Colonization (series)
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Colonization is a trilogy of
The Race has settled and plans to colonize nearly half the surface of the Earth, including Africa, Australia, China, southern Asia, Mexico, Central America, South America, Spain, Portugal, and Poland (prewar Poland and East Prussia). The United States, Canada, the Soviet Union, the Greater German Reich (Germany and the territories that it occupied during World War II), the United Kingdom, and Japan are the only other powers when the Race's colonization fleet of 80–100 million settlers arrives. Humanity and The Race still jockey for advantages over each other.
Novels
Books of the Colonization trilogy are:
- Colonization: Second Contact (1999)
- Colonization: Down to Earth (2000)
- Colonization: Aftershocks (2001)
A follow-up novel to this series, Homeward Bound, was released in 2004.
Political situation
Technology
The Race's initial invasion has benefited the technology of humanity. With the end to the second round of fighting, alien technology is being rapidly absorbed by humanity. Although the Race remains superior in technology, it is swiftly losing ground as human technology advances.
By the end of Colonization: Aftershocks, the United States and the Greater German Reich already have spacecraft floating among the asteroid belt. The Americans have also launched two human starships. The Soviet Union, the United States, and the Greater German Reich have established a Moon base, and Germany then the US put a man on Mars.
Literary criticism and reception
A writer from the Irish Independent called the Colonization series one of the best of Turtledove's works.[2]
References
- ^ "Uchronia: Worldwar & Colonization". www.uchronia.net.
- ^ "BOOK WORM ... LOST CLASSICS". Irish Independent. April 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-02.