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Sep 15, 2008 06:45PM
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Your book looks interesting, but I am afraid you will have to explain your presmise of an alternate history; it was not clear from what I found on the website.
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Some Description:
Two kingdoms in two different worlds but tied together as both ruled by queens bound by magic but each in jeopardy of seeing their regime end. For England’s Queen Elizbath I, Prometheus Club playwrights Will Shakespeare and Kit Marley risk their lives to keep her safe and on the throne Faerie Queen Mab’s only wordsmith is Kit who crosses the veil between the two realms, but has other supporters too.
Sounds neat! It is a prequel to two other books but the authors website says to read them in any order.
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So, I guess I'll stop rambling now, not make any suggestions and wait for the poll. :)
I bought The Years of Salt and Rice by Kim Stanley Robinson a while ago and haven't gotten to it yet. I would love to read it as a group and discuss it!!
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A slightly easier read would be Harry Turtledove's The Guns of The South. I would also recommend the Great War Series, the Colonization Series, and the Cross Time Traffic Series. The later is more of an alternative earths category.
Eric Flint's 1812 The Rivers of War is a good choice. I am bias because I love his Ring of Fire series
I would also suggest Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker series. While the book does not focus on a historical event it takes place in an alternative history. I think they are considered young adult but it one of the best books set in an alternate history.
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I'm far less enthusiastic about FATHERLAND, telegraphed plot, not exceptional characterizations..
BRING THE JUBILEE, perhaps?
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For the sake of throwing out something new, I'll say, if memory serves, that Chung Kuo by David Wingrove would fit; it's a look at a world that assumes Chinese dominance.
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Lots to discuss. It gave me much to think about:
1945: An ex-marine has discovered a portal that permits him to travel between the America he knows-and a virgin America untouched by European influence. 21st century: The two realities collide...
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West of Eden by Harry Harrison It is the first in a trilogy, but it can stand alone.
Teaser: "Sixty-five million years ago, a disastrous cataclysm eliminated three-quarters of all life on Earth. Overnight, the age of dinosaurs ended. The age of mammals had begun. But what if history had happened differently? What if the reptiles had survived to evolve into intelligent life? In West of Eden, Harry Harrison has created a rich, dramatic saga of a world where the descendants of the dinosaurs struggle with a clan of humans in a battle for survival."
I also second Conquistador and Man in a High Castle - both would be great reads!
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