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Bezig met laden... Darkness Descendingdoor Harry Turtledove
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is the Turtledove alternate history of WWII with the flying dragons, not the lizard men? Okay, in this volume we get up to the equivalent of 1942 on our Earth, with the bad guys being held to a draw, with the signs of eventual success. It's readable. ( ) As this series continues, it continues to parallel the history of World War 2. Small nations have been engulfed and ethnic cleansing begins. The story continues on both the ground and the air, but most of the action is from the point of view of aerial troops - in this case, dragon riders who both fight their dragons and drop explosive 'dragon eggs'. This was interesting, but because of the lack of technology, it felt static, and in places Turtledove has to cheat, as it is a lot harder to replace a lost dragon than it is a lost airplane, for example. This is the second book in this excellent series. I spent the entire time trying to match the fictional countries of Turtledove's universe to the powers which were actually involved in WW2. I got most of them. I got very attached to many of the characters, even those I didn't believe I could become attached to. Very well written war story, though the love scenes could have been much better. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Now Turtledove returns to the story of a World War in a world where magic works, with this moving second volume. Algarvian soldiers corral Kaunians to send them west, towards Unkerlant, to work camps. The Kaunians left behind are worried about what the work camps might mean, but are assauged by Algarvian lies. In Kuusamo, scholars race to find the relation between the laws of similarity and contagion. Rumors abound about the Algarvian work camps, rumors most cannot believe as true. But the mages know, for they can feel the loss of life in their very souls. Turtledove's cast of characters takes on its own life as the reader sees the war from all sides and understands how the death and destruction benefits no one, not even the victors. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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