"Military Unit goes back in time" type books???
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Hi All,
I've already read the following already so has anyone got anything else they can recommend of any military unit sent back in time to anywhere from say, dinosaurs to WW2, doesn't matter to me?
I've already read the following already so has anyone got anything else they can recommend of any military unit sent back in time to anywhere from say, dinosaurs to WW2, doesn't matter to me?
- John Birmingham - Axis of Time trilogy - Loved the series which got better and better and really like the authors other work.
- John Schettler - Kirov trilogy - started off very good but rapidly died off through the series.
- Harry Turtledove - Guns of the South - Love most of the authors other works, this one was harder to get into for me (also World War series is amazing!).
- Eric Flint - 1632 series - first few books were OK, more about societal change really with no real modern military unit stuff, but rapidly died off.
- Stephen Stirling - Nantucket series - Again, strong start, but rapidly dropped off and, again, concentrates more on societal change than military.
- James Erwin - Rome, Sweet Rome - exactly what I'm after, only its just a short story on Reddit with nothing ever published due to a rights issue I think.
- Frank Lean - Viking Bloodbath - UK based story, very good but became a one off book rather than the planned series so quite short/undeveloped because of that.
- Michael Williamson - A long time until now series - Bought these two books, haven't read them yet.
Austin Prefect said:
Technically parallel universe rather than back in time but look at Taylor Anderson's Destroyermen series.
Thanks - I was initially interested until I saw the story was set on an alternate earth where humans didn't exist, but I'll give it a look over, worse case it's a only a few £ wasted or best case I love it!IanH755 said:
Austin Prefect said:
Technically parallel universe rather than back in time but look at Taylor Anderson's Destroyermen series.
Thanks - I was initially interested until I saw the story was set on an alternate earth where humans didn't exist, but I'll give it a look over, worse case it's a only a few £ wasted or best case I love it!
Or perhaps forward in time?
The Seventh Carrier Series.
First one's quite good, but they do get a bit boring after a while. The concept is good though, if somewhat far fetched.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SEVENTH-CARRIER-action-pa...
Cheap for Kindle too.
The Seventh Carrier Series.
First one's quite good, but they do get a bit boring after a while. The concept is good though, if somewhat far fetched.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SEVENTH-CARRIER-action-pa...
Cheap for Kindle too.
velocemitch said:
Or perhaps forward in time?
The Seventh Carrier Series.
Yeah, definitely going the "wrong" way in Time Travel for me The Seventh Carrier Series.
lizardbrain said:
So I was surprised to find when I did a bit of googling that this military genre basically doesn't exist in modern TV or film. Seems odd
Yeap, I'm amazed its not more popular, even as a Sci-Fi Alternate History or similar, but its strangely a dead-space in media.Remember watching a movie called Time Slip (1979) when I was a kid and we'd watch all manner of stuff from the local video shop, sometimes adult content our parents left lying around the VCR when they were out.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083050/
Where a Japanese military unit go back to the time of the Samurai, and was a lot better done than the Hollywood attempt of The Final Countdown (1980) where a modern aircraft carrier goes back to just before Pearl Harbour but nothing actually happens, no combat just a bit of of a fly by, was such a let down.
Time Slip, aka 'G.I. Samurai' was based on a book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Samurai
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083050/
Where a Japanese military unit go back to the time of the Samurai, and was a lot better done than the Hollywood attempt of The Final Countdown (1980) where a modern aircraft carrier goes back to just before Pearl Harbour but nothing actually happens, no combat just a bit of of a fly by, was such a let down.
Time Slip, aka 'G.I. Samurai' was based on a book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Samurai
Edited by Virtual PAH on Tuesday 23 December 15:08
Some good amateur stuff on various alternate history forums I've read in the past
Two that spring to mind in this category and both of novel length:
A Second Chance (2015 Great Britain sent back to 1940)
Ship shape and Bristol fashion (Bristol group of ships from the Falklands war sent back to 1939)
Similar theme:
And they shall reap the whirlwind (modern historian sent back to the body of Arthur "Bomber" Harris)
Fireflies of Port Stanley (Sherman Fireflies present for 1982)
Two that spring to mind in this category and both of novel length:
A Second Chance (2015 Great Britain sent back to 1940)
Ship shape and Bristol fashion (Bristol group of ships from the Falklands war sent back to 1939)
Similar theme:
And they shall reap the whirlwind (modern historian sent back to the body of Arthur "Bomber" Harris)
Fireflies of Port Stanley (Sherman Fireflies present for 1982)
lizardbrain said:
Intriguing genre, I had no idea existed. I love time travel stuff, especially stuff like Outlander. So I was surprised to find when I did a bit of googling that this military genre basically doesn't exist in modern TV or film. Seems odd
You have man in the high castle on Amazon?lizardbrain said:
Intriguing genre, I had no idea existed. I love time travel stuff, especially stuff like Outlander. So I was surprised to find when I did a bit of googling that this military genre basically doesn't exist in modern TV or film. Seems odd
Getting the hardware for both periods would strain even a Netflix budget. Maybe something like a modern special forces unit going back to medieval times might be OK, until they ran out of ammunition of course.On the other hand there could be an interesting documentary series about the opposite scenario. Old weapons being used long after they were obsolescent.
EG WW2 aircraft being used well into the post war period, Such as the 1969 football war with P51s and F4 Corsairs.
Firearms designed over 100 years ago still being used today.
The last cavalry charges. Some say 1939, others say the last small scale one may not have happened yet.
heisthegaffer said:
lizardbrain said:
Intriguing genre, I had no idea existed. I love time travel stuff, especially stuff like Outlander. So I was surprised to find when I did a bit of googling that this military genre basically doesn't exist in modern TV or film. Seems odd
You have man in the high castle on Amazon?Gassing Station | Books and Literature | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff