WTF? Norsemen attacking Puritans? That’s some altered history, all right. Plus the trees look like moldy cotton candy and the men all have gray skin. I guess it’s a dead altered history.
And…if America was so altered, would the red, white, and blue be its colors? Would the flag be the same? Huh? Huh?
Looking at this cover, I say the pitchfork-bearing Puritans take the wimpy-ass Norsemen in three rounds or less.
I’m assuming that in the cover’s “altered history” the Norse were able to conquer North America back in the 11th Century. I’m not sure if that would have been logistically possible (the English had a hard enough time dealing the the Native Americans with much superior technology and the ability to build populations much more efficiently than the Norse would have been able to) or that even if they they did why that would result in them losing contact with Europe and/or have their technology frozen in the 11th Century.
I haven’t read any of this book so I have no idea what’s actually written. Does that particular story’s author state that Vikings conquered North America? Or do they merely have a few settlements? Maybe they found common ground with the Native Americans, much like the first settlers in the 1600’s. And the technological advances between the 11th and 17th centuries were few. I don’t see that as an implausible scenario.
But what’s at issue is the cover. I don’t see this as art for a refrigerator, just poorly executed. The font choice is bad though. It really clashes with the artwork in both color and style.
The story isn’t mentioned in the description (though it does mention a story about a 20th Century war between elves and leprechauns in the American Midwest!) so I was making assumptions. Sorry, I kind of have a pet peeve about the “alternate history” genre. I could go on about why I think the cover’s scenario is unlikely but, as you said, that’s not what the site is about.
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WTF? Norsemen attacking Puritans? That’s some altered history, all right. Plus the trees look like moldy cotton candy and the men all have gray skin. I guess it’s a dead altered history.
And…if America was so altered, would the red, white, and blue be its colors? Would the flag be the same? Huh? Huh?
Looking at this cover, I say the pitchfork-bearing Puritans take the wimpy-ass Norsemen in three rounds or less.
I’m assuming that in the cover’s “altered history” the Norse were able to conquer North America back in the 11th Century. I’m not sure if that would have been logistically possible (the English had a hard enough time dealing the the Native Americans with much superior technology and the ability to build populations much more efficiently than the Norse would have been able to) or that even if they they did why that would result in them losing contact with Europe and/or have their technology frozen in the 11th Century.
I haven’t read any of this book so I have no idea what’s actually written. Does that particular story’s author state that Vikings conquered North America? Or do they merely have a few settlements? Maybe they found common ground with the Native Americans, much like the first settlers in the 1600’s. And the technological advances between the 11th and 17th centuries were few. I don’t see that as an implausible scenario.
But what’s at issue is the cover. I don’t see this as art for a refrigerator, just poorly executed. The font choice is bad though. It really clashes with the artwork in both color and style.
The story isn’t mentioned in the description (though it does mention a story about a 20th Century war between elves and leprechauns in the American Midwest!) so I was making assumptions. Sorry, I kind of have a pet peeve about the “alternate history” genre. I could go on about why I think the cover’s scenario is unlikely but, as you said, that’s not what the site is about.
Elves vs. Leprechauns! A pay-per-view event!
They should have put that on the cover. Even if it had been poorly done it would have been glorious.
Agreed!
“Tell Brunnhilde to wait until she sees the whites of their eyes before singing ‘The Ride of the Valkyries’.”