Comments on: U.S. Marines vs. Roman Legions

By: Buckethead

Buckethead — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:07:45 +0000

I’m with Dr. P. Birmingham’s stories are some of the best alt-history, mil SF out there. It doesn’t have the depressing sameness of Turtledove’s voluminous production line. Well thought out, and well written.

In Flint’s defense, some of his other stuff is better. And apparently, 1632 was intended as a one off — and it, by itself, is of better quality than all of the rest of it.

By: Doctor Pat

Doctor Pat — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:10:42 +0000

1632 was fairly lame in my opinion. Try World War 2.1 by John Birmingham. A joint UN Naval taskforce from 2021 ends up in 1942. He has more culture shock and blatant misunderstandings from an 80-year trip than Eric Flint could find in 450 years.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:58:54 +0000

This sounds like a re-hash of Eric Flint’s 1632, where a chunk of West Virginia ends up in the middle of the Thirty Years’ War. Flint took the same tack, that modern technology could not be supported in a vacuum, and the proper path was to be a couple of hundred years ahead in technology.

He also tackled the philosophical problem of the importation of an American “infection” in the heart of Western Europe.