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Klebert L. Hall
10/13/09

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Sounds pretty good!

This bit, though:
"Stonewall Jackson fails to die as a result of his injuries at Chancellorsville, a turn of events that has left the Civil War raging back East some fifteen years."

Shows a dreadfully poor conception of ACW history, though. You could stretch possibility to say that Jackson's survival allows Lee to win at Gettysburg and he then takes D.C, leading to a settlement and cold war, but the idea that one crazy general could hold off the Union's disproportionate strength in a 15 year stalemate just won't fly.
-Kle.
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janai
10/12/09

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Any novel that bends history in order to make a plot point out of my former office building (the Smith Tower, which in reality went up a few years after it's depicted in the book) gets a gold star from me.

I miss working in my little antique skyscraper. *nostalgic sniffle* ;)
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Eldritch
10/12/09

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I was very interested in this book, I love the idea of it, but when I went to pick it up, the print is all in sepia! My eyes would be bleeding after that! Gah! ::shakes fist at the heavens::
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Jeriba
10/12/09

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Alt history or no, Washington State in the 1860s would have been so sparely populated it hardly makes sense that people would choose to remain in a zombie-infested, poison gas-filled walled city. Most likely, they would move 5 miles down the road and start again. (Of course, I haven't read the book--there may be a very good explanation for this.)

On the other hand, I love the author's use of the word blight, the term usually invoked in eminent domain cases when a city want to demolish someone's neighborhood to build a freeway or a shopping mall.
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CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
10/12/09

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Thanks Lauren! Alt. history is always an interesting read, especially if it involves 19th century America!
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Spaceboy
10/12/09

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Awww, not available on the Kindle.
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Spaceboy
10/12/09

Oh, I see why, it's a TOR book.
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enderwiggin13
10/12/09

@Spaceboy: I'm having bad luck lately with new sci-fi and fantasy books...very few of the ones I want to read are coming in ebook format. I use Mobipocket on my smartphone and it's a pain to find new sci-fi for it. Guess I'll swing by the bookstore tomorrow and grab this and The Quiet War.

One would assume that sci-fi authors would generally be more tech savvy and more open to publishing their stuff in ebook format. Maybe it's just the opposite and they know how frequently they're pirated or maybe the publisher has the final word. :shrug:
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Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
10/12/09

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That cover art reminds me of the style of Warren Ellis' Ignition City - although the goggles are a slightly more understandable prop in his work.
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CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
10/12/09

@Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Good call.
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thefirstbardo
10/12/09

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This book was fantastic. My vote for an io9 Book Club discussion. Plus, Cherie is internet-savvy and sociable, maybe she would be down for a Q&A session.
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Jenn2D2
10/12/09

@thefirstbardo: hear, hear! Just finished this weeked - what a great read. I'd definitely be interested to hear more from the author about this world.
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Guang
10/12/09

@thefirstbardo: I agree, could be an interesting choice - I probably wouldn't get around to reading it otherwise, but sounds like a fun book to have discussions on.
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Grey_Area
10/12/09

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Sounds better than the last steampunk zombie novel I read.
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