[nicba]

Hi

Del Rey have this campaign where they give away three free eBooks. I was wondering if anyone knew if they were worth the time to read?

- The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
- First to Fight: Book One of Starfist byDavid Sherman and Dan Cragg
- Worldwar: In the Balance by Harry Turtledove

I'm posting this in the SF forum since the last two seem to be SF books. Terry Brooks I know, but the authors of the two last books I know nothing about. Are they any good?

[rloomis]

The Harry Turtledove, WorldWar, mentioned is pretty good...this is the first of 4 books in the WorldWar series...if you like alternate history then you will like these..
aliens invade earth in the middle of WorldWar ii..

[nicba]

I've never read any alternative history before...aliens in WWII? Sounds pretty strange. But since it's free and you think it was good I might give it a chance.

Any other thoughts?

[estranghero]

Hey nicba,

I've read the first book of WorldWar and I have to disagree with rloomis. I don't know, I guess that there were some aspects of the story that jarred my reading while others that I found boring (which is somewhat symbolical of Turtledove's semi-historical novels). Dunno, mebbe it's because the very idea didn't interest me that much.

(On the other hand, Turtledove's World in Darkness series-- though still has the same problems mentioned above-- caught my interest so I'm making an effort.)

Don't wanna mention details coz too lazy to make spoiler alerts. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/wink.gif