Okay, that's just WEIRD.
Now, everyone my age or older's come across Surprise Soviets in their SF reading. People just weren't expecting the Berlin Wall coming down, for some reason (and yes, that link goes to the Bad Place). Considering two of my longterm favourite SF series feature them - Ender's Game and The Galactic Milieu, if you're curious - I'm pretty good at blinking and passing them by.
But I'm reading a collection of John Wyndham's old short stories, and I just came across Surprise Nazis. In what I'm assuming is about the far future of 2000, where the Nazis still apparently run Germany and accuse World Jewry of attacking the Reich.
Yup. Not neo-Nazis, or 'on-the-run' Nazis, but Real Live Been In Power For 70 Or More Years Nazis.
Sorry 1939 John Wyndham, but your storyline just got HEAVILY Jossed.
But I'm reading a collection of John Wyndham's old short stories, and I just came across Surprise Nazis. In what I'm assuming is about the far future of 2000, where the Nazis still apparently run Germany and accuse World Jewry of attacking the Reich.
Yup. Not neo-Nazis, or 'on-the-run' Nazis, but Real Live Been In Power For 70 Or More Years Nazis.
Sorry 1939 John Wyndham, but your storyline just got HEAVILY Jossed.