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Cayos in the Stream
You're the greatest writer of the age, gone to ground and subsiding into drink. You always said you wanted to catch some of those Nazi bastards in the waters around your beloved Cuba. What happens when you actually get your wish? Find out in Cayos in the Stream, by Harry Turtledove.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
40 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 7, 2013
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Harry Turtledove
569 books1,987 followersDr Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced a sizeable number of works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.
Harry Turtledove attended UCLA, where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977.
Turtledove has been dubbed "The Master of Alternate History". Within this genre he is known both for creating original scenarios: such as survival of the Byzantine Empire; an alien invasion in the middle of the World War II; and for giving a fresh and original treatment to themes previously dealt with by other authors, such as the victory of the South in the American Civil War; and of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
His novels have been credited with bringing alternate history into the mainstream. His style of alternate history has a strong military theme.
Harry Turtledove attended UCLA, where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977.
Turtledove has been dubbed "The Master of Alternate History". Within this genre he is known both for creating original scenarios: such as survival of the Byzantine Empire; an alien invasion in the middle of the World War II; and for giving a fresh and original treatment to themes previously dealt with by other authors, such as the victory of the South in the American Civil War; and of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
His novels have been credited with bringing alternate history into the mainstream. His style of alternate history has a strong military theme.
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April 13, 2018
A good read but it went longer than it needed to. I would have enjoyed it more if there was less inner monologue from good ol' Ernie Hemingway and painfully long drawn out scenes of detail so dull that it made what should have been interesting into a boring necessity to get into the meat of the story and then having to go through some more boring manly bullshit and relationship drama. Every piece of this should have been exciting and just wasn't. The topic was great. The potential was great. The characters were ok. The writing was good. The storytelling just wasn't fully there for me. Didn't bring any emotion whatsoever. It did however allow me to think about Mr. Hemingway and how I need to reread some of his books and see how I feel. Maybe after that I'll have a different opinion on this piece.
November 11, 2025
Hemingway always said he wanted to catch a Nazi in Cuban waters. Then a U-Boat appeared.
Turtledove's alternate history stories are brilliant. Meticulously detailed and captures the flavour of the age.
Turtledove's alternate history stories are brilliant. Meticulously detailed and captures the flavour of the age.
August 9, 2013
After sophomore English, many authors spend much effort not writing Hemingway pastiche. Too easy to fall into, damnably hard to do well.
I have been a Harry Turtledove fan since a friend turned me on to the Misplaced Legion series; while I can't abide the inherent military improbability of his Days of Infamy series (too long a rant for this space) I remain a fan. Among his strengths, Turtledove weaves a healthy dose of history into his what-if, enough that Videssos can be read as midrash for Byzantium and The Great War for American history (the stuff Miss Thistleblossom in grade school left out).
In Cayos in the Stream, an Old Man and the Sea pastiche, the author is hunting U-boats in the Straits of Florida. Not fully an artifact of the interior monologue form, the perception of the author as bloated self-important git who will make too much of his liberation of the Rue Daunou and Harry's New York Bar is inescapable. As pastiche, while it avoids the Spanish diction of Old Man and the Sea, it is otherwise spot on.
I have been a Harry Turtledove fan since a friend turned me on to the Misplaced Legion series; while I can't abide the inherent military improbability of his Days of Infamy series (too long a rant for this space) I remain a fan. Among his strengths, Turtledove weaves a healthy dose of history into his what-if, enough that Videssos can be read as midrash for Byzantium and The Great War for American history (the stuff Miss Thistleblossom in grade school left out).
In Cayos in the Stream, an Old Man and the Sea pastiche, the author is hunting U-boats in the Straits of Florida. Not fully an artifact of the interior monologue form, the perception of the author as bloated self-important git who will make too much of his liberation of the Rue Daunou and Harry's New York Bar is inescapable. As pastiche, while it avoids the Spanish diction of Old Man and the Sea, it is otherwise spot on.
September 2, 2013
I enjoyed it and thought the idea of Hemmingway hunting U-boats to be a great one.
September 21, 2013
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Running of the Bulls
ترتلدوو برگشت به تاریخ جایگزین دوباره. این یکی در مورد «همینگوی» هست، زمانی که تو کوبا سکونت کرده. این که از نازیها متنفر بود. این که با زنهاش مشکل داشت و خوب تا نمیکرد. و این که دلش میخواست یه زیردریایی آلمانی شکار کنه. خب ترتلدوو همهی اینا رو میذاره کنار هم و یه داستان از توش میکشه بیرون، داستانی که صرفنظر از تاریخجایگزین بودنش، وجه گمانهزن دیگهای نداره. مشکل طبیعیش همونچیزیه که گریبان اکثر تاریخهای جایگزین رو میگیره. علناً ارجاعی به بیرون از خودش داره که باعث میشه داستان در ارتباط برقرار کردن با مخاطب و محظوظ کردنش خودبسنده نباشه. برای منی که علاقهی خاصی به همینگوی ندارم داستان بیش از حد طولانی بود و جذابیتش به حدی نبود که نگهم داره. البته از اول هم معلوم بود که داستان در مورد همینگویه در نتیجه خیلی نمیتونم به این خاطر نمرهش رو کم بدم. روون بود و سرراست و خیلی معمولی.
Running of the Bulls
ترتلدوو برگشت به تاریخ جایگزین دوباره. این یکی در مورد «همینگوی» هست، زمانی که تو کوبا سکونت کرده. این که از نازیها متنفر بود. این که با زنهاش مشکل داشت و خوب تا نمیکرد. و این که دلش میخواست یه زیردریایی آلمانی شکار کنه. خب ترتلدوو همهی اینا رو میذاره کنار هم و یه داستان از توش میکشه بیرون، داستانی که صرفنظر از تاریخجایگزین بودنش، وجه گمانهزن دیگهای نداره. مشکل طبیعیش همونچیزیه که گریبان اکثر تاریخهای جایگزین رو میگیره. علناً ارجاعی به بیرون از خودش داره که باعث میشه داستان در ارتباط برقرار کردن با مخاطب و محظوظ کردنش خودبسنده نباشه. برای منی که علاقهی خاصی به همینگوی ندارم داستان بیش از حد طولانی بود و جذابیتش به حدی نبود که نگهم داره. البته از اول هم معلوم بود که داستان در مورد همینگویه در نتیجه خیلی نمیتونم به این خاطر نمرهش رو کم بدم. روون بود و سرراست و خیلی معمولی.
August 26, 2013
No teda nič moč...
Tento dlhší literárny útvar má vraj napodobňovať Hamingwayov štýl a zároveň je Ernest hlavnou postavou príbehu, v ktorom vo vodách okolo Kuby loví a potápa ponorky (jednu). Celé je to rozprávané v druhej osobe jednotného čísla. Áno, autor oslovuje sam seba. A navyše je to dosť nuda a takým nejakým divným spôsobom pritiahnuté za vlasy. Nemám nič proti alternatívnej histórii a podobným veciam, ale toto nie. Fakt nie. Radšej sa tomu vyhnite a venujte čas niečomu inému...
Tento dlhší literárny útvar má vraj napodobňovať Hamingwayov štýl a zároveň je Ernest hlavnou postavou príbehu, v ktorom vo vodách okolo Kuby loví a potápa ponorky (jednu). Celé je to rozprávané v druhej osobe jednotného čísla. Áno, autor oslovuje sam seba. A navyše je to dosť nuda a takým nejakým divným spôsobom pritiahnuté za vlasy. Nemám nič proti alternatívnej histórii a podobným veciam, ale toto nie. Fakt nie. Radšej sa tomu vyhnite a venujte čas niečomu inému...
November 30, 2013
Just OK. Doesn't do a lot for me but I can't dump on it either. The most interesting thing is probably the application of obscene as a root for other words - I never knew it could be conjugated into a verb...
August 17, 2013
3.5 stars for this one. I somehow managed to escape school and college without ever reading Hemingway. I have no idea if this captures his style, but it's an interesting little alt-history story.
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