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A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (Gollancz SF collectors' editions) (Paperback)

by Harry Harrison (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (28 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575071346
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575071346
  • Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 945,035 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A metal highway under the sea is no longer a dream. Captain Augustine Washington and his team of navvies are already driving the tunnel under the Atlantic in an heroic feat of construction. For Gus, a descendant of the infamous George Washington, executed as a traitor after the Battle of Lexington, this is the opportunity to redeem the family name. But his beautiful fiancee has been forced to end their engagement, and there is a ruthless and sinister plot to destroy the tunnel - and Gus himself...

About the Author
Harry Harrison was born in 1925 and lived in New York City until 1943 when he joined the US army. After the war he became a commercial artist before turning to writing. He has lived in Mexico, the UK, Italy, Denmark, Spain and Ireland. He is best known for the Stainless Steel Rat books, the Bill, the Galactic Hero sequence and for Make Room! Make Room! And Star Smashers of the Galaxy.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Jolly Good SF, 25 Nov 2000
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Harry Harrison pre-empts the steampunk novels of the 1990s with this "Victorian" romance set in a parallel world of 1973 where the war of American Independence was won by the British. Travel by sea is slow and cumbersome, so a group of engineers on both sides of the Atlantic come up with a way of building a tunnel that will traverse the ocean. Chief engineer on the British side is Sir Isambard Brassy-Brunel who is in disagreement with the man in overall charge of both sides. Captain Augustine "Gus" Washington, a descendant of the very George Washington who was executed for his traitorous activities against the UK at Lexington, has been awarded the difficult job of co-ordinating both sides of construction. The fact that Gus wishes to marry Brunel's daughter only adds to his problems in this fun, light-hearted SF novel which also features a medium who can allegedly see into the various existing parallel universes. Her only comments regarding our particular timeline regard our weapons capabilities and (naturally) Woolworths, and Marks & Spencers. Good fun
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5.0 out of 5 stars The most fun and refreshing of What if ? stories., 4 Jun 2004
Alternative history stories are often pretty grim, in the usual "Hitler wins" vein. So, if you enjoy alternative histories but you're fed up with jackboots marching down Pall Mall, refresh yourself with the light touch and easy humour of Harry Harrison's "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!" In Harrison's world, George Washington was executed by the British in 1776 and America is still uneasily subject to British colonial rule two centuries later. As the bicentennial of Washington's failed rebellion approaches, revolt is stirring once again in the American colonies. Against this backdrop of seething unrest, Captain Augustus ("Gus") Washington, shamed descendent of the infamous George, tries to reclaim a little family honour by helping to construct a vast vacuum-filled railway-tunnel between Britain and America. Needless to say, the dauntless Gus's path is strewn with perils political and romantic. It's edge-of-the-seat stuff all the way. Will Gus get his girl? Will the Tunnel work? And just how did this world get like this in the first place? Harry Harrison has a lot of fun with the attitudes and technology of his hyper-Victorian alternative world and even works in a few sly portraits of friends and colleagues like Brian Aldiss and Kingsley Amis. I doubt that there's another time-travel story as funny as Harrison's "Technicolor Time Machine", and likewise I doubt that there are any alternative histories that are more fun than "A Transatlantic Tunnel ..." Simply topping.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguingly different, but slightly perfunctory, 8 Mar 2004
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My main complaint is that "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!" is far too short. Having gone to the trouble of constructing such a fascinating, and fairly consistent, parallel world, Harrison could have written twice or three times as much about it. Many novels benefit from being vigorously trimmed back, as the removal of excess verbiage helps the action to stand out more clearly. Here, the opposite is the case. Apart from the protagonist, Captain Augustine Washington, there is virtually no characterisation - and even he is little more than a heroic stereotype. And the civilisation and culture of a world in which the American colonies never achieved independence are merely sketched, with overwhelming focus on transport technology.

Then again, you can easily zip through the book in a day, and nobody can complain about being bogged down by inessentials. Harrison's artistry allows him to translate us to his alternate universe with a few deft strokes. It is unfair to make comparisons with later novels such as Gibson and Sterling's "The Difference Engine", which give a more three-dimensional impression of Victorian society. (Anyway, "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!" is set in 1973, although speech patterns and customs are Victorian).

Due to the book's consistent focus on the transatlantic tunnel project, the action is rather intermittent. This will not be a problem for anyone who enjoys descriptions of clever technology, though, as possibilities are opened up that have not been explored even in our world. Some of the ideas may seem questionable - for instance, the artificial islands in the Atlantic, with their hotels, shopping precincts and beaches, might not stand up well to the occasional "perfect storm".

All in all, though, a most enjoyable romp and a big contrast to run-of-the-mill "space opera" science fiction. The introduction by Auberon Waugh and cameo appearances of Messrs Aldiss, Amis and Dick Tracy are a bonus.

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