Pros: Incredibly entertaining, easy to digest, very thought provoking... Cons: Strange, surreal, and no real resolution (not that it bothers me...but...)
When I discover an author I really, really like I make it my personal mission to buy (not just read) everything from the writer I can get my paws on. I’ve done it with Stephen King (my first victim), Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, F. Paul Wilson, and ...
Pros: Intriguing premise, skilled writing, very thoughtful (and thought-provoking) Cons: The many characters can be confusing...
I've only recently started delving into the world of Historical Fiction, or Fictional History, or...whatever you want to call it. It's actually been through reading some Old Testament Fiction by Orson Scott Card, and finding out I enjoyed that; when I...
Pros: It's a bonafide sci-fi classic, DUUUUUDDDEEEE Cons: Not as funny as the antics of Col. Klink
I don't know why, but the Second World War's created a wild-ass spawn of media spinoffs, each more entertaining than the other. Saving Private Ryan, Hogan's Heroes, Bingo Night at the VFW... The 1940's wacky combination of genocide, imperialism, and...
Pros: Imaginative and realistic alternate history after World War II. Cons: Grim and paranoid tone. Gritty realism forces examination of "reality".
America lost the Second World War in 1947. Her armies were shattered and humiliated. The defeat was formalized by the signing of the surrender papers in Hawaii. Russia had been militarily destroyed, and its inhabitants were being "removed" to...
Pros: Good imagination about what could have been(not) Cons: Lacks detail about history leading up to the events
Dick's novel takes place in 1962, in Alternate America conquered and split up by the forces of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany. One of the few drawbacks of the book is that the events leading up to occupation are little, if ever discussed. When they are,...
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