Yesterdays War Volume 1 Gerald Hall 9781542566568 Books
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A wealthy Australian industrialist in the year 2040 accidentally opens a portal into the past with one of the scientific experiments that he has financed. A cataclysmic nuclear war that dooms humanity erupts almost at the same time. The industrialist decides to go through the portal and try to change history to prevent the final war. He assumes the identity of a dead prospector after finding himself in the year 1918. The time traveler enlists the aid of local Aborigine tribesmen while planning to use his knowledge of the future to become wealthy once again. Only this time, he will be using his wealth to influence the course of history and those who made it.
Yesterdays War Volume 1 Gerald Hall 9781542566568 Books
The concept of an Australian billionaire going back in time to save humanity after / before a nuclear war, is a great idea. The author should have become more acquainted with Australian Prime Minister Sterling Lyon who, during the 1930s, was one of the most forewarned allied leaders - effectively trying to create a Pacific Pact that attempted to thwart Japanese expansionism during the era (Americans were not interested, and the British were preoccupied and the Japanese busy creating a bit of havoc on the Asian continent). Almost as though Mr Lyon knew what was coming...which would have provided an interesting angle. The writing needs serious help, edits, syntax...and way too much technical detail weighed down the entire endeavour. The narrative voice sounded like a constant lecture from the bossy tank in Thomas the Tank Engine. A bit more historical and cultural backgrounding would have helped. I did appreciate the direction, plot, and values that the book brings. This should be a first draft in terms of writing, so be warned. However if you like concepts and can deal with the awkward style, and don't want another flippin' politically correct dogma piece on your Kindle go for it. Spoiler Alert: written with decent family values in mind.....Product details
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Yesterdays War Volume 1 Gerald Hall 9781542566568 Books Reviews
Enjoyed the book immensely. A few grammer errors but the story was a good read. Didn't want to put it down. Need number two to know what happens next.
I have re-read this several times while waiting for the second book. If each book continues to cover about 20 years, then there should be at least 5 more in the series.
I'd like to see if James/Howard lives to 2008 just to see what happens when James Stevenson of this timeline is born.
This is alternate history, with a strong geopolitical element. It moves along at a good pace and covers a lot of ground. It is let down a little on the editorial side with formatting etc. but an interesting and entertaining read. I recommend it and I look forward to reading the sequel.
Needs a thorough, painstaking edit, Really, really needs a work.
The Author loves Australia and builds a story where one time traveler can industrialize, (mostly) solve the discrimination against the native Aborigines, and attempt to meddle enough that nuclear weapons are not developed in World War 2. It is just a bit too contrived, but still entertaining enough to see what sort of magic trick the Author will use next.
Still, the prose style really drags this book down.
Excellent "what if?" novel. What if the British Empire was nudged by a time traveler to become more prepared for WWII. Would the US have needed to develop the atom bomb? Hopefully there is a sequel in the works.
This book would benefit from a good editing job. Many inconsistencies and entirely too much time taken explaining intimate details of every ship, airplane, engine, weapon at the expense of plot, action and characterization.
On one hand, I don't want to take away from those who got some enjoyment from this book. I enjoy my fair share of junk reading. On the other hand, I knew one or two pages in that I had wasted my $3.99 investment, and folks should know the score before doing similar. I kept reading with a kind of fascination of how bad could this truly be. Others have commented on the stilted dialogues, plot that goes nowhere, etc. I'll confine my comments to the apparent absence of any proofreading, even a run through by the author himself. It's fine to want to write a book. But an author owes his paying readers enough respect to look things over before hitting the submit button. Virtually every page has typos. But typos, however numerous, are one thing. Introducing a major character as "Dorothy Wilson" for a few chapters and then suddenly she's "Dorothy Watson", until at the end in the cast of characters she's "Dorothy Wilson" again kind of interferes with suspension of disbelief. The author wrote some chapters with a word processor that wrapped text. Other chapters have hard line breaks (soft carriage returns) so that one, two, and three word lines abound. When he uses italics to name a ship, plane, or whatever, he loses the spaces before & after the italics string, forcing the reader to deconstruct the passage. Auto Correct would have highlighted those. An editor or a self-critical read-through would have suggested that lengthy digressions over some piece of equipment's design does nothing for the underlying story. Since the book ends without any climax or resolution, it appears the author is contemplating a sequel.
The concept of an Australian billionaire going back in time to save humanity after / before a nuclear war, is a great idea. The author should have become more acquainted with Australian Prime Minister Sterling Lyon who, during the 1930s, was one of the most forewarned allied leaders - effectively trying to create a Pacific Pact that attempted to thwart Japanese expansionism during the era (Americans were not interested, and the British were preoccupied and the Japanese busy creating a bit of havoc on the Asian continent). Almost as though Mr Lyon knew what was coming...which would have provided an interesting angle. The writing needs serious help, edits, syntax...and way too much technical detail weighed down the entire endeavour. The narrative voice sounded like a constant lecture from the bossy tank in Thomas the Tank Engine. A bit more historical and cultural backgrounding would have helped. I did appreciate the direction, plot, and values that the book brings. This should be a first draft in terms of writing, so be warned. However if you like concepts and can deal with the awkward style, and don't want another flippin' politically correct dogma piece on your go for it. Spoiler Alert written with decent family values in mind.....
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