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#1 - 15th Jul 2002 18:34:00
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Any Tim Powers? Apparently the big go in America - and we can check this with BradB later - is Alternate History. Now I hadn't heard that term before but it's obviously been around for a long time.
Anyway, Tim is a maestro at it. I bought one of his books and was thrilled that he signed it for me too.
Interested to know if anyone else knows anything about his work or this area of the genre we enjoy so much.
Anyway, Tim is a maestro at it. I bought one of his books and was thrilled that he signed it for me too.
Interested to know if anyone else knows anything about his work or this area of the genre we enjoy so much.
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I must admit that I am not a big fan of Farmer.
I've read To Your Scattered Bodies Go and two others, the names of which escape me at the moment, but they were early on when I was discovering fantasy/sf. I quickly decided that my preferences lay in the field of traditional fanstasy not the more sf oriented style of Farmer.
One of the others was called Dark is the Sun, I just remembered.
Have a great day
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I've read To Your Scattered Bodies Go and two others, the names of which escape me at the moment, but they were early on when I was discovering fantasy/sf. I quickly decided that my preferences lay in the field of traditional fanstasy not the more sf oriented style of Farmer.
One of the others was called Dark is the Sun, I just remembered.
Have a great day
Martyn
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I haven't read a whole lot of alternate history. They tend to be more "near today" than many of the things I read. I like a more medieval feel to things.
But Alternate History *is* pretty popular in the states. I haven't read Harry Turtledove or Tim Powers--both do alternate history--but I picked up a book from each author to check them out.
One author who I really enjoy is William Forstchen. He wrote some books that aren't quite alternate history. A number of his novels take some real-life characters and throws them into some fantasy situations.
The Rally Cry series, for example, takes a group of Civil War soldiers and whisks them through a space-gate to another world. Here, along with many other pockets of human society, they begin a war against these 8-foot-tall mongol-ape warriors. I explain it poorly, but the books themselves are great. I highly recommend them.
Cheers,
Brad.
But Alternate History *is* pretty popular in the states. I haven't read Harry Turtledove or Tim Powers--both do alternate history--but I picked up a book from each author to check them out.
One author who I really enjoy is William Forstchen. He wrote some books that aren't quite alternate history. A number of his novels take some real-life characters and throws them into some fantasy situations.
The Rally Cry series, for example, takes a group of Civil War soldiers and whisks them through a space-gate to another world. Here, along with many other pockets of human society, they begin a war against these 8-foot-tall mongol-ape warriors. I explain it poorly, but the books themselves are great. I highly recommend them.
Cheers,
Brad.
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