description Colonization: Down to Earth Overview
Colonization: Down to Earth is a 2000 alternate-history novel by Harry Turtledove and the second volume in the Colonization trilogy. It continues the setting established in the Worldwar series, in which an alien species called the Race occupies much of Earth during the Second World War. Human governments compete and cooperate under the pressure of alien control, while nuclear weapons and rival national interests create a conflict with Cold War characteristics.
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Who wrote Colonization: Down to Earth?
Colonization: Down to Earth was written by Harry Turtledove. It was published in 2000 as the second book in the Colonization trilogy.
What is the Race in Colonization: Down to Earth?
The Race is an alien species occupying much of Earth during the Second World War. Its invasion creates a three-way strategic situation involving the aliens and competing human powers.
How is Colonization: Down to Earth connected to Worldwar?
The Colonization trilogy continues the setting established in Turtledove's Worldwar series. Both series follow an alien occupation of Earth during the era of the Second World War.
What makes the setting of Down to Earth different from ordinary World War II fiction?
The war is fought while human nations must respond to an alien power controlling large parts of the planet. Military decisions therefore involve both human rivalries and the threat posed by the Race.
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