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_Fitzpatrick's War_, Theodore Judson.
Recommended especially for Liam. The conceit of this novel is that it is a partial autobiography of a man named Robert Bruce, circa 2420, which has been recently discovered and being published by an historian at St. Matthew's University in the year 2580ish. The charm of the novel is that Judson takes two or three dozen common tropes and either inverts them or takes them out to generally unexplored logical conclusions, while never missing a chance to point out how primary documents may be simultaneously self-serving yet more truthful than secondaries. Oh, and if you want to explain the idea of revisionism, this is your monkey. This one will be a favorite among historians for the next few years, I think.
Recommended especially for Liam. The conceit of this novel is that it is a partial autobiography of a man named Robert Bruce, circa 2420, which has been recently discovered and being published by an historian at St. Matthew's University in the year 2580ish. The charm of the novel is that Judson takes two or three dozen common tropes and either inverts them or takes them out to generally unexplored logical conclusions, while never missing a chance to point out how primary documents may be simultaneously self-serving yet more truthful than secondaries. Oh, and if you want to explain the idea of revisionism, this is your monkey. This one will be a favorite among historians for the next few years, I think.
