The Peshawar Lancers

The British-Indian Raj is the most powerful country of the early 21st century, but not without rivals.

• Military

• British Empire
• Future

1. Many of Stirling's works include strong elements of homage to older works, for example, The Stone Dogs clearly uses many science fiction elements drawn from the pulp era. In the appendix, S. M. Stirling himself describes the world of the novel as being "yesterday's tomorrow".
   
   
2. I've also felt that often times, Stirling plays games with his readers and their expectations. This is most obvious in some of the Draka novels, such as Marching through Georgia. In this book, Stirling uses slaving holding racist villains (the Draka) as viewpoint characters, and almost makes the reader feel sorry for the Nazis whom they are conquering. These writing decisions have certainly raised a few eyebrows, and even provoked outrage in some online discussions. And while Stirling always plays it dead straight in his reponses, saying (a) it's just fiction, (b) the views of his characters aren't necessarily his own - I've always suspected that, when in private, he might enjoy the odd sly-smile about the reaction that he has been able to provoke from some readers.

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