We could take that slippery slope that leads to a country we don’t want.
I can’t say I liked or disliked Joe Steele. A lot of Turtledove seems to be a rehashing of older plots and tropes. Découvrez The First Fantasy de Joe Steele sur Amazon Music. I expected more. Imagine that the Man of Steel’s parents had emigrated to the United States before he was born, and that instead of rising to power through a Bolshevik revolution, he was voted into high office.
After that, I felt like he was recycling the same stories, with the same words, such as "He wanted to tell him he was wrong, but he couldn't." Without spoiling I will just say it has one of the most chilling ending scenes I've ever read. 200 pages of "the Democrats can be tyrants too" and 200 page of the old "America was right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki because it prevented a bloody ground war" plus an extra thirty pages of "the whole country is screwed but no, we can't really tell whose fault it is. It is an expansion of the 2003 story of the same name.. 200 pages of "the Democrats can be tyrants too" and 200 page of the old "America was right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki because it prevented a bloody ground war" plus an extra thirty pages of "the whole country is screwed but no, we can't really tell whose fault it is. Wow. Leon Trotsky is the head of the Soviet Union. The titular character, Joe Steele, is an imagined one for the novel, although being born as Joseph Dzugashvili to new immigrants from Russia, Steele has (no doubt deliberate) links to our own real-world Joseph Stalin. Painful and prescientThe alternate history genre can be a fascinating one at times.
He initially remains in Garner's good graces, but once Garner is ousted, Hoover has him fired. Point of departure #1 is Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili being born to emigre parents in America rather than in the Russian Empire, hence, he is Joe Steele rather than Joseph Stalin. This could happen today. He is present for several key moments, such as Steele's first meeting with Churchill, the Mike Sullivan spends several years in the Montana camp. After that, I felt like he was recycling the same stories, with the same words, such as "He wanted to tell him he was wrong, but he couldn't." This is a well-written, engrossing alternate history novel about how the lives of the Sullivan brothers were affected by the election of Joe Steele rather than FDR to the presidency.
(Maybe I've been reading less alternate history than I should have for the last few years, but even a decade ago I would've never associated "how the mighty have fallen" with Harry Turtledove.
Cell/mobile/wireless phone number and home telephone numbers for Joe Steele (503) 312-6669, (503) 693-6048, (541) 571-5556, (503) 844-9800, (503) 640-4456. Pellentesque semper felis enim, at egestas arcu pulvinar quis. Joe Steele is his latest: a tale of politicians dating from 1930’s America until the 1950’s. It allows us glimpses into how history and our world could have been very different under just the slightest change of circumstances. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of I’ve found myself enjoying Turtledove’s non-war stories more so than the war stories. to say the least.The alternate history genre can be a fascinating one at times. by Roc
Research. What if living in the United States in the 1930s were not much different than living in Russia?What if living in the United States in the 1930s were not much different than living in Russia?Harry Turtledove is a master of alternate history fiction. There are multiple ways to achieve a desired end, and while Joe Steele's brutal methods might have achieved some of the same goals as FDR's, the way you get to the goal line are very different. Also, some parts feel like they were recycled from other books. Possible Relatives Brothers, sisters, mother, father, wife, husband … Even as a huge Turtledove fan, I'll admit that his last few series have left me unimpressed. I can say I found it was a depressive read but one that struck an uncomfortable cord. Memory Library Project; DocShop; BIO; INFO; Creative.
I have to wonder if that is the reaction Turtledove wanted. Not very many focal characters, interesting parallels, and a historical background we all more or less know, making it easier for an impatient reader to follow.
Some eighteen months or so after its release, I have finally found the time to read it and the result was an interesting "what if?"