Re: Good military science fiction?

mike muth wrote:
On Apr 15, 5:01 am, Eric D. Berge <eric _ berge @ hotmail.com.invalid>
wrote:

I can see why you like Flint, whose idea of history appears to consist
of a list of dates and events.

Actually, I think you are wrong on this point. Based on what I've
read on the period (see the list of resources at the end of this
message), he's mostly in tune with the period.

My own take on it is that he's choosing a ... very optimistic view of the period, at least of certain reactions of people in it, because it makes the book MUCH more accessible, and much more fun, for the larger audience. The vastly, VASTLY smaller audience that *both* knows enough about history to recognize where he's being "optimistic" about the behavior and reactions, *and* gives a flying damn about it in the middle of a SF-alternate history novel, is definitely not one he's concerning himself with, nor one I'd recommend he worry about.


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