Comments on: The Struggle for Empire http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-struggle-for-empire Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Update: Japanese to the Rescue – Frog in a Well Japan http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-139741 Update: Japanese to the Rescue – Frog in a Well Japan Tue, 18 May 2010 19:09:31 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-139741 [...] posting that Cole also wrote a book that posits the expansion of the Anglo-Saxon empire into space. Read more about this over at his blog. [↩]I scanned the title page, the first chapter, and then the [...] [...] posting that Cole also wrote a book that posits the expansion of the Anglo-Saxon empire into space. Read more about this over at his blog. [↩]I scanned the title page, the first chapter, and then the [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-104996 Brett Holman Tue, 05 May 2009 06:04:37 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-104996 Thanks! I can't remember any description of a flag, and it seems like the sort of detail he'd miss out on. I couldn't swear to it, though. Thanks! I can't remember any description of a flag, and it seems like the sort of detail he'd miss out on. I couldn't swear to it, though.

]]> By: Senix http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-104973 Senix Mon, 04 May 2009 23:57:01 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-104973 Sounds awesome. Purely out of curiosity, does Cole give a flag for his Anglo-Saxon Empire? I ask because the whole thing dimly reminds me of one of Moorcock's books, in which he had a hybrid British-Japanese zeppelin-borne empire using the UJ defaced with a crysanthemum. Swell blog, by the way. Sounds awesome. Purely out of curiosity, does Cole give a flag for his Anglo-Saxon Empire? I ask because the whole thing dimly reminds me of one of Moorcock's books, in which he had a hybrid British-Japanese zeppelin-borne empire using the UJ defaced with a crysanthemum.

Swell blog, by the way.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100995 Brett Holman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:02:58 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100995 Yes, I read a friend's copy of <em>Space: 1889</em> when it first came out -- never played it though! It was very cleverly done, as I recall. Yes, I read a friend's copy of Space: 1889 when it first came out -- never played it though! It was very cleverly done, as I recall.

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100703 Ricardo Reis Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:58:24 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100703 no, my exclusive fault, diagonal reading and 20 tabs are a sure way to blunder (and also trying to escape programming work). By the way, there's a role playing game on an alternative history where England goes and extends it's empire into space: Space 1889: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1889 I think it shares some common lines with the post... ps: I will refrain from posting before reading full next time. You're writing is fine Bret and a pleasure to read. no, my exclusive fault, diagonal reading and 20 tabs are a sure way to blunder (and also trying to escape programming work). By the way, there's a role playing game on an alternative history where England goes and extends it's empire into space:

Space 1889: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1889

I think it shares some common lines with the post...

ps: I will refrain from posting before reading full next time. You're writing is fine Bret and a pleasure to read.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100669 Brett Holman Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:55:03 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100669 Sorry, Ricardo -- you can blame me for not writing clearly enough! I'm lucky -- my university library has it! If you search with <a href="http://used.addall.com/" rel="nofollow">AddALL</a> there's currently the same edition I used (i.e. facsimile edition, with two other early sf novels) for US$152, which is still a little on the expensive side ... Sorry, Ricardo -- you can blame me for not writing clearly enough!

I'm lucky -- my university library has it! If you search with AddALL there's currently the same edition I used (i.e. facsimile edition, with two other early sf novels) for US$152, which is still a little on the expensive side ...

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100610 Ricardo Reis Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:19:05 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100610 oh God, what an error I made... no delete button? oh God, what an error I made... no delete button?

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100608 Ricardo Reis Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:14:00 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100608 "A world war early in the 20th century set Britain, Germany and the United States against France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Italy." ..., being nitty-picky, shouldn't it read "A world war early in the 20th century set Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey." ? Where did you found the book? It seems there no digital versions and no book retails for less than 250 USD... :( "A world war early in the 20th century set Britain, Germany and the United States against France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Italy."

..., being nitty-picky, shouldn't it read

"A world war early in the 20th century set Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey." ?

Where did you found the book? It seems there no digital versions and no book retails for less than 250 USD... :(

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100253 Brett Holman Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:00:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100253 UG: Of course, it probably helps the naval analogy when you've got anti-gravity and don't have to worry about orbital mechanics ... Jack: Yes, that is groovy :) UG:

Of course, it probably helps the naval analogy when you've got anti-gravity and don't have to worry about orbital mechanics ...

Jack:

Yes, that is groovy :)

]]> By: Jack http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100220 Jack Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:02:27 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100220 How strangely cosmically coincidental! While it isn't a 'Space Opera' by your definition, I have also just posted about an Opera set in space (albeit one of a more 'groovy' nature): http://hijackmcgowan.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/papa-john-sufficiently-hairy-but-too-spaced-out/ How strangely cosmically coincidental! While it isn't a 'Space Opera' by your definition, I have also just posted about an Opera set in space (albeit one of a more 'groovy' nature):

http://hijackmcgowan.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/papa-john-sufficiently-hairy-but-too-spaced-out/

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