Opinions on Pastwatch: The Redemption of Chriostopher Columbus

[nakum]

What are your opinions on the book? I just finished it and mostly liked it.

 

[karl2025]

I found the book enjoyable, mostly. It's been a while since I read it.

 

[Amerigo Vespucci]

It's a nice entry-level alternate history book ... I'm not sure what message the author was trying to get across, though.

 

[Atom]

I had shingles when I read it, and anything that takes your mind off the pain at that point was really appreciated, so I think it was a GREAT book. I don't know if I would have the same opinion now, but y'know.

 

[Polish Eagle]

Good book. Found the idea of Tlaxcalans conquering the Old World implausible, however. And some part of me still wants the Europeans to conquer the New World. But it was a good read.

 

[nakum]

Ya, I was kind of disappointed when Caribia wouldn't let the Portuguese explore Brasil.

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Never read it save a summary, but I have no idea why Columbus would cry at hearing how he would have killed the Indians. Columbus wouldn't have given a damn. To him, the Indians were savages who were to be used as slave labor with no never-mind because they weren't Christian or "civilized".

 

[Polish Eagle]

Never read it save a summary, but I have no idea why Columbus would cry at hearing how he would have killed the Indians. Columbus wouldn't have given a damn. To him, the Indians were savages who were to be used as slave labor with no never-mind because they weren't Christian or "civilized".

Yeah, that's another problem. I'm having trouble believing that either side would maintain a utopian peace. One side will look down their noses at the other, and a war is inevitable. You just can't write the racial factor out with 10 years of teaching!

 

[RealityBYTES]

It's been years since I read the book, but from what I remember of it, it wasn't half bad.

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