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Roswell, Texas [Paperback]

L. Neil Smith , Rex F. May , Scott Bieser , Jennifer Zach
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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Book Description

June 4, 2008

In an alternative universe, Davy Crocket survived the 1836 siege at the Alamo, and Santa Ana did not. As a result, Texas remained an independent republic and never joined the United States.

In 1947, Texican President Charles A. Lindbergh learns that a flying saucer has crashed near the far west Texas town of Roswell. He dispatches his best friend, "Wild Bill" Bear, and three of his best Texas Rangers, to investigate. Our four heroes find themselves in a race against agents from the United States, the Franco-Mexican Empire, the California Republic, and the Third-and-a-half Reich, to find that crashed saucer and learn its secrets.

And when they do, they will change the course of history, again.


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The old cliché that it has to be seen in order to be believed definitelyi applies to this novel. As we learn in the opening pages, after Santa Ana was shot at the Alamo, history takes a vastly different turn. A hundred years later, something has happened in Roswell, TX. The President of Texas, Charles Lindbergh Jr., sends Wild Bill Bear to investigate with three Texas Rangers.

The United States, California, France, and Mexico also send agents, including pink-wearing Nazis, Madame Curie, and a host of other characters. The Pope is involved, an internal spy group in Texas keeps tabs on most of the players, and the mystery deepens when Bill Bear encounters the rancher in Roswell where events took place, a drop-dead gorgeous brunette from Tennessee, called Bettie.

... Historical characters blend seamlessly with fictional ones, and this has to be one of the funniest, most enjoyable alternative histories I have ever read.

--Anders Monsen, PROMETHEUS

From straight outta Round Rock's own Big Head Press comes this rollicking and thoroughly Texalicious misadventure involving spies, counterspies, extraterrestrials, cowboys, commandos, and bikini-clad sorority girls from the galaxywide territories of the University of Texas. Say what?

Say: It's an alternative history that begins with Davy Crockett surviving the battle of the Alamo, Texas remaining an independent republic, an alien spacecraft crashing in Roswell, and things getting weirder from there. Much, much weirder, with all manner of cameos from celebrities from our reality e.g., John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Gene Roddenberry, Marie Curie figuring strongly, in new guises, in an outlandish narrative that'll appeal to any pop-culture fans who like a bit of conspiracy theory sprinkled on top of their flakes of sci-fi goodness. Scott Bieser and Jen Zach's artwork, classic comic book rendering, effectively nails the tone and the times to each grayscale panel.

--Wayne Allen Brenner, The Austin Chronicle

Product Details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Big Head Press (June 4, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0974381454
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974381459
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 8.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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4.6 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed reading it online at bigheadpress.com and decided to buy it. J. Dixon  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
OH,I all most forgot. J D Skull  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun with Alternate History June 8, 2008
Roswell Texas is a spin off from L. Neil Smith's Probability Broach series.
It combines both historical (and hysterical) figures and fictional characters to create a story that is amusing, thought provoking and just great fun. If you share Mr. Smith's political ideals you will love this book. If you don't, the adventure, humor, and just plain fun of this book will still make it worth your time.
By me this book's only fault is that it is a graphic novel instead of a text novel. Perhaps if enough of us buy this book it will convince some publisher to release a text version.
You will notice I emphasize the word fun in describing this book. It is in fact more than thirteen dollars worth of enjoyment. Any serious thought this book may provoke is value added to the fun offered. A perfect summer book (and winter, spring, fall book.)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great libertarian work from L. Neil June 23, 2008
Quick note: this story is NOT set in the North American Confederacy, but in yet another alternate world.

A fun series (I read it on-line) which tells of an Earth were Davy Crockett lived and Santa Ann didn't. And which Texas never joined the United Stated, but became a free proto-libertarian republic.

Many real people are used as the basis for several characters, as the agents of several foreign governments (US, Canada, Third and a half Reich, Vatican-in-exile, Rep of California, Franco-Mexican Empire, etc) invade Texas to find out what crashed there. Part of the fun is figurating out who is who in this story.

Hope at some point they publish a full color reprint, instead of gray scale, prehaps with added info on who is who...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars L Neil is King of Libertarian Alt. Hist. SF October 14, 2008
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Imagine an Earth where Texas stayed out of the Union, where California truly became a "Magical Kingdom" - complete with President Walt Disney - where it was Laurence of Albania, not Arabia, where Malcom X stay Malcom Little - and became a Texas Ranger. Yes, in Roswell, Texas, all this happens! And we find out the source of the Grays as well as just who was piloting the Roswell Saucer.

Don't miss this read!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars The best comic I've ever read.
Yes really. All most everyone in this story is a real person. It is fun trying to figure out who is famous. But I think everyone is famous. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J D Skull
5.0 out of 5 stars Witty and exciting!
As graphic novels go, this is probably one of the most appealing to a wide audience. The sarcastically-witty and realistic behaviour of many of the characters in this... Read more
Published 7 months ago by 1gewehr
5.0 out of 5 stars great..
..read from start to finish. It's sad to see that the writer hasn't made much of anything since the '80s. Read more
Published 15 months ago by T. Coleman
5.0 out of 5 stars A World That I Wish I Could Live In
L Neil & Rex May (along with the art of Beiser & Co.) create another alternate history that fans wish that they could move to. A Texas that never joined the U. S. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Kevin Sarles
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
Everyone above has already described it well. The best cast of characters ever. I often laughed at the sets and who was cast as whom. Read more
Published on April 8, 2010 by Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Great libertarian Sci-Fi
I really enjoyed reading it online at bigheadpress.com and decided to buy it. The only thing different is that the print version is black&white and it's color online.
Published on September 12, 2009 by J. Dixon
5.0 out of 5 stars Give it a try
Normally I`m not a big fan of comic books, even fancy ones they call graphic novels, but in this case I have to make an exception. Read more
Published on June 3, 2009 by M. Shepherd
3.0 out of 5 stars Roswell, Texas
L. Neil Smith's last book I read, The Probability Broach, was exciting and gave someone what a dyed in the wool libertarian society could look like. Read more
Published on October 8, 2008 by Ralph Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER GREAT LIBERTARIAN STORY
Lneil and co have put together a great alternate universe tale of what having freedom is all about...something not recognized in today's environment... Read more
Published on September 1, 2008 by Robert Tanner
2.0 out of 5 stars Readers beware!
This is one of L. Neil Smith's weaker efforts. The story line is too convoluted, too chopped up for good continuity. Read more
Published on July 13, 2008 by Istvan Nemes
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