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Tilting the Balance (Worldwar, Book Two) [Mass Market Paperback]

Harry Turtledove
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Dec 30 1995 The Worldwar Series
NO ONE COULD STOP THEM--
NOT STALIN, NOT TOGO, NOT CHURCHILL, NOT ROOSEVELT . . .
The invaders had cut the United States virtually in half at the Mississippi, vaporized Washington, D.C., devastated much of Europe, and held large parts of the Soviet Union under their thumb.
But humanity would not give up so easily. The new world allies were ruthless at finding their foe's weaknesses and exploiting them.
Whether delivering supplies in tiny biplanes to partisans across the vast steppes of Russia, working furiously to understand the enemy's captured radar in England, or battling house to house on the streets of Chicago, humankind would never give up.
Yet no one could say when the hellish inferno of death would stop being a war of conquest and turn into a war of survival--the very survival of the planet . . .

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World War II screeched to a halt as great military powers scrambled to meet an even deadlier foe, armed with formidable technology that made victory seem inevitable. The menace worsens in this, the second novel in the four-book alternate-history saga that Booklist called "possibly the most ambitious in the subgenre's history and definitely the work of one of alternate history's authentic modern masters." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The second volume of Turtledove's Worldwar series (after Worldwar: In the Balance), an alternate-history saga in which lizard-like aliens invade Earth during WWII, quickly bogs down. As the plot moves among the huge cast of characters, including many historical figures (Ribbentrop, Roosevelt, Zhukov), and as Turtledove meticulously describes various tanks, planes and guns, readers will realize that they, too, must suffer for the author's research. And none of that homework has bred any subtlety: good people have good sex, while corrupt people suffer appropriate retribution. National and ethnic stereotypes abound, too: the British are more capable than they seem; the Germans are keen mechanics; most Americans, of course, are paragons. There are exceptions, of course-a few interesting lizards and a peace-talking Chinese woman-but it isn't hard to figure out which world leader will "tilt the balance" by using the first human-made atomic bomb. With so much attention paid to the machinery of war and the machinery of history, Turtledove rarely engages the subtleties of character, resulting in a novel that, despite offering its share of mind candy, never makes its many intrigues sufficiently gripping.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Format:Mass Market Paperback
As with the previous novels, Turtledove shows his talent for getting inside the minds of very different characters.

If you are even consering not buying this, it is probable that you haven't read the previous bood, because they are addictive page-turners. Buy all the books in the series and enjoy.

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3.0 out of 5 stars too lost in the scandals May 23 2002
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Volume 2 is not nearly as good as volume one. The author gets too lost in the sex thing which detracts from the theme of the series.
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1.0 out of 5 stars B movie drek Aug 6 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Lots of people love turtldove's work. I must say that I don't get it. His novel's plots are like poor versions of 40's serial stories. This book is no exception. On the advice of a friend I made my way through the whole series. Take my advice. Don't waste your time. The plot is thin and hacknied. The historical characters are flat. The characters he creates are little more than props to move the predictable plot along.

Where to begin? Does anyone ever believe that the Alien's have a chance? Are the german's really this dumb? Are the people who fought world war II really this simple minded? Please.

Turtledove, I am sure, has made a lot of money churning out these books. Good for him. Just pity those who read them.

If you want good speculative fiction, I suggest K. Dick or Harry Harrison. Both have done better and more intersting work.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Still interesting
I liked the first book so much that I hurried out to by the second installment in the series. Now that I am two books into the series, I am somewhat disappointed in emphasis... Read more
Published on July 26 2001 by Richard R. Simpkins
3.0 out of 5 stars The problem of Jens/Sam/Barbara
This was a quick read, the story moves tolerably quickly, but the premise and plotline is pretty weak. Read more
Published on Jun 29 2001 by Matthew J. Realff
3.0 out of 5 stars The Gingerbread Man
The first book was great, the various sequels are pretty much standardized chapters plugged into a semblance of order by some auto-writing computer program. Read more
Published on Jun 23 2001 by Dave Mann
5.0 out of 5 stars Worldwar: Tilting the Balance
An excellent sequel The fact that The Race isn't these unstopable monsters from the stars in an interesting difference from most books where aliens try to take over Earth. Read more
Published on April 25 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars Worldwar: Tilting the Balance
An excellent sequel The fact that The Race isn't these unstopable monsters from the stars in an interesting difference from most books where aliens try to take over Earth. Read more
Published on April 25 2001
4.0 out of 5 stars So Many Threads, so Little Time...
Turtledove is great, his alternate histories manage to be very authentic (well apart from the use of English slang as I can testify) while not dragging the reader into factual... Read more
Published on Oct 16 2000 by Blue-Rat
4.0 out of 5 stars A Little Bumpy but Still a Good Sequel
The series got a little bogged down in my opinion here, but the story is still good. My favorite characters still strive on despite drastic changes in their lives. Read more
Published on Jun 17 2000 by eclecticdude
5.0 out of 5 stars Despite some sorehead reviewers below, this book ROCKS!
As I said in my review of "In the Balance", I picked the first book up in April, and have read not only it but all FOUR of its sequals (something like 3,000 pages) in the... Read more
Published on Jun 9 2000 by Rod D. Martin
3.0 out of 5 stars A whole lot better...
After a rather disappointing In the Balance, I was a little wary about starting Titling the Balance. Read more
Published on May 4 2000 by "dralthi5"
4.0 out of 5 stars The story begins to even out here.
It wasn't until I got into this book that I began to realize that the first volume ("In The Balance") was a package of preludes rather than a story in itself. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2000 by R. L. MILLER
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