Sergey Anisimov - Option “Encore”. “Option Encore” Sergei Anisimov Pioneer of risky reconstructions

Reading this book, I remembered Pushkin, Gogol and Saltykov-Shchedrin. But not because the author is a ready-made living classic, as hinted in the preface. For a completely different reason. The plot of “Dead Souls” was given to Gogol by Pushkin. It seems that Judushka Golovlev suggested the plot of “Option Encore” to Anisimov. Remember his calculations - how much milk he can sell per year if all the cows in the area die, and his alone, with God’s help, will not only remain unharmed, but will even produce twice as much milk as before. It was on the basis of this inspired idea that the author built an alternative scenario for the finale of the Great Patriotic War.

The valiant Red Army in one fell swoop defeated everyone - both opponents and former allies, everywhere and everywhere, on land, in the air and even at sea. And already in 1944. Due to some such resources and opportunities, the course of history has improved so much for the USSR - it doesn’t matter. All other armies have followed suit; ours alone, with God’s help, has doubled its strength compared to the previous one. My book, I write what I want. The main thing is that we GAVE them all a KEEEK!!!

Fuck such alternatives!

Rating: 3

I didn't like this fairy tale.

The real “cinema and the Germans.” True, the narrative is not at all dynamic, but simply boring and overloaded with “rivet measurements”. There would be no need for technical details on such a scale in the book. If at the beginning I still tried to delve into the technical characteristics of the equipment and the details of the battles, then later I simply skipped the battle episodes in paragraphs. What I contracted to read was not a reference book, or even a monograph, but a novel in the AI ​​genre, i.e. by definition, an entertaining read.

Unfortunately, I can't have fun. There are whole crowds of heroes in this book, not one of them holds attention, and they still flash like in a kaleidoscope. There are a lot of simply uninteresting places, as if torn from the books of the “Military Adventures” series of the 50s and 60s, they are so filled with official pathos.

When I read the ending I laughed. It turns out that the efforts of the author and the characters he invented were absolutely pointless. “Die, Denis, there’s no better way to say it.” Now I don’t even know what to think: either this is some kind of postmodern AI novel, or the author is just a fool.

Rating: 4

First of all, from an artistic point of view, this is not literature. At all. This is a novelization of an RTS or command post game, perhaps, but nothing more. The author's language is heavy, the text is burdensome. There is no plot, in the form in which it should be in a seemingly novel. There are arrows indicating the direction of impact, which the author draws on the map. There are no heroes either. There are figures that the author moves around the mentioned map so that it doesn’t look so lonely. It makes no more sense. After all, what did the author want to convey to the reader? That the Allies were cynical bastards, ready to collude even with the Nazis for the sake of hegemony in Europe and the world? That the Soviet Union, even in this situation, would have won the war? The ideas are not bad, but for the life of me, it’s hard to see them in the book. You can think it through, but alas, see it. But the standard set of anti-Soviet nonsense is clearly visible in it: informers, SMERSH and Soviet sailors quietly killing each other. The epilogue generally gives the impression of some kind of inadequacy. Well, what does Ukraine, which considers itself the heir to the UPR of 1918 and honors the heroes of the UPA, have to do with the Ukrainians who fought in the ranks of the Red Army? Why this hysteria, especially on behalf of a war veteran? It’s bad and, alas, has nothing to do with patriotism. Neither to the “official” one, nor to the real one.

Rating: 2

The text is terrible. There are no speakers. It is not unstable, not heterogeneous. She simply doesn't exist. The inclusions, definitions and conclusions in the style of the Ogonyok magazine of the late 80s are sad and cause heartburn.

There are no spoilers, but there are rules:

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“I won’t let you down, Comrade Stalin.”

A whole herd of goosebumps ran down the colonel's back and knees against his will. It was not difficult to imagine what would happen to a person who *had the misfortune* of speaking with Stalin and then letting him down.

I highlighted “strong moments” with asterisks.

And this is on the first pages of the “heroic narrative”

Rating: 4

Surprisingly, the author’s debut book turned out to consist entirely of merits. And this despite the fact that most of the works in the genre of alternative history, even by more venerable authors, openly suffer from bias and even outright implausibility.

Anisimov very accurately and cleverly chose the moment of a fork in our history - exactly where events in reality could have gone along a different path (behind-the-scenes negotiations between the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition and Nazi Germany). Besides..

First of all, the book turned out to be really interesting. Interesting to such an extent that in some places you can’t tear yourself away from the novel at any price. Secondly, the events described in it look so truthful and realistic that sometimes it seems that all this happened in reality (if not in our world, then certainly in some parallel one: smile:). Thirdly, a wonderful description of battle scenes, quite in the spirit of Soviet front-line writers. Fourthly, the novel turned out to be simply an extremely patriotic book, awakening national self-awareness and arousing legitimate pride in the great country in which we happened to be born. Fifthly - completely alive, evoking a keen sense of empathy, heroes... Sixthly, etc...

Rating: 10

I read this wonderful work, despite its rather impressive length, without stopping. The book is written in the best traditions of military memoirs (for some reason it reminded me of the memoirs of A.I. Pokryshkin, perhaps the works of Simonov). At the same time, there is no dryness that is often inherent in memoirs, when the author begins to drown in numbers and behind this the picture of what is happening is lost. Here, strategic decisions are diluted with scenes from the combat labor of ordinary soldiers, which greatly enlivens the book and brings it closer to the reader. The author managed to create a simply epic picture of war on a huge front crossing the whole of Europe, war in the air, on land and at sea, and at the same time not forget about those who bore all this burden - the soldiers. Historical and technical details are written out very carefully and, in my unprofessional opinion, create the impression of complete authenticity. In general, a military alternative at its best, which evokes pride in one’s people, in one’s country, and makes one study questions of history with great interest. No super weapons, hit-and-runs or anything else, just thoughts on what would happen if the conditions were slightly changed. I would like to say “I believe...”

Rating: 10

I began my acquaintance with Anisimov’s cycle, not with “Option Bis,” but with Bis-2 - The Year of the Dead Snake. It just so happened. The novel made a huge impression on me, I rated it very highly, and immediately took up “Option,” remembering that the beginning of a cycle, as a rule, surpasses the continuation. Alas, my expectations were disappointed. Anisimov 2003 turned out to be head and shoulders below Anisimov 2006. That is, for the author himself it is natural and wonderful, he grew up, but I was disappointed. It's my own fault, though. The cycle should be read in order. However, to the point...

In Option, Anisimov fell into the trap of his main shortcoming - he is an excellent short story writer, but a weak novelist. Thus, no matter how excitingly lively individual scenes turned out to be, the plot turned out to be so empty and boring. Stage heroes, courageous wars, sailors, pilots, tank crews - living and three-dimensional characters. They fight, they suffer, they believe, they sacrifice themselves. The plot characters, Stalin, Zhukov, and others, are flat and useless. Their actions are poorly motivated, and there are a lot of logical errors in the global plot line. In the subsequent novel, Anisimov probably adjusted his efforts by writing a novel without a plot, in the form of a chain of connected military short stories.

The laws of the alternative genre were greatly damaged; Anisimov, simply put, is a weak alternative artist. It's not his. The notorious “nodes”, which, according to the plan, should lead the storyline to an alternative branch of history, do not look like nodes at all. A chain of unconvincing and unimportant actions, ultimately built on the genius of the great Stalin, who in the novel tries to be a little bit greater than in life. Ah, “That’s not how it all happened... Not that way at all...” (c)

I judge, ladies and gentlemen, strictly, because I judge an undoubted genius. But Anisimov’s genius will appear only after 3 years, “Encore 2 - Years of the Dead Snake,” and I sincerely envy those who have not yet read it.

Rating: 7

I came across this book in ninth grade. This book made me reconsider my attitude towards any war.

Anisimov manages to show the ugliness of wars without sickening descriptions or scenes of violence against civilians. It is enough to show the indifference of governments to the fate of ordinary people, to show how easily people turn into killing machines. The author's thoughts and reasoning are amazing. Many phrases, for me personally, were remembered for a long time. That it doesn’t matter to soldiers whose pilots are the best, when they are crushed by enemy aircraft with impunity. That it doesn’t matter which gun fired the shell, the shrapnel of which killed the man.

In my opinion, such a book is worthy of high praise, because it makes you think and understand why you live.

The result: a book that will not leave anyone indifferent. The best vaccination against militarism.

Rating: 10

A very powerful book. Not my idea: if you don’t want to read a book a second time, it shouldn’t be read the first time. I constantly re-read this book, as well as “In August '44.” Such books are not written now. I am surprised that the author is a relatively young man. I thought that young people had other interests. I was wrong, but it's nice.

Rating: 10

Amazing book!

I am not a specialist in military history or technology, so I cannot judge the complete reliability of technical details or the likelihood of the course of events described by the author at certain points in the book. Therefore, I discarded these criteria for myself when analyzing it. But it is still impossible not to note the enormous work that, I am sure, was done by the author in preparation for writing this book, work that allowed him to very plausibly and deeply describe various aspects of the events of alternative history.

Even if the characters are somewhat sketchy and do not impress with their depth, the book was intended to describe the most important events that took not such a short period of time, and at different levels - from the highest authorities to ordinary soldiers, sailors and tank crews. We know that many works have been written about the Great Patriotic War, some of them are fiction books, others are dry and documentary. But everyone is important and needed. But here the author had to fit both into a not so large book. If there were no artistic component in it, the book would become a dry presentation of facts, which few would be interested in, since such facts did not take place in our world. And if the book swung in the other direction, closer to an artistic presentation, then it would become poorly understood from a historical point of view, or the author would have to increase its volume, which, in my opinion, is unnecessary.

As for the emotions from reading it, you know, I felt a slight regret that the world described in the book is not the one in which I live. He managed to avoid many of the tragic mistakes that happened to us, the war here brought much less grief to our people, the country, I am sure, came out of it stronger and wiser. I think we would all have more reasons to be truly proud of such a HOMELAND. It’s a pity, the author thought that even such a country would disappear just as it disappeared with us.

Rating: 9

10 years have already passed, and I remember the day when I bought the book, walked along the streets of Moscow and read as I walked without stopping... Everything was correctly said here about historical accuracy, the realistic description of the truth of the trenches, etc. I wanted to address the reaction of “our partners.” I have an old friend who now lives in Israel, who naturally hates Putin’s Russia, and who cannot understand/believe that a light aircraft carrier “takes out” the Essex sistership. Well, that's okay, our personal “graters”. But for example, the famous translator and publicist A. Bolnykh (well, a very big lover of the Americans and the British) was so outraged by “Option Encore” that he published his libel “Option Bems,” it seems, where the Soviet squadron cannot leave the Danish Straits, our admirals - drunks, well, the ships of the squadron are dying in the North Sea. Moreover, S. Anisimov’s novel touched the Sick people so much that this “work” was published approximately 7 years after the release of “Encore”. Moreover, this translator is now publishing encyclopedias on the development of ship classes in the 20th century (with his own interpretation of trends), such rather expensive academic-looking tomes, and in the volume dedicated to battleships he could not help but mention “Option Bis”. Moreover, it is not the Project 23 battleship that is being considered, but rather the events of the novel. So it was not in vain that Anisimov wrote, it means that our “fifth column” was hurt!!!

Option "Encore" » Sergey Anisimov

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Title: Option "Encore"

About the book “Encore” Sergey Anisimov

“Option “Encore” is the debut book of Sergei Anisimov. The two-volume book of the same name, written in the genre of alternative history, begins with it. Sergei Anisimov himself stands out quite strongly among the large number of modern science fiction writers. He is published rarely, but all his works can be safely classified as high-quality literature. In addition, this author does not stand still, he is growing professionally, and this is very noticeable in his work. From his pen come not simple fictional novels, but real, detailed reports on how staff exercises were carried out “on the map.”

The events of a story that we do not know are unfolding before us. This is the story of a parallel world. Everything went a little differently than we used to think. Before the start of the Great Patriotic War, Stalin still believed that Hitler could attack. He gave the order to strengthen the defensive state lines. This decision greatly influenced the course of history.

1944 The Soviet army victoriously enters the territory of Western Europe. Troops are advancing towards Brussels...

“The Encore option is an interesting alternative and very well executed. Sergei Anisimov very wisely approached the choice of the moment at which a shift in our history is possible. Indeed, if the behind-the-scenes negotiations between the members of the anti-Hitler coalition and Nazi Germany had gone a little differently, everything could have been different. The events covered in the book look quite believable and realistic. Very interesting read. Sometimes it seems that everything happened in reality.

Another advantage of the novel is its storytelling style. Sergei Anisimov, in his style, is reminiscent of Soviet front-line writers. He did an excellent job of describing battle scenes. He writes in the spirit of war memoirs, but he is not dry. Strategies dilute pictures from a soldier's life. This greatly enlivens the text and characters, adding richness and brightness.

Please note that the “Encore” option may not be to everyone’s taste. There are many different technical details in the work, which may be tedious to read for some. This feature of the book gives the impression of being drawn out. But overall it is very interesting and educational. She is serious, smart and definitely worth your attention.

“Option “Encore” is not a fairy tale about victims; here you will not find super-weapons and other fantastic attributes. These are thoughts about what would have happened if events had changed a little.

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WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF... In 1941, the Soviet Union turned out to be more ready for the invasion of Nazi troops, and in the summer of 1944, a large-scale Soviet offensive was supposed to finally put an end to the Great Patriotic War. But this was not part of the plans of the USA and Great Britain. Separate negotiations with the Third Reich were successful. The former enemy - Germany - is now an ally of the USA and Great Britain, which turned their weapons against the USSR. The army and navy of the USSR won victory at great cost. Europe is again divided into two parts... WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF... The Second World War ended differently than in our world. However, the interests of the superpowers collided on the Korean Peninsula, where a bloody war has been going on for three years, bringing no victory to either side. There is a lot at stake, and the world is teetering on the brink of another world war if the United States decides to use weapons of mass destruction. Is it possible to prevent universal madness from happening?

OPTION "ENCORS". FIRST BOOK OF THE DILOGY. So. The year is 1944. Soviet troops triumphantly enter Western Europe - and move towards Brussels. Do you think that everything was NOT EXACTLY SO? You are right, of course! But - have you ever wondered WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED if everything had turned out EXACTLY THIS way?... Having closed ranks, the American and British armies turned their tanks to the east, and hundreds of “flying fortresses” rose into the air. The unfinished SS divisions moved ahead of the allies. What will be the price of betrayal? After all, the Soviet fronts are stretched out and tired of battles and do not expect a blow? Or are they waiting?... And at this time, the first Russian aircraft carrier, accompanied by “death machines” - battleships of the “Soviet Union” class, enters the Atlantic, which the allies consider their inland sea. On board the ships, the fighters are the color of the Russian Navy and the best aces of the Air Force. They have a very difficult journey ahead...

OPTION "ENCORS - 2". SECOND BOOK OF THE DILOGY. The world after Option Encore, early 1953... The Korean War is in its third year, and neither side can achieve victory. Will this war develop from a rivalry between the bloodless armies of a divided Korea and the “UN troops”, Soviet and Chinese volunteers, into something more: into a direct clash of fully deployed armies of all parties to the conflict? The landing of American troops in the Shanghai area, the landing in the area of ​​Nakhodka and Vladivostok, with access to Amursk and Khabarovsk... An atomic strike on Soviet groups in Europe, the deployment of a full-scale war in the space from Lisbon to Kagoshima... Is it possible to prevent such a turn of events? Will a truce be achieved? This book is about responsibility, which is more important than pain and fear, more important than even death itself. And about the outgoing generation, which was confident in its right to decide the fate of the world.