Re: RI October 2024

On 11/17/24 1:34 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <robertaw-897042.21534616112024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <lpt8n4F7c0eU1@mid.individual.net>,
ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote:
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Here we are again, possibly less late than usual with books from October.
As is traditional (and possibly required): The links below are Amazon
affiliate ones which could potentially earn me something should you
choose to buy through one.
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Acts of War: A World War II Alternative History
(The Usurper's War Book 1)
by James Young
https://amzn.to/3UAZsmc
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Collisions of the Damned: The Defense of the Dutch East Indies
(The Usurper's War Book 2)
by James Young
https://amzn.to/3AryUx3
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Here's the first two books of what I believe is to be an alt-hist
WWII trilogy.
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The jumping off point for this universe is that the British take
out Hitler in a bombing raid on Berlin.  They had no idea where he
was -- it was just one of those lucky accidents of war.  Or, in
this case unlucky accidents of war.
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<SNIP>

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So anyway, that's a long winded setup.  The actual action of these
books is mainly centered on a dysfunctional Alabama family whose
sons are all in the military, and whose daughter has escaped an
unsuitable marriage by fleeing to Pearl Harbor.  There are also
story-lines centering on an American ex-pat who has been flying for
a Polish resistance squadron, and who is consequently in bad odor
at home as a mercenary (the US being at peace with both Germany &
Japan as the series starts), a battle cruiser first officer in the
US Asiatic fleet, various Japanese notables and minor characters
who come and go.
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"battle cruiser first officer in the US Asiatic fleet"?!
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The US Navy did not have battle cruisers (the "Lexington" and "Saratoga"
would had been, but that class was cancelled by the Washington Naval
Treaty and those 2 ships were converted in Aircraft carriers). In fact,
the biggest ship in the US Asiatic fleet in 1941 was the USS Houston
(9195 tons displacement) which was classified as a heavy cruiser solely
because of 8 inch gun main batteries (it was originally classified as a
light cruise)
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 It was the USS Houston, and I didn't go back to check exactly what type
of ship it was (or even the name).  Our viewpoint there is
"Commander Jacob Morton, the Houston's executive officer", who I assume
is fictional.

"This is the tale of Mr. Morton
Mr. Morton is who?
He is the subject of our tale
And the predicate tells what Mr. Morton must do ..."
Schoolhouse Rock is always on topic,
Tony