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Title: The Children's War by J. N. Stroyar ISBN: 0-7434-0740-7 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (38 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Unanswered questions
Comment: Why did Germany not invade Russia? Why is New York a "free city (huh?)" and not part of the United States? Why is the swastika banned in the U.S.? We never banned the hammer & sickle during the cold war. What happened to Japan??? The author never answers these questions.
Check this book out from the library before purchasing it. Or, better yet, read "Fatherland" by Robert Harris, "The Man in the High Castle" by Philip K. Dick, or anything by Harry Turtledove.
Rating: 5
Summary: Also A Love Story
Comment: This is a brilliant work that is not for every reader. Most of the reviews focus on the alternate history context, with its themes of brutality and oppression.
What is overlooked is the author's deft presentation of personal relationships within the opposing societies, both in German and Polish households. Issues equally as probing are raised in the context of the relationship between the protagonist, Peter, and the Polish resistance leader, Zosia.
This book is far more than an alternate history but a philosophical work, fortunately with a compelling narrative force.
Rating: 4
Summary: Remorseless, Overpowering
Comment: This is a very, very depressing book. It shows the world under the heel of a victorious Nazi Germany. More depressing,the other half of the Eastern Hemisphere is ruled by a Russian tyranny. Perhaps the worst thought is that one realizes that all the hate and bullying and utter disregard for humanity presented here is replicated in scores of countries today - constant fear, secret police, informers, torture chambers, relentless efforts by the State to force agreement even when all know it's a lie....
What was most convincing was not the cruelty or slavery or even the total thought control but the utter greyness, drabness and shabbiness. That kind of rundown degredation seemed so awful yet so real. I would've liked a 4 1/2 star rating. The missing half point was for two reasons: (1) The geopolitical aspects were scant. What about Japan, the USSR, India, etc? (2)The idea that despite their victory, every German would behave like a guard at a concentration camp is unrealistic - especially in light of widespread disattisfaction with living conditions. Few parents would let their children witness them degrading, beating and torturing someone, even in Naziland. Germany, like all such regimes, knew that kind of behaviour was uncivilized and sought desperately to hide it from the world.
The best part was the tale of the underground, a daring and very realistic group of (mainly) Polish restistance fighters. How the two separate plots - the British slave and the underground - merge is a wonderful piece of plotting. The good guys are not squeaky clean; they are determined and realistic. The sci-fi aspect introduced at the end seemed almost perfect.
This is a great read for a cold winter night
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Title: Resurrection Day by Brendan Dubois ISBN: 0515129496 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Fox on the Rhine by Douglas Niles, Michael Dobson ISBN: 0812574664 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 17 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Last Reich by Arthur Rhodes ISBN: 1582442118 Publisher: Rutledge Books, Inc. Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Cold War Hot: Alternative Decisions of the Third World War by Peter Tsouras ISBN: 185367530X Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: If The South Had Won The Civil War by Harry Turtledove, Dan Nance, MacKinlay Kantor ISBN: 0312869495 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 03 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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