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de S M Stirling (Author), Todd McLaren (Reader)
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In Stirling's bestselling Island in the Sea of Time, modern Nantucket found itself trapped in the Bronze Age. In the sequel, Against the Tide of Years, the renegade William Walker forges a dangerous alliance with the ancient Greek kings Agamemnon and Odysseus; Commodore Marian Alston faces terrible sea storms and cannon-armed Phoenician ships in an anachronistic Age of Sail; and the outnumbered Nantucketers race Walker to make contact with the Babylonian Empire.

Of course this ambitious, action-packed series is perfect for time-travel, alternate-history, and military-SF fans. But epic-fantasy readers, Burroughs and Haggard fans desiring a modern update of the lost-civilization adventure novel, and anyone who ever read Patrick O'Brian for the terrific sea-battles will enjoy it as well. --Cynthia Ward --Ce texte provient de la Mass Market Paperback édition.



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George R. R. Martin hailed S. M. Stirling's bestselling novel Island in the Sea of Time as "an utterly engaging account of what happens when the isle of Nantucket is whisked back into the Bronze Age." Now the adventure continues with Against the Tide of Years.

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3.0étoiles sur 5 Weaker middle book in great series, Oct. 2 2003
Inexplicably cast back into the Bronze Age, the New England island of Nantucket is attempting to preserve modern technology and democratic traditions, but it isn't easy. Although Nantucket and its proto-British allies defeated the renegade Walker in his first attempt to set up a kingdom of his own, Walker has escapted to Myceanian Greece where he is hobnobbing with Agamemnon and the wily Odysseus. His ally in Phoenecian Spain, is also adapting modern technology and poses a threat to the Island republic. New allies are critical and the Island turns to Babylon. After battling the Assyrians, the epic battle heads toward modern-Turkey--toward Troy.

In the meantime, back in North America, Nantucket authorizes a Lewis and Clark-like exploration of the largely depopulated continent, and Nantucket engineers experiment with breech-loading rifles to replace the flintlocks that gave them initial advantage over their opponents.

AGAINST THE TIDE OF YEARS is the second book in a trilogy following the exploits of the residents of Nantucket. No longer fighting for their lves on a daily basis, Nantucket has used its technology to carve out a protectorate. Unlike Walker, who provides technoogy broadly to his people, Nantucket hoards its technological advantage using 'locals' as spear-catchers for the most part, with a stiffening of regular troops behind them.

A lot that made the first book in the series so powerful is lacking by the timeframe in this second novel. The island is rich, has adapted much of its technology to available resources, and is able to use all of its thousands of residents to further its military and economic goals. Walker, with his handful of renegades, becomes more admirable than an enemy. I sense that author S. M. Stirling has ambiguous feelings about Walker himself. Although his relationship with the sadistic Alice Hong and his tendency to rape and enslave keep him on the evil side, the man is spreading technology that Nantucket hoards, is developing close friendships with the locals (beyond the marriage to local nobility-friendships that seem Nantucket's only way of going local), and is honorable in his own way. Indeed, AGAINST THE TIDE OF YEARS comes alive largely when Walker is on the stage.

Middle books are hard, and it would be hard to write a sequel to the powerful ISLAND. With plenty of action, a number of characters familiar to everyone who's ever read Homer, and well researched and detailed technology introduction, AGAINST THE TIDE OF YEARS is certainly worth reading.

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3.0étoiles sur 5 Yawn, Oct. 24 2002
Par Tim E Robertson "Publisher MyMac.com" (Battle Creek, Mi United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I like the premise, but this book drags on way too long...
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Go, Nantucket!!!!, Mars 20 2002
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This is the second of SM Stirling's sweeping Nantucket saga. While it lacks a little of the appeal of the first part "Island in the Sea of Time" it is nonetheless a solid and enjoyable novel. What can I say but that I went to great trouble to secure the entire set in Hardcover, which is a rare compliment.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 a well done sequel
This is the first book I ever read by S.M. Stirling. I was pleasantly suprised with the caliber of the writing. Read more
Publié le Aoû 22 2001 par Emily Cartier

2.0étoiles sur 5 This could never happen
Although the first book was at least plausible (if one accepts the premise of the "Event"), this one was absurd. Read more
Publié le Aoû 11 2001

5.0étoiles sur 5 I'm ordering another set!
I loved this series. I've lost track of my initial purchases, since I've lent them out to so many people. This is a series I love to read and reread. Read more
Publié le Oct. 17 2000 par Janedb

5.0étoiles sur 5 Hard to Stop Reading
The second of Stirling's alternate timeline series is as compelling as the first. If I had the time, I would have read the book in one sitting. Read more
Publié le Juil 23 2000 par Barry A. Levine

1.0étoiles sur 5 Stirling is a good author, but...
This and the other two books in the Nantucket trilogy are excellent, but there is a good deal of totally unnecessary objectionable material in all three books. Read more
Publié le Juil 22 2000

4.0étoiles sur 5 Good light reading
This is one of the better "Americans lost in the past" books, and certainly more realistic than Eric Flint's =1632=. Read more
Publié le Mai 4 2000

5.0étoiles sur 5 The master does it again
Alternate military history is normally an excuse to give stock characters blasters and knives and then run them through the usual paces. Read more
Publié le Avril 16 2000 par Scott Palter

3.0étoiles sur 5 Personal comments
There's no doubt that Stirling knows his histories and that the situation as he set it up is fascinating, particularly the idea of the all-metal modern sailing craft to be used... Read more
Publié le Mars 24 2000 par Ross Durham

3.0étoiles sur 5 Good Plot runs out of steam. Hope the next book fixes that.
Every so often we get a "Kalvan of Otherwhen" style novel that is worth reading. "Island in the Sea of Time" was one of them. Read more
Publié le Mars 10 2000 par Bob Wakefield

3.0étoiles sur 5 Thank God for Americans...
Other reviewers have commented on the political correctness and 'left-wing'ness of the author. How they could overlook the theme of the how wonderful American imperialism is and... Read more
Publié le Fév 17 2000

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