# Len Deighton's "SS-GB" (open spoilers!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [August 23, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280 "2005-08-23T16:34:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280/21 "2018-12-10T17:10:12Z")

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Well it would add a certain authenticity without causing much upset if they slipped in some genuine German signatures.

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**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280/22 "2018-12-12T17:19:31Z")

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I had no idea about the miniseries. And while I remember liking the book I can’t really remember the details. I’m looking forward to watching the miniseries almost unspoiled.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280/23 "2018-12-13T05:46:59Z")

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Could I suggest you listen to the sound track through headphones. I found the voices didn’t stand out enough through ordinary loudspeakers: I used to blame actors for mumbling, and noticeably so in this series, but using quite cheap Bluetooth headphones somehow expanded the “sound space” so that it was much easier to distinguish quite quiet voices.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280/24 "2022-09-06T22:23:54Z")

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Bumped.

I thought this was very interesting:

> **[Len Deighton reveals how he wrote SS-GB, the bestseller that imagines Hitler...](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/len-deighton-reveals-how-he-wrote-ss-gb-the-bestseller-that-imagines-hitler-had-won-the-war/)**
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> The novelist in his own words

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280/25 "2024-08-24T03:08:24Z")

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Bumped.

I saw Hitchcock’s _The 39 Steps_ (1935) not long ago. One of the London detectives sent to the music hall near the end was named Archer. I like pretending it’s the same Archer who a few years later appeared in _SS-GB_.

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