Ever Read "Fatherland" by Robert Harris?
02-18-06, 06:46 AM
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Ever Read "Fatherland" by Robert Harris?
Has anybody seen read any alternative history novels? Perhaps one of the best alternative history novels is Fatherland, written by Robert Harris.
Here is the book's overview:
April 1964. The naked body of an old man floas in a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. In one week it will be Adolf Hitler's 75th birthday. A terrible conspiracy is starting to unravel...
"Fatherland" is set in a world that almost existed but never was: the Berlin that Hitler's architect, Albert Speer, planned to build - the hub of a victorious Third Reich extended from the Rhine to the Urals.
Among its 10 million citizens is Xavier March, investigator with Berlin's criminal police, the Kripo. A brilliant loner, March is assigned to the case of the old man in the lake. His trail leads him to discoveries of wartime corruption, Swiss bank vaults, love, danger and - most terrifying of all - to the deadly black heart of the Nazi state...
It reads kinda of like a more realitic version of Phillip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle or like S.M. Stirling's Domination of the Draka series.
Here is the book's overview:
April 1964. The naked body of an old man floas in a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. In one week it will be Adolf Hitler's 75th birthday. A terrible conspiracy is starting to unravel...
"Fatherland" is set in a world that almost existed but never was: the Berlin that Hitler's architect, Albert Speer, planned to build - the hub of a victorious Third Reich extended from the Rhine to the Urals.
Among its 10 million citizens is Xavier March, investigator with Berlin's criminal police, the Kripo. A brilliant loner, March is assigned to the case of the old man in the lake. His trail leads him to discoveries of wartime corruption, Swiss bank vaults, love, danger and - most terrifying of all - to the deadly black heart of the Nazi state...
It reads kinda of like a more realitic version of Phillip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle or like S.M. Stirling's Domination of the Draka series.
02-18-06, 11:44 AM
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Here's some of what I posted a few years back when this topic was raised:
Originally Posted by benedict
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Not that you asked [
], but there is a nice page devoted to, er, alternative history titles here!
You may also like to consider:
Not that you asked [
], but there is a nice page devoted to, er, alternative history titles here!You may also like to consider:
- Gibson and Sterling's The Difference Engine
- Harrison's A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
- Keith Roberts' Pavane
02-19-06, 05:45 AM
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In view of your interest in Fatherland, based on the reviews I just read you might be interested in Resurrection Day.
It is available quite cheaply at Bookcloseouts.
It is available quite cheaply at Bookcloseouts.
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If this kind of book grabs you, you should definitely check out Robert Ferrigno's superb Prayers for the Assassin, a political thriller that posits an Islamic takeover of America.
The publisher also built a provocative "news" site to accompany the book: Republic World News.
The publisher also built a provocative "news" site to accompany the book: Republic World News.
