Colonization Aftershocks, Harry Turtledove
Colonization Aftershocks, Harry Turtledove
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Colonization: Aftershocks

Author: Harry Turtledove

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 28 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/12/2010


Synopsis

Set in the same universe as the Worldwar series, the Colonization series brings us to Earth in the 1960s, where four superpowers rule: the United States, Russia, Nazi Germany, and the aliens of the Race.

The arrival of the aliens shot Earth technology forward at a dizzying rate—the world of 1960 includes routine space shuttle traffic, computers on every desk, and other high-tech advancements. Aftershocks reveals that it was the United States that launched the nuclear offensive against the aliens, and when the aliens learn the truth, Indianapolis disappears in nuclear fire. In alien-held China, a full-fledged rebellion is launched, and in Poland, a nuclear bomb goes missing—held by Jewish forces who seek to use it against the Nazis.

The nations of Earth begin to realize that their only hope in holding back the aliens will be to work together. Because separately, they may face extinction.

About Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove (he/him) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer whom Publishers Weekly has called the "Master of Alternate History." He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the HOMer Award for Short story, and the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction. Turtledove's works include the Crosstime Traffic, Worldwar, Darkness, and Opening of the World series; the stand-alone novels The House of Daniel, Fort Pillow, and Give Me Back My Legions!; and over a dozen short stories available on Tor.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Laura Frankos, and their four daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on September 15, 2015

This novel is the third and final in Harry Turtledove's "Colonization" trilogy. It is set in the mid-1960's, about 20 years after an alien race interrupted World War II. The aliens came, expecting an easy conquest of Earth. Instead, they found that humans adapt more quickly, advance more rapidly in......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on August 22, 2020

I think this might be my favorite of the Colonization series. The big mysteries from the start were answered and came to a satisfactory, if catastrophic, conclusion. The myriad character threads laid out over the course of the other two novels started intertwining more which made for some fun intera......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on September 04, 2019

A premise without a payoff. Even though there's a follow-up novel ("Homeward Bound"), this is really the final volume of the "Colonization" series. Unfortunately, it goes out with a serious whimper. While the Third Reich was largely destroyed at the end of the second novel, this volume has no real "c......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on January 17, 2012

Oddly, this one just stops. Lizards and humans struggle to get on with life for a few years of time, with a couple of bits of hazard, and then the book just stops. Almost mid-sentence. No big climax, no resolution, nothing. Strange. Rated M for some violence, coarse language and sex scenes. 2.5/5......more

Goodreads review by Neil on January 03, 2016

Thoughts while reading: It is funny, but it just struck me why the whole Russian dialectic statements sound familiar to me. For instance, "Even the dialectic shows only trends, not details" (p. 118) sounded so familiar! Then it hit me! It reminds me of the obnoxious statements made throughout the......more