Literary recommendations: Ken MacLeod

[C. G. Estabrook]

As I recall, when Robert Harris' Fatherland was published in the UK a
decade ago, it caused a bit of a scandal because it posited a world in
which Germany had won WW II, but the geopolitical outcome was rather
similar to what actually happened: after defeating Russia, Germany formed
a European trading bloc with 12 Western nations, which established a
friendly/competitive relation with the US.  Grist for the mills of Brit
Euroskeptics.  --CGE

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Brian O. Sheppard x349393 wrote:


> Ever read Norman Spinrad's _The Iron Dream_ (1972)? I picked up a book
> recently, _Hitler Victorious!_, not quite knowing what to expect. It's
> a compilation of short stories set in a "what if?" world where the
> Nazis won WW2. I admit I judged the book by its cover: a doctored
> photo of Hitler beaming proudly from his touring car, draped in US
> flags, before the US capitol building. Unofrtunately, the stories have
> so far proven to be mediocre. The intro by Spinrad, however, makes
> much reference to Philip K Dick's _The Man in the High Castle_,
> Saban's _The Sound of His Horn_, and his own 1972 work.
> 
> Brian