Harry Turtledove is an author known for his specialization in Alternate History. He asks the question what if something different had happened at some point in recorded history? In the Worldwar series […]
Book Review: How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove: Special Order 191
Do you know what Special Order 191 was? It’s one of those pesky little details we weren’t taught about that in history class; details that, if something had just gone a little […]
Book Review – Worldwar: Tilting the Balance by Harry Turtledove
Worldwar: Tilting the Balance by Harry Turtledove is the second of four novels in this series. Turtledove writes in a genre called Alternate History – what would happen if a different event […]
Book Review: The Cathedral by Nelson DeMille
I confess to an affinity for Nelson DeMille developed once he commented in a Facebook group I’m in and I discovered he was from my hometown and attended the same high school […]
Worldwar: In The Balance by Harry Turtledove
I can’t remember anymore who turned me on to the Harry Turtledove books. I believe it was someone in one of my science-fiction groups. Whoever it was, I owe them a debt […]
False Memory by Dean Koontz Just Didn’t Ring True
Dean Koontz and Stephen King have always been in competition to be my favorite author. I think after reading this book, King definitely took the lead. False Memory is a book that […]
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: It Won the Pulitzer for a Good Reason
Lonesome Dove can be real intimidating when you first pick it up to read. The paperback version logs in at 945 pages. To me, it is worth reading every single one of […]
Harry Turtledove – The Guns of the South: A Novel of the Civil War
What if is a question that we ask at various turns in our lives, and why not history. What if all the votes… nah 🙂 Harry Turtledove is probably the best writer […]
Thoughts From the Mountain Top 