Algarve's annexation of the region caused Valmiera, Forthweg, Jelgava, and Sibiu to attack, sparking the Derlavaian War. Moreover, inhaling ginger causes females of the Race to become sexually active, outside of their normal mating season. Harry Turtledove is an American author of alternate history, historical fiction, science fiction and fantasy novels. Populations are for the most part homogeneous enough that a difference in hair color is easily enough to make one stand out. Many of the characters are also the equivalents of historical people. Kuusaian and Lagoan victors give the Valmierans a share in the spoils after the war is over (like the British and Americans to 1945 France). Practical mages use the theories devised by theoretical mages to make devices that can be used by the general public. The weapon requires grandparent and grandchild rats, rabbits or any other living creatures. The name is taken from the Elabonian Empire, the dominant government of the world in which the books are set. Magic and other fantastic beasts, like dragons, are also stand-ins for World War II technology. The equivalent of Ukraine. [3][4] Particular attention is given to the deep dilemma facing the Jews in both Poland and Palestine.
[1][4] While the series is more concerned with military affairs than with economic ones, it seems that there are three competing ways of producing things: There is a mention of the Kuusamans rapidly building a new port in a newly conquered island by magic, which is evident from all buildings being the same (indicating that the spells made extensive use of the law of similarity). The rebellious state of Utah is under military occupation. [4], The secondary name is derived from General Robert E. Lee's Special Order 191, which detailed the C.S. second Videssos series published. It is left obvious to both sides that long-term trends are in humanity's favor. Later in the series, the Algarvian army develops a hand held egg which can be thrown like a hand grenade; these eggs are encased in small pottery sugar bowls rather than metal shells. Unkerlant attacked Zuwayza in the first year of the war and gained territory.
The Ice People are the only people known to worship gods, instead of spirits. [citation needed]. [4] For example, Unkerlant has Germanic (German, Low German, and Frankish) place and personal names. Hitler's War / Supervolcano / Hot War / Changes / Forthcoming / Frankos / Library / Thanks. successfully breaking away from the U.S., see, Dr. Lionel P. Ward "Is Alternate History An Amusing Pastime, Or Does It Have Something Serious To Tell Us?" Part of the series focuses on the Reich-Race War of the mid-1960s, when the Greater German Reich and the Race fight a nuclear war. [citation needed] Jelgava is portrayed as a smaller nation closely akin to Valmiera in language, ethnicity, and culture, and possesses colonies in Siaulia. Crystals: Described as smooth spheres of glass, crystals are imbued with spells which allow them to be used for communication, and thus take the place of radios in the world. Settling Accounts series
Juni 1949 in Los Angeles) ist ein US-amerikanischer Historiker und Roman-Schriftsteller, der sich auf die Genres Alternate History und Fantasy spezialisiert hat. First they lived in independent city states and small principalities which later coalesced into the successor-states Jelgava and Valmiera.
Activities of the Valmieran Resistance under the occupation, seen through the eyes of the character Skarnu, are closely equivalent to the French Resistance in World War II, while the collaboration of most nobles and the Valmieran police with the occupiers resembles the Vichy regime. There are foreign ministers, but no prime ministers and no cabinets - a foreign minister evidently reporting directly to the King. 8 These three titles comprise the Colonization series. The equivalent to Nazi Germany, ruled by King Mezentio, who is analogous to Adolf Hitler.
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Ancient Kaunian is a language of many tenses and verb forms,[citation needed] which makes for a language of precision. The commander hesitates, and considers turning back without revealing The Race's presence to the humans but finally decides to avoid the disgrace of that course of action. Wereblood and Werenight were collected into a single volume, Werenight,
Notably, the series depicts how the Axis and Allied powers must co-operate to fight the alien menace. Its people are Algarvic in blood, but it allies against Algarve.
The following is a list of some of the major characters from the series. Lagoas capital, Setubal, is described as being the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan city in the world. Another contributing factor to their ultimate defeat was the simultaneous invasion of Gyongyos by Unkerlant, a move analogous to the 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria. The Worldwar series is the fan name given to a series of eight alternate history science fiction novels by Harry Turtledove[1]. Each profession has some spells, and the knowledge and use of them is considered a normal part of that trade rather than a form of magecraft. [7] It occupies most of the island it shares with Lagoas. On June 22, 1941, Featherston launches his surprise invasion of the U.S. Against Union expectations, Confederate forces under George Patton drive into Ohio under cover of massive bombing raids, cutting U.S. industry off from its raw materials, but the front soon stalls there and in Virginia.
The Elabon plots do not greatly resemble Asimov's plots in any other manner.
sues for peace. Lagoas joined the war against Algarve when Sibiu was invaded and underwent several air attacks from Algarvian dragons based in Valmiera. The equivalent of Spain and Portugal. The invaders are surprised to find that humanity progressed far more rapidly than any other species that they had previously studied and conquered. For example, the Battle of Sulingen is an analog to the Battle of Stalingrad.[2][3]. The U.S. secures an alliance with the new German Empire amid a national atmosphere of revanchism. Rest crates are often mentioned as an archetypal application of modern sorcery, based on a spell used by the ancient Kaunian Empire to paralyze enemy soldiers. The Southern Victory series and Timeline-191[1] are fan names given to a series of eleven alternate history novels by author Harry Turtledove,[2][3] beginning with How Few Remain (1997) and published over a decade. The Race is also faced with ongoing guerilla wars in much of the territory they conquered, especially by Communists in China and by Islamists in the Arab World. Following the Great War, the United States and German Empire are the dominant world powers. In response, the Confederacy launches a major offensive aimed at Pittsburgh, where its army is surrounded and annihilated in urban fighting.
The Worldwar series is the fan name given to a series of eight alternate history science fiction novels by Harry Turtledove.Its premise is an alien invasion of Earth during World War II, and includes Turtledove's Worldwar tetralogy, as well as the Colonization trilogy, and the novel Homeward Bound.The series' time span ranges from 1942 to 2031. On the civilian scene, magic is much less important, being limited to applications such as rest boxes (an analogue to the refrigerator which operates by slowing the effects of time on its contents), lighting (in places where such sorcerous power is available) and ley line ships, while in the military magic is involved in the production and use of almost all their weapons and supplies.
Their mages still defaulted toward wanting to kill Kaunians out of habit, including the soldiers fighting on their side, but Algarvian officers increasingly refused to allow this, leading the mages to turn to killing Yaninan deserters or turning to other magics. single volume, Tale of the Fox, in 2000
Portable sticks used away from a power point or ley line require periodic recharging, which can be achieved in some unspecified way through the delivery of what is only described as 'charges' in supply wagons, or by the interventions of a mage drawing energy from a power point or sacrifice. In another place it is noted that printing is usually done by mechanical means, but the Valmieren resistance utilises magic for reproducing a propaganda sheet in order to avoid detection by the occupying authorities. The Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman Empires remain intact but fragile; Japan builds an empire in east Asia and carries on a brief war with the U.S. While by no means all absolute monarchies, in all of them kings (or princes in Kuusamo) seem to have the executive power. As the 1920s draw to a close, the world economy crashes and the Great Depression begins, paving the way for fanatics and demagogues the world over to seize power. Most of the magical items in the world of Derlavai are analogues to everyday, or military, devices in our world. [1][4] Kaunian languages are based on modern Baltic languages - Lithuanian is Classical Kaunian and Latvian for Valmerian and Jelgavian.
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It takes the Southern Victory Series Earth from 1917 to 1941. In the series, the Confederate States defeats the United States of America in 1862, thereby making good its attempt at secession and becoming an independent nation.
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The capital city is Patras. Its people are described as tall, broad, and muscular, with wirey blonde hair and beards, and are the only nation described as having varying eye colors. Harry Norman Turtledove (* 14. The first book in the series is How Few Remain, and the remaining 10 books are part of three sub-series within the overall series. To their enemies, Algarvians often seem arrogant and overbearing, and their conduct amply earns them the hatred of those who had the misfortune to live under their rule.
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