This sticky is for those members of the Feldgrau community that have published fictional works. While in a different category from historical fact-finding and unit histories, accomplishing this feat is still worthy of recognition.
I'll start with Prit Buttar, gourmand, physician, and Forum Hero.
Prit's book is not a reference, nor is it a collection of facts. It's fiction, plain and simple. However, it is all that one would expect from him.
Many of us are acquainted with Prit's expertise as a researcher. He has used much of the knowledge gained in writing There Stood A Soldier. I quote from the back cover:
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1942: After a winter of setbacks, the Wehrmacht is rolling forwards again, the Red Army seemingly unable to halt it.
As the soldiers of both armies fight and try to survive, their paths cross and recross as they travel towards a distant city on the Volga:
STALINGRAD
Well written, poignant, it does a very good job of portraying all that is best, and worst, in the German soldier. A very good read.
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No, nothing like that. I understand that the story grew out of some research he was doing. It's not a Forum Hero Tale, or anything like that. Those will come later, when we can find more illustrators!Jason Pipes wrote:Are there indirect references to Feldgrau or forum members in it?
No, it's just a fictional story about some infantrymen fighting towards and in Stalingrad.
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Ah Prit, you'll not escape that easily!!!!!
Folks, I remember Prit working his arse off to complete this novel!!! I don't even want to tell you the effort he put into it!!!! Me, I was just a mere spectator cheering him on with minor suggestions as I watched this drama unfold!!!!!
Wait until you see his next effort!!!!! A clue--it's straight history, has a ton of sources (literally, if you weigh the books he's consulted!) and deals with a late war subject! I've seen some awesome previews.....
Best,
David
Folks, I remember Prit working his arse off to complete this novel!!! I don't even want to tell you the effort he put into it!!!! Me, I was just a mere spectator cheering him on with minor suggestions as I watched this drama unfold!!!!!
Wait until you see his next effort!!!!! A clue--it's straight history, has a ton of sources (literally, if you weigh the books he's consulted!) and deals with a late war subject! I've seen some awesome previews.....
Best,
David
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Hi Guys,Commissar D, the Evil wrote:Ah Prit, you'll not escape that easily!!!!!
Folks, I remember Prit working his arse off to complete this novel!!! I don't even want to tell you the effort he put into it!!!! Me, I was just a mere spectator cheering him on with minor suggestions as I watched this drama unfold!!!!!
Wait until you see his next effort!!!!! A clue--it's straight history, has a ton of sources (literally, if you weigh the books he's consulted!) and deals with a late war subject! I've seen some awesome previews.....
Best,
David
Any news on Prit's latest book?
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André
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It's nearly finished. I have to go up to Oxford and spend an hour or so in the Bodleian Library to get a reference that I don't have to hand, and the last chapter will be complete.
Well, when I say 'complete', that's the point at which I re-read the whole thing and start the fine-tuning. But I hope it will be ready for publication later this year.
Prit
Well, when I say 'complete', that's the point at which I re-read the whole thing and start the fine-tuning. But I hope it will be ready for publication later this year.
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Thanks for the update Prit, please keep us posted.
Kind regards,
André
Kind regards,
André
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Greetings Troops !!Cott Tiger wrote:
Hi Guys,
Any news on Prit's latest book?
Cheers,
André
I just talked to Prit today and he said:
Quote: "The book is finally finished, and I am happy to say that I have a literary agent who is hoping to get it into print soon. It rather grew and grew, and in standard format, will run to over 800 pages." Unquote.
I'm awaiting a reply from Prit as to the book's title so that I can be first in line to purchase Prit's latest literary jewel !!
Maybe, if I'm first in line, I can get an autographed copy !!!!!
Signed: "The Shadow"
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Good lord,
I didn't even know Prit could read let alone write! and here he is a published author. I go away for a few years and the world goes bloody mad!
I didn't even know Prit could read let alone write! and here he is a published author. I go away for a few years and the world goes bloody mad!
Somewhere far far away doing secret things to nasty people in hot climates. Sssshhhh dont tell the wife, she thinks I play a piano in a whore house!
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A quick update:
The manuscript - rather reduced from its massive 800+ pages - is in the hands of the publisher, and it should appear on the shelves in September 2010. Why it takes so long is beyond me, but there you are.
Look out for Battlefield Prussia next autumn!
The manuscript - rather reduced from its massive 800+ pages - is in the hands of the publisher, and it should appear on the shelves in September 2010. Why it takes so long is beyond me, but there you are.
Look out for Battlefield Prussia next autumn!