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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 496 pages
  • Publisher: DAW Hardcover; 1st edition (August 3, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0756401968
  • ISBN-13: 978-0756401962
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.6 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,150,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful
By Kevin Beckman on August 18, 2004
Format: Hardcover
If this is Mr. Judson's first work of science fiction, I hope he will publish more. This book is outstanding.

The book is presented as the memoir of Sir Robert Mayfair Bruce, a soldier and engineer from the 25th century. Due to the "Storm Times" of the late 21st century, humanity has been forced back to the age of steam. The most powerful nation on earth is the Yukon Confederacy, which comprises the former United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. In his college days, Bruce befriended an ambitious young man named Isaac Prophet Fitzpatrick, son of the Confederacy's then ruler. An unfortunate "accident" befalls Fitzpatrick's father and the son is made Consul. Fitzpatrick entrusts Bruce with engineering projects that prove most useful in the war he starts.

Judson goes one step further with something that may be unique: Bruce's memoirs have been annotated by a college professor writing in the 26th century, Dr. Roland Modesty Van Buren. In that time, Fitzpatrick is thought of as a hero and Van Buren tries to discredit and refute many of Bruce's assertions in the footnotes. By clever use of these two diametrically opposed narrators, Judson makes critiques of everything from the concept of the history books being written by the winners, to religion, and to ambitious men who want to be Great Men.

I strongly recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat future tale of Alexander
By Peter on September 2, 2008
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At its core this story is mostly a re-telling of the story of Alexander the Great and his conquest of the world with enough Sci-fi tossed in to move the story along.
However, that being said, its a REALLY good re-telling of the story and brought with it fresh thoughts to the age old question of what is History and what is Truth?
As the Author shows with his choice of portraying this as work of Non-fiction with editors remarks we see that history is flexible and perhaps on this level should challenge us to wonder how much of what we "know" is also truth.
Overall I can see how some might dismiss this story as the actual war is short compared to the overall novel and some parts do go on a bit longer than I would have liked. Additionally the challenge of creating a world devoid of electricity with advanced genetics is a bit far fetched.
Still, I couldn't find myself putting it down for more than a few hours before I wanted to get back into the world the author created, technical flaws or not.
If you are a fan of alternative history or simply a fan of history you should enjoy this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLucky Find
By Scott T. Baba on November 20, 2004
Format: Hardcover
I actually picked this one up by accident - i was looking for space opera and thought this was, considering it takes place in the 25th century. Unfortunatly i failed to find what i was looking for. Fortunatly what i found was this.

I was going to say something long and informative, i doubt i'd do it justice. I'll say one thing: it's beautifully written. The air of an annotated memoir is so well done that, sometimes, after reading it for a few hours you might look up from the pages and be mildly surprised to find yourself not in a Yukon homestead.

Awesome book.
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3.0 out of 5 starsLeisurely-paced alternative history novel
By J. Higgins on November 21, 2007
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"Fitzpatrick's War" commences in the year 2415 in a North America ruled by a dour, quasi-Victorian, "United Yukon Confederacy" . Several centuries of destructive wars and various social upheavals have resulted in the formation of a globe ruled in the western hemisphere by the Confederacy, and in the eastern hemisphere, by the Turks and the Chinese. Electricity-based technology has been replaced by that of steam, and the skies are filled with zeppelins and propeller-driven planes that operate with boiler engines. The Confederacy is managed by a nobility referred to as the Lords, while ambitious commoners can rise in class via outstanding service in the military branches. The Fitzpatrick of the title is one such Lord, with the goal of uniting the entire world under the Yukon banner. The narrator is a comrade-in-arms named Robert Bruce, who plays a major role in serving Fitzpatrick's sanguinary desires to bring the benefits of Anglo-Saxon civilization and Protestantism to the Heathen Chinee, the Dusky Hindoo, and the Muslim Turk.

In its setting and theme of a future earth under the thumb of a less than benevolent Rule Britannia, "War" is clearly derived from the classic alt-future novel "The Warlord of the Air" and its sequels, by the English SF writer Michael Moorcock. Like Oswald Bastable in "Warlord", Robert Bruce enters the service of his country as a rather naïve and too-trusting young man, who gradually comes to the realization that the individual to whom he has pledged fealty is in fact a megalomaniac, who will bring death and misery to those under his rule.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsOutstanding pace, interesting characters, a good read.
By K. M. Calabrese on September 2, 2004
Format: Hardcover
This tale of psuedo history is one of the most interesting tales of fiction to come along since Harryy Turtledove's alternate histories. This is a character driven tale told from the perspective of a classmate of Ftizgerald. Love and war and the author's unstated contention that the two are mutually exclusive, are the major themes in the book. This is the story of a post apocalyptic world that has not changed that much, after a few centuries to rebuild, the world moves on as before but with no electricity. We first meet the story's main character, Robert, a boy from a small village that has distiguished himself in a border war with Mexico and won appointment to the military academy; as he first meets Fitzgerald...the current consul's son and the future consul that will conquer the world. The characters are well fleshed out and the overall world story is explained in small bits throughout the book. The author's comic prodding of academic credulity and hidebound traditions is a wonderful counterpoint -- these asides are related as historian's footnotes on nearly every page. Overall, a wonderful reading experience for fans of science fiction, history or anyone else.
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