SS-GB

***Now you can watch the series inspired by the book on Starz.*** ”In England they’re filled with curiosity and keep asking, ‘Why doesn’t he come?’ Be calm. Be calm. He’s coming! He’s Coming!” --ADOLF HITLER, September 4th, 1940 The UP YOURS version of the V sign. Even though I know Hitler never mad......more

An alternative history novel. The U.S. never became engaged in WWII, Great Britain has surrendered to Germany, the King is imprisoned , Churchill was executed and the English are learning to live under German occupation. Douglas Archer is a Superintendent Detective in Scotland Yard and has found a w......more

-Ucronía como excusa en el seno de una policiaca de toda la vida.- Género. Novela (con un punto de partida fantástico, eso sí). Lo que nos cuenta. El libro SS-GB (publicación original: SS-GB, 1978) nos traslada a la Inglaterra de finales de 1941, pero a una Inglaterra ocupada por los alemanes desde ha......more

In the literature of alternate history, Nazi Germany often wins World War II. Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle, Fatherland by Robert Harris, and Jo Walton’s Farthing Trilogy (Farthing, Ha’penny, and Half a Crown, all reviewed here) are prominent examples. There are many others, of which t......more

Whilst I enjoyed the alternative history set up of SS-GB, I feel Deighton failed to capitalise on it and instead created a look-warm and frankly humdrum account of a Nazi Britain. The story is at times, very good, but the majority of the book is boring, full of needless talking and jargon. In SS-GB......more