand the prize The Man in the High Castle. It may ostensibly be about Axis powers winning WWII, but it's ultimately stranger than that.
It's really easy for me to say that, though. I've never read any other alternate WWII-outcome books. I don't think. If I have they weren't very memorable.
scarred:
I'm sure there are a couple brilliant ones that started the trend, like how Tolkien is the babydaddy of every epic fantasy novel ever, but there's so many now it's hard to care about anything but the original.
De_El:
Right! I was trying to think of what might be the original of that particular trend though, and I got nuffin. Is there such a thing? I dunno if it's originals doin it rite the first time so much as the occasional excellent writer taking an obvious idea and going awesome places with it.
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