tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post6209060946684378512..comments2023-10-30T08:40:59.016-04:00Comments on Wolfish Musings: Jewish Historical FictionBrooklynWolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-68448313586531599902007-12-18T22:39:00.000-05:002007-12-18T22:39:00.000-05:00I read the source and wasn't very impressed. Miche...I read the source and wasn't very impressed. Michener had people do most of the research for him, not that he wasn't a gifted writer.<BR/><BR/>I also sensed subtle anti-semitism by his portrayal of some of the characters.Joels W. https://www.blogger.com/profile/07902859333047138964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-4372615984442017352007-12-02T08:46:00.000-05:002007-12-02T08:46:00.000-05:00As A Driven Leaf touched me deeply on so many leve...As A Driven Leaf touched me deeply on so many levels. It was extraordinary to hear Milton Steinberg explore his own tortured Jewish journey through his presentation of Acher's story, all the while journeying with ME on my own tortured Jewish journey. It was like being engaged in a brotherly multi-generational conversation of the highest import and passion.<BR/><BR/>The very end of the book made me cry, and more than once.<BR/><BR/>mnuez<BR/>www.mnuez.blogspot.commnuezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328856077944673860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-67655103899613246832007-11-27T01:01:00.000-05:002007-11-27T01:01:00.000-05:00Confiscating Turtledove?Maybe he should try some Y...Confiscating Turtledove?<BR/><BR/>Maybe he should try some Yeshivish alternate history. There's a novel by ArtScroll in which a young assimilated Jewish Viennese journalist goes to France to cover the Dreyfuss affair and is so shocked by the antisemitism he discovers that he dedicates his life to.... studying with Samson Raphael Hirsch! <BR/><BR/>Perhaps this counts as haredi fantasy rather than alternate history; true alternate history would require a sequel in which Hitler was defeated by the Hirschian factions in the German military, since, without any Zionists around, God had no cause to bring the Holocaust. Or some such tripe.Reb Yudelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475293471910146749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-46671744564151564372007-11-26T14:07:00.000-05:002007-11-26T14:07:00.000-05:00I agree with you on the Card books. The other two...I agree with you on the Card books. The other two came out of left field.<BR/><BR/>Our youngest son (Out of Ammo) is a big fan of the Turtledove books. He just skipped into HS this year. He was laying in his bed, reading one of those alternate history books, when one of the rebbeim came by and confiscated it right out of his hands.<BR/><BR/>He said it was the scariest experience of his life.PsychoToddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874353280798371891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-8396628670427311122007-11-23T13:35:00.000-05:002007-11-23T13:35:00.000-05:00the only Orson Scott Card book i've read, which wa...the only Orson Scott Card book i've read, which was really really good, was <I>Pastwatch: the Redemption of Christopher Columbus</I>.<BR/><BR/>See Chana the Curious Jew's review of <I>As A Driven Leaf</I> <A HREF="http://curiousjew.blogspot.com/2007/07/as-driven-leaf.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://curiousjew.blogspot.com/2007/07/as-driven-leaf-in-brief.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07694556690190505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-21532127370247491402007-11-22T22:14:00.000-05:002007-11-22T22:14:00.000-05:00I don't know what Card is now, but in his youth he...I don't know what Card is now, but in his youth he used to be a Hamevaser Mormon -- orthodox but modern. He may have become Centrist as he grew older.Reb Yudelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475293471910146749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-39681402936133013602007-11-22T20:54:00.000-05:002007-11-22T20:54:00.000-05:00Just so you know, Orson Scott Card is a lunatic Mo...Just so you know, Orson Scott Card is a lunatic Mormon. Not stam a Mormon, a lunatic Mormon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-67604159526410544042007-11-22T15:49:00.000-05:002007-11-22T15:49:00.000-05:00i don't read too much fiction, but as a driven lea...i don't read too much fiction, but as a driven leaf was one of the best i've ever read.<BR/><BR/>i love chaim potok (although his themes are very repetitive)<BR/><BR/>also jack london' seawolfLion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-9644403969327244842007-11-22T13:00:00.000-05:002007-11-22T13:00:00.000-05:00Hey Wolf, I just read two amazing novels by Khaled...Hey Wolf, <BR/><BR/>I just read two amazing novels by Khaled Housseini: "The Kite Runner" and his newest "A Thousand Splendid Suns". I promise you, if you like historical fiction, even non-Jewish historical fiction, you will not be disappointed. Both books moved me deeply, even to tears. Both also shed a new light of life in Afghanistan pre and post 9-11. Both are fast reads because the books will be devoured. They are that good.<BR/><BR/>Let me know if you read them. Seriously worth it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com