New inconsistency on age:
- In Walk in Hell, Tom Brearley is said to be a very younger officer during the Great War, suggesting he was born between 1892 and 1895. In Blood and Iron he is said to be about the same age as Reggie Bartlett, who is elsewhere established as being born in 1888.
I think it is Matthew being too anal and rigid in his interpretation and it is not inconsistent. He has been spending some time fiddling around with exact dates for births and deaths. I don't really care except in cases like this which give rise to accusations of inconsistency on Turtledove's part. ML4E (talk) 23:17, December 13, 2019 (UTC)
- Agreed. Reggie and Brearly would have been 25 or 26 in 1914. From my 42 year old perspective, 26 is pretty damn young. TR (talk) 23:24, December 13, 2019 (UTC)
- Several people in their twenties whom I knew or knew of passed away this year. Over Thanksgiving I asked my aunt, who knows these things, whether more people are dying young. Once the question was out I really worried she was going to say "People are dying at the same ages they always have, but your definition of a young person must be getting broader." Turtle Fan (talk) 17:32, December 14, 2019 (UTC)