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blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com
On 6/8/25 12:20, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
Hi Denizens and habitues,
˙˙˙˙I am currently reading this and have not yet finished it.
˙˙˙˙But usually I like Harry Turtledove and like some of his other
fantasy this happens
in a world very different than our own but people remain the same.
˙˙˙˙The next volume is due out in 2026... 'Lightening Runes" is the
title so far.
˙˙˙˙Now since I have not finished it I will point to a review by a competent
person.
˙˙˙˙<https://www.stevenhsilver.com/twice.html>
˙˙˙˙bliss still hobbling but faster hobbling than ever...
Well the world that Turtledove conjures features talking animals, zombies, vampires, ancient Assyrian quasi-deities, wizards, venal
policeman, salamanders
(used in place of nuclear weapons apparently), crooked and honorable
lawyers.
The viewpoint character is a Private Investigator, Jack Mitchell, who is
able to
pass for white, a veteran of the European theater who fought the Fylfot
Boys,
while it was the Knights of Bushido in the Pacific theater. It took me
a while
to finish as my powers of concentration seem to have been diminished in
the last few years. It was enjoyable over-all but the Good Guys may have overdone good things and one may show up in the next book to make them
unhappy. And I will leave you with Lovecraft's advice, "Don't call up
That which
you cannot put down."
bliss -
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