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And the Last Trump Shall Sound by Harry Turtledove, James Morrow, Cat Rambo

bunrab's review against another edition

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4.0

Although in 2020 when it was published, this was speculative fiction, now it's easy to read it as alternate history. I found Harry Turtledove's story to be my favorite; it sets up the worldbuilding for the subsequent two stories.

ogreart's review

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4.0

Okay, so I am not a fan of the impeached WH occupant. That being said, I was probably the target audience for this book. And it hit the target. One of the things I liked about it was that it did not portray the new nation of Pacifica as a utopian paradise of liberal values. It still had problems and was far from perfect. I don't expect any one view of politics (even my own) to provide all the answers and be a panacea for all current societal problems. There was a good amount of sardonic humor here. More in the first two stories. Some of it seems to be gallows humor. If you are a fan of 45, you probably won't like this book. But if you are not, or you are on the fence, then you may want to give this a go.

danielv64's review against another edition

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5.0

Wonderful, politically current, speculative fiction at it's best.

dja777's review

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2.0

Eh, I’d give the first story 3 stars, 1 to the second and 2 to the third. I’d read the first one and skip the other two.

ckadams5's review against another edition

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1.0

This was pretty bad, to be honest. I usually like Turtledove, but his story was forced and more cliched than normal. The middle story was terrible. The last one had its moments, or maybe just a few secs. Really, the only parts I enjoyed were the cover and that Trump was defeated while I had the book from the library. This is failed satire.

annarella's review against another edition

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5.0

I don't know if this is alternate history or horror but I know it's a gripping and interesting read.
The three novella are well written and the world building is excellent.
I discovered two new to me author, requested it because I'm a fan of Turtledove, and I will surely read other books by them.
It's a book that it's strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

ckadams5's review

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1.0

This was pretty bad, to be honest. I usually like Turtledove, but his story was forced and more cliched than normal. The middle story was terrible. The last one had its moments, or maybe just a few secs. Really, the only parts I enjoyed were the cover and that Trump was defeated while I had the book from the library. This is failed satire.

annarella's review

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5.0

I don't know if this is alternate history or horror but I know it's a gripping and interesting read.
The three novella are well written and the world building is excellent.
I discovered two new to me author, requested it because I'm a fan of Turtledove, and I will surely read other books by them.
It's a book that it's strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
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