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robert piepenbrink  writes: |
And now the two I've read turn up! A strong recommendation for Rider on a White Horse. It's historical fiction done right. Military history isn't her strong suit, but her understanding is enough for her purpose. Not so strong for Anderson's Midsummer Tempest. It's decently written--Anderson, after all--and he makes his usual solid effort to understand the motives of both sides. But--apart from being fantasy--I never really believed it. Suffers from what I think of as the Steampunk Fallacy--that you can make major changes to a society and still have derivative things unchanged. You can have railroads in 17th Century England, but not Marston Moor straight out of the history books if you do. Felt more like an ad for his "Olde Pheonix Inn"--a useful conceit which came much too late in Anderson's career to be used properly. But, again, and Poul Anderson is at least worth taking a look. |
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| VOTING RESULTS | |||
| Answer | Votes | % | Chart |
Midsummer Tempest, A (Poul Anderson) | 6 | 6% |  |
|---|---|---|---|
Montrose, the Captain-General (Nigel Tranter) | 1 | 1% | |
Oak Apple, The (Cynthia Harrod-Eagles) | 0 | 0% | |
Red Horse (MJ Logue) | 0 | 0% | |
Rider on a White Horse (Sutcliff) | 3 | 3% | |
Royalist Rebel (Anita Seymour) | 1 | 1% | |
Serpent's Root, The (MJ Logue) | 0 | 0% | |
Smoke of Her Burning, The (MJ Logue) | 0 | 0% | |
Stand by the Colours (Nicholas Carter) | 5 | 5% | |
Storming Party (Nicholas Carter) | 1 | 1% | |
Stryker and the Angels of Death (Michael Arnold) | 1 | 1% | |
Traitor’s Blood (Michael Arnold) | 5 | 5% | |
Turncoat's Drum (Nicholas Carter) | 3 | 3% | |
Wilderness of Sin, A (MJ Logue) | 0 | 0% | |
Witchfinder's Assistant, The (A.L. Berridge) | 1 | 1% | |
Young Montrose, The (Nigel Tranter) | 2 | 2% | |
all of the above | 2 | 2% | |
other (explain) | 2 | 2% | |
none of these/no opinion | 29 | 30% | |
this is ridiculous | 4 | 4% | |
not my genre | 22 | 23% | |
not my cup of tea | 8 | 8% | |
| POLL IS CLOSED |
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