Reviews for Not this August

The average rating for Not this August based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-04-02 00:00:00 Clairette Simard If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review. Bleakest SF Author Writes Something not That Bleak: "Not This August" by Cyril M. Kornbluth, Fred Pohl Published 1981.     '"Satagraha," Mr. Sparhawk said absently. "Soul force. It works, you know. Most of the time, that is. Their tendency is to assume that one's probably all right and that anyway it's not business of theirs.'   What I wouldn't have given to read this without Pohl's hand at re-writing…   I just want to say this. Just because I read and now I'm watching 11.22.63 a note to time travelers: I advise going back back to 1958, renting a car, and giving Kornbluth a lift. He has been shoveling snow out of the way all morning…   If you're into Vintage SF, read on.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-03-25 00:00:00 Randall Pulver I read this Cold War era tale of a Third World War back in the '60s when the Vietnam War was raging and the Korean War was not yet a distant memory. So this story of Soviet conquest and occupation didn't seem that far fetched, at the time. But mostly Kornbluth carries it off because he's a superior writer who creates believable characters and puts them in interesting situations. There's no glorification of plucky resistance fighters a la Red Dawn. It's a grim and gritty antiwar story, although it does end optimistically. I'd say it still has something to offer those who like the alternative history genre, with a tinge of eastern mysticism.