Step One: Killing Hitler

Saving Hitler #1

by William Dean Hamilton

In this dark comedy series, a Jewish brother and sister sneak back into time with their uncle’s time machine and accidentally kill Hitler. They are delighted until they get back to the present and see the awful and odd things that have happened as a result, and each time they go back and try and fix things, reality get progressively worse, until they find they have no choice, they must save Hitler. This first book in the series chronicles their trip back in time when they kill Hitler and the awful result when they return to present day New York. You also get to meet a group of scientists who are working on an array of humanity killing projects, from zombies to contacting aliens, and the creation of a cat-dog.

98 pages, Paperback

First published July 9, 2015

About the author

Author of 7 books and over 1,000 short stories, articles and poems published in magazines, literary journals and the Internet.

Reviews

[Ashley Barlow · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is self-published and it shows. Just brutally bad.

[Marisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I find this book to just not be for me. It is pretty out there, as you can see by the description. I suppose some people would enjoy this but for me it covers too many genres and doesn't really fit into any one specifically. It is also a touchy subject for a lot of people in this world, when you bring in sci-fi aspects and such it becomes almost mocking of a historical time that really did shape our lives today. That said, I am sure that people have dreamt of what life without Hitler would have been like and often think that if only they could have killed him things would be so different, etc; and while this book does tell us how a single change can affect the present/future it simply wasn't a story/book for me.

[Raluca Sandu · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have just finished the book one of The Saving Hitler series. I really had to force myself to finish it, and it is the first book in many years that I almost gave up on :-(

The whole book is so confusing, many things are happening that don't make much sense, and many don't appear to be necessary to the storyline. I was also confused with the absence of page numbers and the page layout (that looked chaotic to me, just like the book itself).

I received this copy via Goodreads in exchange of an honest review. I'm sorry that I couldn't give more than one star to it :(