- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: New English Library; paperback / softback edition (20 July 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340648996
- ISBN-13: 978-0340648995
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 162,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The war between humans halted as the great military powers scrambled to meet an even deadlier foe. Already, Berlin and Washington had been wiped out and the US and the Axis territories lay under the invaders' control. Yet humanity refused to surrender.
About the Author
Harry Turtledove has lived in Southern California all his life He has a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Los Angeles and has taught at UCLA, California State Fullerton and California State University, Los Angeles. He has written many works of speculative fiction and fantasy. He is married to the novelist Laura Frankos and they have three daughters.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Clearly worse than volume 1,
By Printul Noptilor (Eastern Europe) - See all my reviews
This review is from: World War: Tilting the Balance (New English library) (Paperback)
This is the second volume in the Worldwar series. I really recommend that you read volume 1 "In the Balance" first.
Now, just like in the first book, I was amazed at Mr. Turtledove's ability (and willingness) to describe characters of different nationalities so naturally and credibly, without silly prejudices which prevail in the English-language literature. Really, I can't recall one single English or American novel or movie where, for instance, Nazi German soldiers were not depicted as absurd caricatures. The truth is of course that, evil and/or brainwashed as they may have been, they were still human beings who laughed, suffered, struggled, loved their country and were loyal to their comrades-in-arms. That's what they're like in this book - actual human beings. Mr. Turtledove's Germans don't eat babies for breakfast and his Americans don't come with halo and wings. It's remarkable. Unfortunately, though, this book is no match to the first one. If "Tilting the Balance" were a stand-alone work, it would be better than 90 percent of novels I have read, but as the follow-up to "In the Balance", it's a disappointment. In particular, the second half of the book gets really boring. Mr. Turtledove and I seem to have very different ideas as to which characters are interesting and which ones aren't. Time and again, I found myself turning the page and moaning "Oh no, not them again." Also, the events tend to get repetitive. A guy crawls in the trenches under enemy fire, and again some time later, and again. Sure, one time he talks with one guy and the enemy comes from the northwest, and the next time he talks to another guy and the enemy comes from the southwest, but basically the same thing keeps happening. And one guy wanders around Poland hiding, and then fifty or a hundred pages later, another guy wanders around Poland hiding. Two people at different times and locations escape by a very similar method. Hey, if you're out of new ideas, maybe you should take a little break from writing, instead of just mindlessly filling pages with words. I took me a long time to finish this book. Pretty much the only thing that kept me reading was my eagerness to find out if a character who had been horribly mistreated would finally gather up the courage to take his revenge. That said, this book still left me curious to find out what would happen in Volume 3.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Its great,
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This review is from: World War: Tilting the Balance (New English library) (Paperback)
Its World War II and aliens arrive ??? What on earth? (or not as the case maybe)? If you like history and SF read this book read it now! The read the rest! Its BRILLIANT need i say more.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Micro-managed alternative history,
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This review is from: World War: Tilting the Balance (New English library) (Paperback)
Turtledove's second instalment of his invasion saga continues to track the wartime heroics of a diverse set of characters spread across the globe. The narrative easily slips the reader back in to the action, with short chapters to re-introduce the myriad of characters. 'Tilting' is definitely a middle chapter, with plenty of character development and skirmishes that push the frontlines backwards or forwards. There are a few surprises in there, however, for the main 'Tilting' is laying foundations for the forthcoming material. Overall, it's too wordy, with too much redundant narrative. There's enough to keep you going; not enough to make this a notable book in the series.
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