- Mass Market Paperback: 325 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction; First THUS edition (Nov 21 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061056596
- ISBN-13: 978-0061056598
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,937,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A mysterious foe wages a war of mutilation, annihilation, and extermination across a million alternate Earths, bent on the ultimate goal of enslaving the universe, with only the Crux Ops team, a Pittsburgh private eye, and a ten-year-old child standing in their way.
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4.1 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great alternate-history and time-travel start, Mar 22 1997
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Patton's Spaceship (Mass Market Paperback)
I admit it. I'm a sucker for time-travel and especially alternate-history novels. I thought that Harry Turtledove was the master at this, until I saw his "Worldwar" series collapse like a deflating balloon with continuing characters losing their appeal and a conclusion lost to a future series. Yes, the protagonist here is thown into meetings with an unlikely series of highly placed people. Yes, he possesses skills that most people don't have. But the story is superbly internally consistent with the premises, and it is a great read. This isn't Shakespeare by any means. But unlike Shakespeare you don't need a dictionary to understand most of the words. You will find that your $5.99 will bring you several hours of enjoyable reading. And you will meet a protagonist you will be happy to revisit in the future. Highly recommended
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Time slip novel, Jan 12 1997
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Patton's Spaceship (Mass Market Paperback)
The title is a bit misleading, but Patton IS in the book! :-)The book starts out fast with a History student moonlighting
as a body guard service. He's good, and has reason to get better!
Nothing like revenge to keep the reader interested. This book
has a Big Plate! Terrorist that are supplied from another Earth.
Good guys fron a mirror Earths past ( 2000 years ago ) that WON a war
that was lost on our Earth. Bad guys that help Germany of 1938
win the war on other earths, it's up to our body guard hero to stop
them. Koool weapons in this book, but not too far out. Occupied
America and the bad things that happen, Jews, gassed, blacks
are turned back into slaves, but they get to have some fun when
America is freed, by..........Patton! :-)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Less gritty than Drake, more focused than Turtledove. Wow., Mar 16 1997
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This review is from: Patton's Spaceship (Mass Market Paperback)
A bit of a cross between Heinlein and Laumer. The science may seem implausible in the Patton reality, but the science was based on mathmatical equations from a book from the distant future. Taken in its entirety the escapes might seem implausible, but individually believable. Isn't that what makes a hero in epic novels? I look forward to future episodes, but hope the main character doesn't learn too much about the weapons that he is using. Makes it more suspenceful. I'm a picky reader. So, I am starting to read the author's other books. I find it very rare to find a writer of this caliber. Try it. The cover is iffy, but the content is marvelous
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