Es Geloybte Aretz - a Germanwank

[Vingilótë]

Congratulations!

I have much enjoyed reading this timeline over the past 7 years, and look forwards to the future epilogue snippets. A magnificent story

 

[Knightmare]

Thanks for the reading, been one helluva ride.

 

[Samuel Von Straßburg]

This was excellent to read!

 

[carlton_bach]

Can we assume there will be nothing similarly ambitious in the immediate future to replace it given your family’s demand on your time?

I have hopes, but - probably not until next year. Wrapping up this will keep me busy for a while anyways.

 

[JohnOfNottingham]

Congrats on reaching completion and thanks for taking us along.

It should be said again that this is one of the best timelines I have had the pleasure of reading.

 

[Thomas Dewey]

While I didn't get into reading this timeline until it was already a few years old, I have to say that it was one of the best written and researched timelines that I have had the pleasure of reading. I can't wait to read the wrap-up. Congratulations.

 

[Llamastrangler]

Indeed, thank you for an intricate and fascinating timeline which has given me years of pleasure

 

[Jonathan Edelstein]

Allow me to add my congratulations to everyone else's: this timeline has been a standard-setter. I look forward to seeing its future, even if in reduced form.

 

[Shard]

This timeline was an excellent read, throughout most of my lurking over here.

 

[Richter von Manthofen]

Well - I just can't "like" the end of the TL...

I had high hopes you would carry the story into and beyond the coming rematch...

Sigh - I assume even the best times must end some day...

 

[ShortsBelfast]

Magnificent story which I hugely enjoyed. I hope you have ideas for a sequel!

 

[canute]

I'll just join in and say that I have enjoyed this excellent timeline, and look for whatever you decide to do next

 

[St. Just]

Excellent TL -- and a nice scene to end it on!

 

[Dolf]

Great story and I hope for a continuation no matter in what form

 

[DG_Alpha]

Congratulations on completing a great story. I enjoyed it start to finish.

 

[Pedersen]

thank you as well for a well-written story. I like to imagine that all alternative history stories, if not all stories, carry a point or a commentary on the history of the world itself. Strangely enough for a German-Russian centred story, my main takeaway is the extent to which OTL is an Ameriwank. The style of the writing in the vignettes can be compared favourably to that of a young Len Deighton.

 

[Julio92]

Is it the end of everything or just of the first "book"?

 

[carlton_bach]

Is it the end of everything or just of the first "book"?

It is the end of the main timeline. There will be a continuation, in a briefer format (mostly mock-history book style) and an epilogue (looking at the world in the early 21st century), but this is it. No longer will we follow the fates of Wilhelm, von der Goltz, and Rathenau, the rising stars of Souchon and Seeckt, the fame of Ingenohl and Falkenhayn, or the careers of Feldwebel Lagarde and Telephonist Grishina.

But first, I'm going to put a story-only version, cleaned up and with canonical retcons, into Finished Timelines and Scenarios. That's what's been keeping me busy lately.

 

[Richter von Manthofen]

Stopping now is like Tolkien had stopped after Helms Deep.

 

[J. de Vos]

Endings are one of the most difficult things to do. I like that it's not quite ended, merely a change of formatting. I think this is quite satisfactory.

If you want a bad ending, read the Dark Tower by Stephen King.