Massive thanks to Tor Books!Imagine a world in which Europe never pulled itself out of the Middle Ages and the Arabic lands became the dominant culture, settling the Americas (the Sunset Lands). The senior investigator peered down at the blue, blue water of the Mediterranean.
As he poured it, he answered, "I don't think they're supposed to be.
Investigators are sent from Tunis to Rome to help the Grand Duke and Pope maintain the status quo.
I loved the basic premise of a world where Europe had chosen fundamentalism over enlightenment and the Islamic world had progressed as the modern Western world had.
The premise is an alternate timeline in which Europe never modernized, and instead is technologically backwards, poor, and ravaged by monastic terrorism. "Ears burning, Khalid subsided.
Don't get me wrong; the actual alternate history, the reversal between St. Thomas Aquinas and Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali's historical philosophies, is so fantastically explored!
Khalid al-Zarzisi hoped they wouldn't have any problems. Turtledove switched the views of Thomas Aquinas and Al-Ghazali regarding reason and man's relation to God and then postulated how the world have developed. I was hoping it was the start of a sprawling Turtledove saga that showcased the talent for thoughtful and ironic world-building that made me such a huge fan of his back in the early 2000s (Worldwar and Timeline 191 are fantastic examples of him at his best, imo). It tries to make the Arab world what the west is, complete with the former being modern in everything from women's rights to eating and drinking habits whereas Europe (while having no issue with food/drink) is every bit as repressive towards women and minorities as the Arab world is today. This premise has lots of potential and leads to lots of questions: what happened (or didn't happen) to cause the world to turn out this way? Now, progressive, modern and comfortable Muslim nations look warily at their Christian neighbours, and two brilliant investigators are dispatched to the dangerous streets of Italy in an effort to nip the terrorist threat of the Aquinists in the bud...I really kind of disappointed.
HARRY TURTLEDOVE lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, the novelist Laura Frankos.
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Annoyed at himself, Khalid groped for a word again.This time, he found it without having to shout it out loud. The twist is that the investigators are an Arab and a Jew sent from North Africa to Italy to aid the Pope and Grand Duke of Parma hang to power against the fanatical Aquinists. The love interest is of course a very modern woman and fighting through the repressive world after her former patron is cast aside - very colonialist and orientalist if the shoe was on the other foot.Through Darkest Europe is Harry Turtledove's latest book with an alternative existence.
He had his reasons, too, but he doubted any of them would have made sense to the Christian woman.Along with everybody else, he and Dawud filed off the airplane. Even in Muslim countries, Jews didn't always have it easy. Then, haltingly, he switched to Major Badoglio's language: "Your Arabic are — uh, is — better than my Italian, to believe me.
But this isn’t the world as we know it. The characters are rather wooden - what they say is right, they have few issues, they are the fountain of wisdom for the backwards Europeans and they are never really in trouble or in danger. The two investigators did not do any investigating.Although I was tempted to wait until the second day of Christmas to read this author's work, I finished it early. Delhi Sultanate Garuda cars, Islamic Arkansistan, the premise of Maghribi diplomatic intervention in Italy makes for a very well-done and thought-provoking world.
All he said was, "Come with me, both of you. You were given your own," Dawud replied.
But this isn’t the world as we know it. A New World in EmbryoPublic Law 10927 was clear and direct.
The launch of an exciting new series of parallel-world adventure, from the modern master of
It is a alternate world were the Islamic world is rich and progressive and Europe is backwards and poor. The car was a little gray Garuda, from the Sultanate of Delhi. Published
Massive thanks to Tor Books!Imagine a world in which Europe never pulled itself out of the Middle Ages and the Arabic lands became the dominant culture, settling the Americas (the Sunset Lands). The senior investigator peered down at the blue, blue water of the Mediterranean.
As he poured it, he answered, "I don't think they're supposed to be.
Investigators are sent from Tunis to Rome to help the Grand Duke and Pope maintain the status quo.
I loved the basic premise of a world where Europe had chosen fundamentalism over enlightenment and the Islamic world had progressed as the modern Western world had.
The premise is an alternate timeline in which Europe never modernized, and instead is technologically backwards, poor, and ravaged by monastic terrorism. "Ears burning, Khalid subsided.
Don't get me wrong; the actual alternate history, the reversal between St. Thomas Aquinas and Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali's historical philosophies, is so fantastically explored!
Khalid al-Zarzisi hoped they wouldn't have any problems. Turtledove switched the views of Thomas Aquinas and Al-Ghazali regarding reason and man's relation to God and then postulated how the world have developed. I was hoping it was the start of a sprawling Turtledove saga that showcased the talent for thoughtful and ironic world-building that made me such a huge fan of his back in the early 2000s (Worldwar and Timeline 191 are fantastic examples of him at his best, imo). It tries to make the Arab world what the west is, complete with the former being modern in everything from women's rights to eating and drinking habits whereas Europe (while having no issue with food/drink) is every bit as repressive towards women and minorities as the Arab world is today. This premise has lots of potential and leads to lots of questions: what happened (or didn't happen) to cause the world to turn out this way? Now, progressive, modern and comfortable Muslim nations look warily at their Christian neighbours, and two brilliant investigators are dispatched to the dangerous streets of Italy in an effort to nip the terrorist threat of the Aquinists in the bud...I really kind of disappointed.
HARRY TURTLEDOVE lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, the novelist Laura Frankos.
science fiction on a grand scale in Acadie.The Colony left Earth to find their utopiaa home on a new planet where their leader could fully ...
You can view Barnes & Noble’s Privacy Policy Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. But after the introduction, the plot plods.
Annoyed at himself, Khalid groped for a word again.This time, he found it without having to shout it out loud. The twist is that the investigators are an Arab and a Jew sent from North Africa to Italy to aid the Pope and Grand Duke of Parma hang to power against the fanatical Aquinists. The love interest is of course a very modern woman and fighting through the repressive world after her former patron is cast aside - very colonialist and orientalist if the shoe was on the other foot.Through Darkest Europe is Harry Turtledove's latest book with an alternative existence.
He had his reasons, too, but he doubted any of them would have made sense to the Christian woman.Along with everybody else, he and Dawud filed off the airplane. Even in Muslim countries, Jews didn't always have it easy. Then, haltingly, he switched to Major Badoglio's language: "Your Arabic are — uh, is — better than my Italian, to believe me.
But this isn’t the world as we know it. The characters are rather wooden - what they say is right, they have few issues, they are the fountain of wisdom for the backwards Europeans and they are never really in trouble or in danger. The two investigators did not do any investigating.Although I was tempted to wait until the second day of Christmas to read this author's work, I finished it early. Delhi Sultanate Garuda cars, Islamic Arkansistan, the premise of Maghribi diplomatic intervention in Italy makes for a very well-done and thought-provoking world.
All he said was, "Come with me, both of you. You were given your own," Dawud replied.
But this isn’t the world as we know it. A New World in EmbryoPublic Law 10927 was clear and direct.
The launch of an exciting new series of parallel-world adventure, from the modern master of
It is a alternate world were the Islamic world is rich and progressive and Europe is backwards and poor. The car was a little gray Garuda, from the Sultanate of Delhi. Published
It brightened again when her eyes lit on Khalid. "No smoking on this flight, sir," the stewardess said, her voice starchy with disapproval. There is a group of people in Europe who want the old glory of their people to be restored and for faith to be the dominant factor in people’s lives.
Massive thanks to Tor Books!Imagine a world in which Europe never pulled itself out of the Middle Ages and the Arabic lands became the dominant culture, settling the Americas (the Sunset Lands). The senior investigator peered down at the blue, blue water of the Mediterranean.
As he poured it, he answered, "I don't think they're supposed to be.
Investigators are sent from Tunis to Rome to help the Grand Duke and Pope maintain the status quo.
I loved the basic premise of a world where Europe had chosen fundamentalism over enlightenment and the Islamic world had progressed as the modern Western world had.
The premise is an alternate timeline in which Europe never modernized, and instead is technologically backwards, poor, and ravaged by monastic terrorism. "Ears burning, Khalid subsided.
Don't get me wrong; the actual alternate history, the reversal between St. Thomas Aquinas and Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali's historical philosophies, is so fantastically explored!
Khalid al-Zarzisi hoped they wouldn't have any problems. Turtledove switched the views of Thomas Aquinas and Al-Ghazali regarding reason and man's relation to God and then postulated how the world have developed. I was hoping it was the start of a sprawling Turtledove saga that showcased the talent for thoughtful and ironic world-building that made me such a huge fan of his back in the early 2000s (Worldwar and Timeline 191 are fantastic examples of him at his best, imo). It tries to make the Arab world what the west is, complete with the former being modern in everything from women's rights to eating and drinking habits whereas Europe (while having no issue with food/drink) is every bit as repressive towards women and minorities as the Arab world is today. This premise has lots of potential and leads to lots of questions: what happened (or didn't happen) to cause the world to turn out this way? Now, progressive, modern and comfortable Muslim nations look warily at their Christian neighbours, and two brilliant investigators are dispatched to the dangerous streets of Italy in an effort to nip the terrorist threat of the Aquinists in the bud...I really kind of disappointed.
HARRY TURTLEDOVE lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, the novelist Laura Frankos.
science fiction on a grand scale in Acadie.The Colony left Earth to find their utopiaa home on a new planet where their leader could fully ...
You can view Barnes & Noble’s Privacy Policy Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. But after the introduction, the plot plods.
Annoyed at himself, Khalid groped for a word again.This time, he found it without having to shout it out loud. The twist is that the investigators are an Arab and a Jew sent from North Africa to Italy to aid the Pope and Grand Duke of Parma hang to power against the fanatical Aquinists. The love interest is of course a very modern woman and fighting through the repressive world after her former patron is cast aside - very colonialist and orientalist if the shoe was on the other foot.Through Darkest Europe is Harry Turtledove's latest book with an alternative existence.
He had his reasons, too, but he doubted any of them would have made sense to the Christian woman.Along with everybody else, he and Dawud filed off the airplane. Even in Muslim countries, Jews didn't always have it easy. Then, haltingly, he switched to Major Badoglio's language: "Your Arabic are — uh, is — better than my Italian, to believe me.
But this isn’t the world as we know it. The characters are rather wooden - what they say is right, they have few issues, they are the fountain of wisdom for the backwards Europeans and they are never really in trouble or in danger. The two investigators did not do any investigating.Although I was tempted to wait until the second day of Christmas to read this author's work, I finished it early. Delhi Sultanate Garuda cars, Islamic Arkansistan, the premise of Maghribi diplomatic intervention in Italy makes for a very well-done and thought-provoking world.
All he said was, "Come with me, both of you. You were given your own," Dawud replied.
But this isn’t the world as we know it. A New World in EmbryoPublic Law 10927 was clear and direct.
The launch of an exciting new series of parallel-world adventure, from the modern master of
It is a alternate world were the Islamic world is rich and progressive and Europe is backwards and poor. The car was a little gray Garuda, from the Sultanate of Delhi. Published
