Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Two Georges by Richard Dreyfuss The Two Georges (novel) The Two Georges is an alternate history novel co-written by science fiction author Harry Turtledove and Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss. It was originally published in 1995 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom, and in 1996 by Tor Books in the United States. It was nominated for the 1995 Sidewise Award for Alternate History. For more than two centuries, the present-day United States and Canada have been the North American Union, an integral part of the British Empire as a result of an agreement between George Washington and King George III of Great Britain. This event is commemorated in a Thomas Gainsborough painting titled The Two Georges and has itself become a symbol of national unity, much like the Stars and Stripes, which in this world is the "Jack and Stripes." While being displayed in the great city of New Liverpool (formerly Los Angeles), the painting is stolen while a crowd is distracted by the murder of "Honest" Dick (a.k.a "Tricky" Dick), the Steamer King, a nationally-known used steamer (car) salesman - who, based on his nickname and description is clearly intended to be Richard Nixon. Colonel Thomas Bushell of the Royal American Mounted Police leads the search for the painting, accompanied by curator Kathleen Flannery and Captain Samuel Stanley. Some days later, a ransom note is received from the Sons of Liberty, a paramilitary organization that wants to see America independent of the British Empire. The search takes Bushell, Flannery and Stanley across the North American Union via airship (an advanced form of dirigible), trains and steamer. Along the way, the trio's investigations bring them into contact with many suspected members of the Sons of Liberty, including Boston tabloid editor John Kennedy. The Governor-General of the Union, Sir Martin Luther King, informs Bushell in confidence that the painting must be recovered in time for the impending state visit of King-Emperor Charles III, or the government will pay the Sons' ransom demand of 50 million pounds. The searchers arrive at Victoria, the Union capital, and manage to discover The Two Georges an hour before the King-Emperor arrives and avert an assassination attempt by the Sons of Liberty; both on the dock where the King-Emperor lands and at the All-Union Art Museum where the King-Emperor is giving a speech in front of the recovered painting (an explosive is hidden in the picture frame). Bushell and Stanley are both knighted by the King-Emperor for their efforts. THE TWO GEORGES. Alternate-world yarn from Oscar winner Dreyfuss and Hugo winner Turtledove (Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance, 1995). In this world, the American Revolution never happened, and the North American Union is an integral part of the British Empire—a union symbolized by the Gainsborough painting of the title, featuring George III and George Washington. The tranquility of the NAU- -peaceful, nonviolent, multicultural, technologically 1930s—is threatened only by the ruthless, fascist, separatist Sons of Liberty terrorist group. As the painting tours the NAU, alcoholic divorcÇ Colonel Thomas Bushell of the Royal American Mounties, along with custodian Kathleen Flannery, is given the task of guarding it. In New Liverpool (Los Angeles), used-car salesman Tricky Dick is murdered as a diversion while the Sons steal the painting—just days before King-Emperor Charles III is due to arrive. Bushell's boss, Sir Horace Bragg, and Governor-general Sir Martin Luther King are, understandably, upset. Bushell investigates assiduously, but fails to come up with the painting. Worse, someone highly placed in the RAMS is leaking information to the Sons. Eventually, in Victoria (Washington), Bushell will be called upon to prevent the assassination of Charles III. Despite the rather ponderous approach, Dreyfuss and Turtledove's might-have-been world—something like an indefinitely extended Victorian idyll—charms as it intrigues, and the above- average characters help compensate for the movie-ish sleuthing. Pub Date: March 1, 1996. ISBN: 0-312-85969-4. Page Count: 384. Publisher: Tor. Review Posted Online: May 20, 2010. Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1996. Share your opinion of this book. Did you like this book? A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. New York Times Bestseller. DEVOLUTION. by Max Brooks ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2020. Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006). A zombie apocalypse is one thing. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people.” Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesn’t know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival. Indeed, the novel does double duty as a survival manual, packed full of good advice—for instance, try not to get wounded, for “injury turns you from a giver to a taker. Taking up our resources, our time to care for you.” Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, leading to “immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,” and there’s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows. Brooks is a pro at building suspense even if it plays out in some rather spectacularly yucky episodes, one involving a short spear that takes its name from “the sucking sound of pulling it out of the dead man’s heart and lungs.” Grossness aside, it puts you right there on the scene. A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. The Two Georges by Richard Dreyfuss. Hooray! 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