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Making History Paperback – Import, 5 August 2004

by Stephen Fry (Author)

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Michael Young is a brilliant young history student whose life is changed when he meets Leo Zuckerman, an ageing physicist with a theory that can change worlds.

Together they realise that they have the power to alter history and eradicate a great evil. But tinkering with timelines is more dangerous than they can imagine and nothing - past, present or future - will ever be the same again.

'The tensions and resolutions are intrinsically comic, made still more enjoyable by [Fry's] sinuous invention and cleverness at caricature' Spectator

'Sprightly and entertaining' Telegraph

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Stephen Fry at his twinkling best ― Sunday Times

His best novel yet ... an extravagant, deeply questioning work of science fiction ― GQ

A sci-fi comedy that is also a time-travel thriller, constantly topical and always surprising... packed with the author's personal enthusiasm and hatreds, the former red-hot and the latter icy-black ― Literary Review

A powerful imaginative pull that keeps the pages turning while the tea goes cold and the cat gets the goldfish ― The Independent

A sprightly and entertaining read ― Daily Telegraph

About the Author

Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI, and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus and The Liar - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos and Heroes, his retelling of the Greek myths, are both Sunday Times bestsellers.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arrow
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 5 August 2004
Edition ‏ : ‎ New Ed
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0099457067
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0099457060
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 405 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 3.5 x 19.8 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #311,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #154 in Time Travel Fiction
- #241 in Alternate History Science Fiction
- #2,751 in Humorous Fiction

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Mallika
But the print was great
Reviewed in India on 6 February 2016
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Promt delivery but the book has yellowed pages. But the print was great

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Winning Form Mr Lips
I am delighted to have done so
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2016
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Being an unashamed fan of alternate history or "what if" novels, I ordered this book as soon as I discovered a reference to it in a customer's review of a different "changed past" novel. I am delighted to have done so. I am a great fan of Stephen Fry as a television host and film actor, but this is the first time I have delved into one of his books.

The premise that the world might be a better place had Hitler never even been born is not exactly new, and nor is the premise that in fact his early death or non-existence might have actually made things worse. A lot worse, even. After all, the conditions which led to the Nazis' rise to power in post-World War 1 Germany would have existed whether Hitler was around or not, and a different Fuhrer might just have guided Germany to the world domination which Hitler himself failed to achieve. Here Stephen Fry creates Rudi Gloder, who becomes Fuhrer of Germany in an alternative history, and much of the world (especially Europe and most especially Russia) suffers greatly for it.

In fact, what would have been needed to stop the Nazi rise to power would have been for World War 1 to never happen, a premise which Ben Elton dealt in his excellent recent novel "Time And Time Again", and in which book the Law of Unintended Consequences also becomes all too apparent as things don't map out at all as its characters intended. If you are going to sterilise anybody by the use of a male contraceptive dropped back in time (as is the premise of Making History), rather make Kaiser Bill's father incapable of siring children, not Hitler Senior. But that is bye the bye. This is obviously all fat-fetched fiction, and, as always when it's in the hands of a writer with a fertile imagination, this alternate history work is a fascinating read.

Yes, I have a few issues with "Making History." It takes a long time to hit its stride, and I fail to see the need for several of its chapters to be written in the style of a screenplay. Furthermore, as another reviewer here has written, I probably would have liked the book even better had the alternate history part been set in Nazi Europe and not in an America which, for reasons not explained, is openly homophobic and, racist, engaged in a cold war with Europe, and overrun with secret police. Yet these American scenes are handled extremely well, as the realization gradually dawns on the reader that the country is a an increasingly far cry from the USA that we know today, and not in good ways. Obviously we will never know just what America or Europe might have been like had there been no Hitler, but Fry's imagining of it is as realistic and valid as any other potential scenario.

Despite a few quibbles, I am content to give "Making History" five stars out of five,. Once I became accustomed to the author's somewhat peculiar and rambling writing style in the early chapters, I simply could not put it down., I finished all 500 plus pages in two sittings, and missed episodes of some of my favourite TV shows while doing so. And ultimately, isn't this desire to be so engrossed in a story that we are happy to skip other pleasurable pursuits one of the principal reasons why we read books in the first place?

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Starlite
Non-Fiction Person Loved This Novel!
Reviewed in the United States on 30 April 2007
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I don't ususally read non-fiction, and have never been into the Alternate History craze. I bought this as a Stephen Fry fan, and perhaps a bit because I was a history major in college.

From page one, I could not put it down. The way Fry writes, discussing how one feels when getting up in the morning, writing a thesis, and comparing us history students to pretentious literature students for example, was hilarious and dead-on.

Mike Young is anxious to have his PhD thesis read and earn his doctorate, while living in a strained relationship with a logical but herbal tea drinking scientist. He literally bumps into a stranger with a guilty secret, and a story unravels, involving an attempt to make sure Hitler never gained power without actually going back and killing him.

Fry writes this book from several different views, a past time, thesis, young Hitler in the trenches, screenplay, etc. I love his writing style, one rarely makes me laugh out loud, but as I said, his takes on life's little crises are on the mark.

The ending is good too, perhaps something has changed after all. There is a side story that some might not like, but it's so near the end you won't want to stop reading.

If you were like me and have never ventured into time travel stories, and have a good sense of humor, and a love of things British, buy this book! You'll be calling all those "Eds" at work "Double Eddie" in no time.

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Candice Du
Book Pretty worn out
Reviewed in France on 3 September 2014
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Book pretty worn out but for such a small price I can t complain too much!
Delivered on time. Great reading!

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Cliente Amazon
Ottimo acquisto!
Reviewed in Italy on 14 April 2018
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Libro appassionante e con continui colpi di scena, il primo libro che leggo in inglese e l'ho letto piacevolmente perché è scritto molto bene. Arrivato usato(come richiesto) ma in perfetto stato!

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