J Harper said: I've heard about this book. The one where SS stormtroopers are revitalized to help fight alien invaders, right?



Besides the obvious, what was awful about the book? I'm curious to know. Click to expand...

Couldn't say whether there was any awfulness in the plot aside from the obvious consequences of the premise. Never read it.Did, however, read the extensive author's notes. Kratman lost me once and for all about the time that he started claiming that anyone who failed to support Bush Administration foreign policy in every detail was a traitor to Western Civilization and should be treated as such. This, as I recall, was at the height of the Iraq War and not too long after things like Gunatanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib were public knowledge.I have seen him rant at length about how, as a former military officer, he would never criticize the President because to do so would be treason. I idly wonder how he feels about that position now, but I can't be arsed to go find out. The man's not important enough to worry about his positions, except as they reflect a certain lunatic fringe of the American conservative movement.