tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post6171430331450518559..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: Two FrontsStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-31400913121342894592013-09-09T16:15:03.769-05:002013-09-09T16:15:03.769-05:00sc said: our society is just obsessed with Nazis. ...sc said: our society is just obsessed with Nazis. That's probably more the case!<br /><br />Most definitely. Have you watched the History Channel (or as I like to call it The Hitler Channel)?CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-39726417632662787782013-09-09T15:49:54.929-05:002013-09-09T15:49:54.929-05:00As far as wars go, it probably offers the greatest...As far as wars go, it probably offers the greatest range for excitement -- you've got infantry, tanks, airplanes, and all manner of ships. Modern warfare would be reduced to missiles, and pre-modern warfare is massed infantry and some horses. Maybe that's a reason.<br /><br />(Or, our society is just obsessed with Nazis. That's probably more the case!)Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-25414638461557028192013-09-09T15:29:39.213-05:002013-09-09T15:29:39.213-05:00Oh, I have several good ones lined up. Most of the...Oh, I have several good ones lined up. Most of them seem to revolve around variations of WW2. I'm pretty sure that there are many other turning points in history but the focus seems to be there for some reason.<br /><br />I should be reading them before Christmas (hopefully) as I have some time off from work coming up soon - and then there's the long Christmas break of course. MUCH reading on the horizon.... CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-7465205984224610882013-09-09T13:26:16.354-05:002013-09-09T13:26:16.354-05:00Ah, do you have a particular book or series in min...Ah, do you have a particular book or series in mind? <br /><br />Amazon's reccommendations for this book were rather interesting...one was an alternate history in which the Revolutionary War never happened, but when Britain decided to discontinue slavery, the South promptly rebelled against it. That's one to look for, I think...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-35034755944460009332013-09-09T12:57:15.653-05:002013-09-09T12:57:15.653-05:00When I've finished my latest batch of vampire ...When I've finished my latest batch of vampire books the next batch will be Alt-History. Rather inevitably there will be Turtledove!CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com