by S.M. Stirling
AudiobookCan I book about a modern day island on the American east coast (Nantucket) going back in time be boring? Yes. And for an isolated island with minimal supplies there is a lot of traveling going on - to Europe, to the Caribbean, South America. I know the author didn't want to bog down the bo...
I’ve been a fan of alternate history ever since I first picked up a copy of the first book in Harry Turtledove’s Worldwar series. In fact, it is what led me to Eric Flint’s 1632, which served as a huge inspiration for Children of the Halo. Recently, it was suggested by someone on my Facebook page ...
This book is the first in Stirling's Nantucket series and is a speculative fiction piece that revolves around what would happen if the island of Nantucket and all of its inhabitants were tranported to the Bronze Age. The book is filled with many fun 'What if' scenarios. What if modern man ran into M...
The whole island of Nantucket and the Eagle, a U.S. Coast Guard ship, were transported back in time to roughly 1250 B.C. by some mysterious happening they called “the event.” Nantucket’s chief of police, Jared Cofflin, quickly works to restore order and peace to the island as they try and figure ou...
I give credit to Stirling for making such an accurate time travel story and for clearly doing his research, making it as realistic as possible. However, that's one of the only satisfactions I received. Eventually said research became overbearing, and instead of letting his readers learn and come to ...
I was all set to love this as much as I loved the parallel series, the Emberverse, but I didn't. I'm not sure why, but this book was just not as interesting. I suspect that at least some of it was sadness to think that these people were given a chance to start over with a clean slate and the first t...
Although this book held my interest (fun concept; characters that you cared about; well thought-out and detailed descriptions of the potential problems that we take for granted), I can't really recommend it because there was a lot that I found objectionable, offensive, and even disturbing.Sometimes,...
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