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.

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"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 ..."
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Schoolhouse Rock is always on topic,
Tony
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