West and East
Written by Harry Turtledove
Narrated by Todd McLaren
3.5/5
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Here, Turtledove takes us across a panorama of conflict fueled by ideology and demagoguery. Nations are pitted against nations, alliances are forged between old enemies, ordinary men and women are hurled into extraordinary life-and-death situations. In Japanese-controlled Singapore, an American marine falls in love with a Russian dance hall hostess, while around him are heard the first explosions of Chinese guerilla resistance. On the frontlines of war-ravaged rural France, a weary soldier perfects the art of using an enormous anti-tank gun as a sniper's tool-while from Germany a killer is sent to hunt him down. And in the icy North Atlantic, a U-boat bearing an experimental device wreaks havoc on British shipping, setting the stage for a Nazi ground invasion of Denmark.
From an American woman trapped in Germany who receives safe passage from Hitler himself to a Jewish family steeped in German culture and facing the hatred rising around them, from Japanese soldiers on the remote edge of Siberia to American volunteers in Spain, The War That Came Early: West and East is the story of a world held hostage by tyrants-Stalin, Hitler, Sanjuro-each holding on to power through lies and terror even in the face of treacherous plots from within.
As armies clash, and as the brave, foolish, and true believers choose sides, new weapons are added to already deadly arsenals and new strategies are plotted to break a growing stalemate. But one question looms over the conflict: What will it take to bring America into this war?
Harry Turtledove
Harry Turtledove is an American novelist of science fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy. Publishers Weekly has called him the “master of alternate history,” and he is best known for his work in that genre. Some of his most popular titles include The Guns of the South, the novels of the Worldwar series, and the books in the Great War trilogy. In addition to many other honors and nominations, Turtledove has received the Hugo Award, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and the Prometheus Award. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, earning a PhD in Byzantine history. Turtledove is married to mystery writer Laura Frankos, and together they have three daughters. The family lives in Southern California.
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Reviews for West and East
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5When I read this I didn't realize that it was the second book in the series "The War That Came Early". As a result, I entered a set of stories with characters that I didn't know in a war that had already started in an alternative timeline. You had to infer the alternate timeline from snippets available here and there. The story ended with the war continuing and many of the characters still alive. There was no real start or finish. That said, the many stories were reasonably interesting although the book also jumps around a lot.Try reading Hitler's War before this one.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I Love Harry Turtledove, but this was one of my least favorite of his books. The characters were just not engaging. It was very hard for me to remember who was who or the really care. Within the set of characters there were no historical figures or high level types to give insight into the developments of the altered war. Nevertheless, I'm going to read the next (third book) of the series. Harry can write a great Alternate History Novel and his ideas can be very interesting. I would not recommend this work to anyone who has not read a Turtledove novel before. Start with "The Guns of The South".
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The War That Came Early: West and EastHarry TurtledoveDel Rey (2010), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 448 pagesThis volume is a bit slower to engage than the first volume of this trilogy, Hitler's War (and I confess I missed the intermediate book entirely - which may or may not affect the overall review). The book stands on it's own well enough, but does take a while to engage the whole cast of characters as we meet them in short vignettes. Once we know who the players are it's a meandering stroll through their places in this alternate history. It's not a smashing, crashing climax, but an interesting view of a history that might have been.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Like the rest of the series and Turtledove's alternate history books, very consistently well written and engaging with enough known history and twists to keep readers entertained. If you like the other alternate history books, then this is a must read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is more like Part 1.5 than Part 2.0 of the series, as we continue to follow the travails of Turtledove's cast of characters, but one doesn't get the sense of hitting any irrevocable developments. It is not giving away much to note that in this historical iteration the Paris and London are hanging tough against the German offensive, Warsaw continues to play the role of Rome in the actual history (strategic liability), Hitler's regime is suffering from the stress of not achieving quick victory, the civil war in Span has devolved into a broken-back condition, and in fighting a two-front war Moscow finds itself on the losing end in the Far East. As in the real history, damn-fool adventures in Scandinavia have the potential to be a game-changer.For the most past Turtledove sticks to his resolutely ground-level view of events, but at a certain point one would like some high-level perspective from Turtledove on events, if only in appendix form.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Written To a familiar formula. You read one series you know the pattern. Turtledove breaks no new ground or surprises reader with fresh or interesting prose,
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The second installment in Harry Turtledove’s “The War that Came Early” series starts off where the inaugural volume, , left off. An British-French offensive succeeds in driving the Germans back from the suburbs of Paris, leaving the Germans with a two-front war. In eastern Europe, the Soviet offensive against Poland prompts the Poles to solicit help form the Germans, while the Soviets find themselves facing a two-front war as well as a Japanese attack attempts to sever the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Amidst the maelstrom, a cast of ordinary people – men and women, soldiers and civilians – struggle to cope with the changes the war brings to their lives, all the while hoping to find a way to survive the conflict taking place all around them.
Turtledove’s latest alternate history novel is a considerable improvement over the first book in the series. Though his characters continue to suffer from the lack of distinct voices, he gives them much more to do in this book, which allows him to develop them in ways that make then far more distinct from another than they were in the preceding volume. The improvement is such that I find myself looking forward to Turtledove’s next installment with far more anticipation than I had for this book, which hopefully will reflect further the qualities that have gained for him the title of “The Master of Alternate History”.