• Worldwar: Tilting the Balance

  • By: Harry Turtledove
  • Narrated by: Todd McLaren
  • Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (685 ratings)

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Worldwar: Tilting the Balance

By: Harry Turtledove
Narrated by: Todd McLaren
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Publisher's summary

No one could stop them - not Stalin, not Togo, not Churchill, not Roosevelt....

The invaders had cut the United States virtually in half at the Mississippi, vaporized Washington, D.C., devastated much of Europe, and held large parts of the Soviet Union under their thumb. But humanity would not give up so easily. The new world allies were ruthless at finding their foe's weaknesses and exploiting them. Whether delivering supplies in tiny biplanes to partisans across the vast steppes of Russia, working furiously to understand the enemy's captured radar in England, or battling house to house on the streets of Chicago, humankind would never give up.

Yet no one could say when the hellish inferno of death would stop being a war of conquest and turn into a war of survival - the very survival of the planet....

©2009 Harry Turtledove (P)2010 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Turtledove's thorough command of storytelling and historiography...assure us that this is an irresistibl[e] book." ( Booklist)

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Easy to tell if you will like this book

This is the second book in the World War series. “In the Balance” is the first and you need to read that first.

So, if the first one gets you hooked and you understand that this has same type of non-ending; by all means go ahead and get this.

The order of the books are.
World War Books
In the Balance
Tilting the Balance
Upsetting the Balance
Sticking the Balance – not on Audible yet

“Colonization series” Post War books can be read independently if you are not interested in the World War books.
Second Contact
Down to Earth
Aftershocks – not on Audible yet

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The story is read.

In this sequel to the first book, the narrator reads the story as it was written, using his voice to delineate the different characters and even articulate onomatopoeias and certain sound effects. The sex scenes are... Well they could be shorter. Anyway sweet scifi novel, hopefully Will Smith's son will be given a chance to ruin it if it becomes a miniseries or movie in the future.

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Great alternate history

Very well done science fiction with enough history and historical references to be interesting. Great for work listening because the plot is simple.

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Cheap mellow drama

Most of what made the first book good was replaced with cheap mellow drama. I'm skipping half the chapters

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Typical Harry Turtledove

First let me say, the performance of the reader is good, though I think his accents are sometimes a bit off.

The story itself is passable. This is what I consider to be Turtledove's middle phase, where his books start to get more pulpy, but haven't quite achieved the canned--dialed in--quality of his later works (yes I get it, ww2 where the fought battle for battle, but in the US with Confederate Nazis. Great job!)

If you liked the first book in the series, which you should have read before you get to reading this review, you will enjoy this most likely.

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Save the World

Book 2 of this series is brilliant and fun. The fight for survive of Human civilization continues with explosive results. A great narrator and brilliant story mix for a worthy sequel.

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Garbage

Character development, poor, says something about the author. Jens Larssen character development says much about the author, none of it good. I couldn't listen to any more of this book or any of the follow ups.

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Aliens attack an American Love Triangle

The alternative history premise behind this book is truly fascinating. However, the narrative gets bogged down by a silly and unnecessary love triangle. Know your audience. You are a science fiction author. Leave the smut to Danielle Steele.

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the fighting in the continents

I like how the United States, Nazi Germany, Great Britain, USSR, and communist Chinese fighting against the lizards and the lizards are having trouble fighting across the world in many countries.

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Great story and good performance!

Great story, good series, and good performance! Different, distinct characters! Far better than other stuff!

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