[gurps] Slighty GURPS - Trying to find a book

[Kurt Feltenberger]

Michael Stork wrote:
> Onno Meyer wrote:
>> Little disclaimer, I haven't read the more recent books. I found what 
>> his series did to Germany distasteful enough to stop buying them. And 
>> no, I'm not talking about the nature of the Posleen :-)
> Hi Onno
>
> I'm curious, what did you object to in Watch on the Rhine? Sure it 
> portrayed German politicians in a bad light, but it did that 
> everywhere. IIRC it took what was basically a mutinee by the military 
> to halt the invasion in the Americas. Was there something specific 
> that I missed in Watch?
>
> Mike S. 

I'm not Onno, but my view was that the characters were hackneyed, 
cliched, and caricatures of exceedingly bad WW2 propaganda movies. All 
in all, I thought it was the worst book I've read in years (up to that 
point) and it soured me to anything with Ringo's name on the cover. I 
really don't care what the author's motivations or reasons were for 
writing it that way. If you want to make a point, write an editorial and 
get it published. I spent $8.00 on dreck that was barely readable 
because every couple pages (or more often depending on the event) I'd 
stop, shake my head, and ask, "WTF is this guy's point?"

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