tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post387386400575189080..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: I'm Sure You'll All Agreemybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29083745365280323622017-05-09T17:08:54.931-05:002017-05-09T17:08:54.931-05:00I enjoy Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker stories...I enjoy Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker stories set in an America of 1800-20 that is radically different. But those are fantasies which depend on a gimmick: everyone in the world has a "knack", one magic talent. For me it's one major flaw is how influential Christianity still is in that world. What was so amazing about a guy who could do a party trick of changing water into wine when everybody could do something magical?Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-69772308168017479322017-05-08T09:07:59.202-05:002017-05-08T09:07:59.202-05:00I've read 6 of those (of which 3 involve World...I've read 6 of those (of which 3 involve World War 2); all 6 are excellent:<br />Fatherland<br />The Man in the High Castle<br />SS-GB<br />The Yiddish Policemen's Union<br />The Difference Engine<br />The Gate of Worlds<br /><br />(Bill's alt-history story about Buddy Holly is pretty damned good, too.)<br />Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-31211228637578178122017-05-08T08:32:24.897-05:002017-05-08T08:32:24.897-05:00They're always so dystopian. How about an alte...They're always so dystopian. How about an alternate history where Reagan or Dubya weren't elected? What a different world we might be living in today! Sigh.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-89588818216640624362017-05-08T08:12:36.863-05:002017-05-08T08:12:36.863-05:00I've read a number of them:
The Plot Against ...I've read a number of them:<br /><br />The Plot Against America<br />Fatherland<br />The Man in the High Castle<br />The Yiddish Policeman's Union (Israel doesn't exist; the Jews have Alaska instead)<br />SS-GB<br />Resurrection Day<br />Farthing (and the two sequels)<br />Bring the Jubilee<br />Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.com