- Hardcover: 486 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; hardcover edition (5 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340751436
- ISBN-13: 978-0340751435
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 879,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Good fun. It has an authentic speculative quality, energy and dash' (TIME OUT (about WORLD OF DIFFERENCE) )
'Engrossing ... definitely the work of one of alternate history's authentic modern masters ... totally fascinating' (BOOKLIST (about THE GREAT WAR) )
'With shocking vividness, Turtledove demonstrates the extreme fragility of our modern world ... This is state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less' (Publishers Weekly (starred review for HOW FEW REMA ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'Engrossing ... definitely the work of one of alternate history's authentic modern masters ... totally fascinating' (BOOKLIST (about THE GREAT WAR) )
'With shocking vividness, Turtledove demonstrates the extreme fragility of our modern world ... This is state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less' (Publishers Weekly (starred review for HOW FEW REMA ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
TIME OUT (about WORLD OF DIFFERENCE)
'Good fun. It has an authentic speculative quality, energy and dash'
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading the first four books, in the World War series, I was over joyed to hear that the fifth book Colonisation 1 was out in paper back! I promptly ran to the book store and was not disappointed with book! Although it is a scene-setter, as compared to the previous books (taking place some 20-30 years after original series!) the pieces are set and I feel ready for another fantastic series of books - with a number of "clinchers" at the end of the book setting the trend for the rest of the series!
Thanks Harry Turtledove for an amazing series of alternative Earth history books!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The fifth book in Harry Turtledove's alternate history where aliens invade Earth at a critical point in human history (WW2). I would have thought it would have started flagging by now but it hasn't. If you're new to the series - start at the beginning. And when you get to this one, spot the 1960s pop star!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It ended on an uneasy truce, the world was at a semi level of peace, the Race had settled in the lower hemisphere of Earth with the USSR, Greater German Reich, UK, USA remaining free from the clutches of the aliens... Turtledove had ended it there on a note of definate "status quo".
Now, it's 20 years later and the colonisation fleet has finally arrived on Earth, Turtledove continues in creating belivable characters and succeeds in updating such familiar characters such as Yeager, Strata, Atvar & Ludmilla while exposing the fates of the rest of the cast from the first World War series.
It's easy to slip back into reading this book as if you're reading one of the first trilogy, nothing has changed, and once more the Race, the Humans and of course the reader are embroiled in a massive plot which will span another three books..
Here's to Colonisation: Book 2... Please come soon.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Hurry up...more aliens less humans
I liked the first two books but now tend to skip chapters dealing with the Russians and the Jews that tend to lose the plot slightly. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2002 by A. Tasker
Lost the excitment and tension of the previous four books.
This latest book offers nothing that builds upon the previous four classic books, the characters are now paper thin, entirely dominated by an Americo-centric view of other nations... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2001
Another great book in the series
Although not as good as the first 4 (in my opinion, nut then i do have a keen interest in WW2), second contact is still literature at its finest! Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2000
Harry does it again
This book is set twenty years after the first series and continues the story of mankinds struggle with an alien race. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2000
THE CHAOS CONTINUES
A much welcomed continuation to the sci fi alternative history, which crosses Hermann Wouks epic The Winds of War with Arthur C Clark. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2000
THE CHAOS CONTINUES
A much welcomed continuation to the sci fi alternative history, which crosses Hermann Wouks epic The Winds of War with Arthur C Clark. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2000
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