V-S day, a novel of alternate history, Allen Steele
Type
Label
V-S day, a novel of alternate history, Allen Steele
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-308)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
V-S day
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
852221702
Responsibility statement
Allen Steele
Sub title
a novel of alternate history
Summary
"With a gift for visionary fiction that "would make Robert A. Heinlein proud" (Entertainment Weekly), three-time Hugo Award-winning author Allen Steele now imagines an alternate history rooted in an actual historical possibility: What if the race to space had occurred in the early days of World War II? It's 1941, and Wernher von Braun is ordered by his fuhrer to abandon the V-2 rocket and turn German resources in a daring new direction: construction of a manned orbital spacecraft capable of attacking the United States. Work on the rocket--called Silvervogel--begins at Peenemunde. Though the plan is top secret, British intelligence discovers it and brings word to Franklin Roosevelt. The American president determines that there is only one logical response: The United States must build a spacecraft with the ability to intercept Silvervogel and destroy it. Robert Goddard, inventor of the liquid-fuel rocket, agrees to head the classified project. So begins a race against time between two secret military programs and two brilliant scientists whose high-stakes competition will spiral into a deadly game of political intrigue and unforeseen catastrophes played to the death in the brutal skies above America"--, Provided by publisher
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Subject
- Inventors -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 + Science -- Fiction
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Sciences -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Science fiction
- Secrets -- Fiction
- Scientists + History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Space race + History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Conquête de l'espace + Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Alternative history -- Fiction
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- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject10
- Inventors -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 + Science -- Fiction
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Sciences -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Science fiction
- Secrets -- Fiction
- Scientists + History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Space race + History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Conquête de l'espace + Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Alternative history -- Fiction
- Content1
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