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Post by lordroel on Jun 10, 2023 9:42:50 GMT
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Post by stevep on Jun 10, 2023 13:16:58 GMT
Damn you Lordroel. I had things to do this afternoon! Fascinating read with some interesting new characters added to the story, such as Toni and Breaker. Looking forward to more although sounds like the phyrric last stand of Thunderchild is just about to occur.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 10, 2023 13:23:42 GMT
Damn you Lordroel. I had things to do this afternoon! Fascinating read with some interesting new characters added to the story, such as Toni and Breaker. Looking forward to more although sounds like the phyrric last stand of Thunderchild is just about to occur.
At your service, yes the last stand of HMS Thunderchild will be one to remember for the history books. |
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Post by Max Sinister on Jun 12, 2023 5:37:58 GMT
Interesting new idea.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 15, 2023 3:18:26 GMT
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Post by stevep on Jun 15, 2023 15:11:12 GMT
Been following it via a link I made and some very interesting ideas as well as foreshadowing of a lot of things to come post the invasion with a lot of changes in Britain.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 15, 2023 15:18:26 GMT
Been following it via a link I made and some very interesting ideas as well as foreshadowing of a lot of things to come post the invasion with a lot of changes in Britain.
Want to know if the Martian invasion is only happening on the British Isles ore also in the rest of the world. Would be cool to see the French and Germans landing troops to come to the British aid. |
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Post by stevep on Jun 15, 2023 15:26:46 GMT
Been following it via a link I made and some very interesting ideas as well as foreshadowing of a lot of things to come post the invasion with a lot of changes in Britain.
Want to know if the Martian invasion is only happening on the British Isles ore also in the rest of the world. Would be cool to see the French and Germans landing troops to come to the British aid.
So far there's been nothing mentioned about attacks outside the UK, or even the British mainland. - The book is often see as a criticism of western imperialism during this time period to make more people question it and given his political viewpoints that seems quite likely. IIRC there's nothing in the original story of anything happening outside the UK before disease saves humanity. Mind you there's a lot of people and side stories which weren't in the original including people like the Curies, Breaker Morant, Toni and the like as well as some of the military characters that might be briefly mentioned in the original.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 15, 2023 17:30:27 GMT
Want to know if the Martian invasion is only happening on the British Isles ore also in the rest of the world. Would be cool to see the French and Germans landing troops to come to the British aid. So far there's been nothing mentioned about attacks outside the UK, or even the British mainland. - The book is often see as a criticism of western imperialism during this time period to make more people question it and given his political viewpoints that seems quite likely. IIRC there's nothing in the original story of anything happening outside the UK before disease saves humanity. Mind you there's a lot of people and side stories which weren't in the original including people like the Curies, Breaker Morant, Toni and the like as well as some of the military characters that might be briefly mentioned in the original.
Then let hope this does not have a Heat Ray then, easy for the Martians to fly and destroy the Royal Navy, Channel Fleet.  Wich in the BBC mini series showed their strength against the Martians as even now, artillery is the only thing tat can take out their walkers. |
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Post by gillan1220 on Jun 22, 2023 4:35:22 GMT
I wonder how the Martian Invasion will butterfly the 20th Century. Perhaps with Europe distracted, Cuba and the Philippines declare independence just like OTL but without the Spanish to reinforce their colonies, the independence movement will succeed without U.S. intervention.
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Post by gillan1220 on Jun 27, 2023 2:05:40 GMT
Want to know if the Martian invasion is only happening on the British Isles ore also in the rest of the world. Would be cool to see the French and Germans landing troops to come to the British aid.
So far there's been nothing mentioned about attacks outside the UK, or even the British mainland. - The book is often see as a criticism of western imperialism during this time period to make more people question it and given his political viewpoints that seems quite likely. IIRC there's nothing in the original story of anything happening outside the UK before disease saves humanity. Mind you there's a lot of people and side stories which weren't in the original including people like the Curies, Breaker Morant, Toni and the like as well as some of the military characters that might be briefly mentioned in the original.
In that sense, the invasion is happening at the time of the Boer War and King Leopold's atrocities in the Congo? |
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Post by stevep on Jun 27, 2023 9:51:43 GMT
Just noticed on the most recent post on the site, for Sunday 27th
I'm crap at anagrams but even I get that one. Obviously at lead one Doctor fan in the people producing the story. 
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Post by stevep on Jun 27, 2023 9:55:51 GMT
So far there's been nothing mentioned about attacks outside the UK, or even the British mainland. - The book is often see as a criticism of western imperialism during this time period to make more people question it and given his political viewpoints that seems quite likely. IIRC there's nothing in the original story of anything happening outside the UK before disease saves humanity. Mind you there's a lot of people and side stories which weren't in the original including people like the Curies, Breaker Morant, Toni and the like as well as some of the military characters that might be briefly mentioned in the original.
In that sense, the invasion is happening at the time of the Boer War and King Leopold's atrocities in the Congo?
Pretty much. The story is often seen as a case of Wells seeking to highlight the excesses of colonialism around the world by western powers. Its a bit before the Boer's started the 2nd Boer war with their attack on the British Cape and Rhodesian colonies in 1899 but they might seek to advance that here given Britain's problems.
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Post by gillan1220 on Jun 27, 2023 10:00:49 GMT
In that sense, the invasion is happening at the time of the Boer War and King Leopold's atrocities in the Congo?
Pretty much. The story is often seen as a case of Wells seeking to highlight the excesses of colonialism around the world by western powers. Its a bit before the Boer's started the 2nd Boer war with their attack on the British Cape and Rhodesian colonies in 1899 but they might seek to advance that here given Britain's problems.
1897-1898 was the period when colonialism was about to reach its end. The Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico would revolt from Spain. Further out east, Japan was a rising power. Japan and the United States almost clashed in Hawaii, as the U.S. was slowly expanding into the Pacific. It's an interesting analogy to how the Martians are the European colonizers themselves. |
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