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06-09-2007, 10:47 PM
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| SFM Guru  Join Date: May 2006
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| John Birmingham's Alternate History Series...Anyone else read it? I'm just curious as to who else has read John Birmingham's Weapons of Choice, Designated Targets, and Final Impact of his alternate history trilogy and what they've thought about it. I'm about finished with Designated Targets atm, and I've really enjoyed the series so far. |
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06-10-2007, 12:43 AM
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| SFM Fanfilm Attack Dog   Join Date: May 2006 Location: On your Computer.. Looking at your Porn! Age: 44
Posts: 1,402
   | yeah, I've read all three books They're a good read and leave you wanting more actually  I'd highly recommend them. |
| 'Could we have some Decorum here, or are you running a Pirate Ship' - Gaius Baltar 'Just a Battlestar, Sir.' - Starbuck 'Don't dare to be different, Dare to be Original' | |
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06-10-2007, 12:49 AM
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| Awake and Dreaming  Realname: Nate Howe Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston, MA Age: 24
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 | Another alternate timelines series to check out is John Barnes' Timeline Wars trilogy (Caesar's Bicycle, Washington's Dirigible and Patton's Spaceship), and also the stand-alone novel Finity |
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06-10-2007, 02:43 AM
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| Itchy trigger-finger  Join Date: May 2006 Location: baked Alaska
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| It might be worth checking out. Just curious...how do Birmingham and Barnes compare to Turtledove's alternative history novels? Any distinct difference in story telling, authentic reliance on pivotal events or historic characters, etc? |
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06-10-2007, 02:51 AM
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| SFM Obsessed  Realname: Sean Little Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Age: 21
Posts: 1,094
| I'm a big Turtledove fan, have a ton of his books. |
| Battlestar Galactica Vipers 2D WIP thread http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/T...0III%20Colored/ VF-4 Lightning III Colored profiles | |
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06-10-2007, 08:17 PM
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| SFM Obsessed Realname: Sean Little Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Age: 21
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| He has a very good series based on the idea of what might happen if the South had survived the Civil War. Very interesting stuff, Woodrow Wilson is president of the Confederacy during WW I, Custer survives the 19th century, the US attacks Pearl Harbor in the British-controlled Sandwich Islands, etc. |
| Battlestar Galactica Vipers 2D WIP thread http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/T...0III%20Colored/ VF-4 Lightning III Colored profiles | |
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06-11-2007, 02:18 AM
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| SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006
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| That sound positively fascinating. Anyway, I must confess that I had an ulterior motive to start this thread. I'm of the opinion that the concept behind this particular series could make an excellent TV show, or, as in my case, a Virtual Series. Right now I'm working on designing the ships and drawing them in 2D, but if this little idea of mine interests anyone, please let me know. |
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06-12-2007, 05:35 PM
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| SFM Nugget  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Out there, bombarded by cosmic rays
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| Check out the film "The Final Countdown" and the anime/manga "Zipan" as well. Both are about ships of the present being thrown back to the WWII era.    |
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