harry turtledove

Harry Norman Turtledove pen names: Dan Chernenko, Eric G. Iverson, Mark Gordian and H. N. Turteltaub (for historical novels). born Los Angeles, California: 14 June 1949 Harry Turtledove is an American author of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, mystery fiction...

IIRC The Race took millennia to advance as far as humanity does in decades (that's why they were so surprised when the invasion fleet reached Earth at the height of World War Two after they probed it in the Dark Ages). It is quite plausible that we are not advancing fast enough to get...

Hello, all. Here are two sets of flowcharts laying out Harry Turtledove's series. Unlike my other flowcharts, these charts do not simpoly concentrate on single series, but show multiple series simultaneously, since with only a few exceptions, Turtledove's series are relatively short. There...

I bumped into my bookcase the other day and a book fell. I picked it up and dusted off the cover. It was The Valley-Westside War by Harry Turtledove. I was stuck in a rut of writer's block and decided to skim through and see if it would jog my writing. Thirty pages later I realized why I was...

This book was published in 2001 and I have to confess that it has been sitting at the bottom of one of my reading piles for a long time (well it's a large-format book, therefore its natural position is at the bottom for obvious stability reasons!). Following one of my sporadic attempts to...

Alternate Generals III Edited by Harry Turtledove Baen, Apr 2005, $24.00, 306 pp. ISBN: 0743498976 The premise of this terrific alternate military history collection is to change circumstances of famous war heroes (depending on which side the reader is on) by placing them in some other scenario...

Drive to the East Harry Turtledove Del Rey, Aug 2005, $26.95, 608 pp. ISBN 0345457242 As World War II explodes, the Confederate States of America attack its neighbor to the north the United States of America; General Patton leads his armored divisions towards the Great Lakes in an effort to...

End of the Beginning Harry Turtledove NAL, Nov 2005, $25.95 ISBN: 0451216687 Following the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese invade and conquer Hawaii (see DAYS OF INFAMY). The United States counter assault fails as the Japanese Zero controls the skies. Japan quickly installs a ruthless...

Bridge of the Separator Harry Turtledove Baen, Dec 2005, $24.00 ISBN: 1416509186 Rhavas is an honorable pious person trying to do the right thing in accordance with his beliefs in the heavenly God Phos and avoid falling into the traps of the evil God Skotos. Though cousin to the Empire of...

In High Places Harry Turtledove Tor, Jan 2006, $22.95, 272 pp. ISBN: 0765306964 In the Kingdom of Versailles in the year 715 of the New Revolution winter keeps its grip on everyone while aristocrat, freeman, serf, and slave expect the Berber Kingdom of Berry to attack soon. Most residents...

Settling the Accounts: The Grapple Harry Turtledove Del Rey, Aug 2006, $26.95 ISBN: 0345457250 When the Confederacy won the War Between the States, the country broke into the USA and the CSA. During the Great War, the USA defeated the CSA and occupied the land until it was disarmed. Over time...

The Disunited States of America Harry Turtledove Tor, Sep 2006, $24.95 ISBN 0765314851 Time Traders laterally travel from our realm to other timelines to sell slightly better products than the locals make. Each Time Trader knows that when one is a Crosstime Traffic trader they must never...

Every Inch a King Harry Turtledove Del Rey, March 2007, $14.95, 304 pp. ISBN 0345487362 One night after a stellar performance given by Dooger and Clark’s Traveling Emporium, circus performance Otto of Schlepsig reads in the paper that the temporary ruler of Shqiperi wants the Hassockian Empire...

Beyond the Gap Harry Turtledove Tor, Feb 2007, $24.95 ISBN: 0765317109 The Raumsdalian Empire has expanded slightly northward for centuries by occupying the tiny bits of land freed by the retreating great glacier. However, Bizogots’ clan chieftain Trasamund comes to the capital Nidaros to...

Settling Accounts: In At the Death Harry Turtledove Del Rey, Jul 2007, $26.95 ISBN: 9780345492470 Confederates States of America Brigadier General Potter knows the war they began is over with their defeat although his superior George Patton thinks they can still turn it around; Patton’s last...

Opening Atlantis Harry Turtledove Roc, Dec 2007, $24.95 ISBN: 9780451461742 In 1452, English fisherman Edward Radcliffe steers his vessel St. George to Le Croisic in Breton to buy salt before he and his crew including two of his sons Henry and Richard sail into the Atlantic seeking cod; the...

The Valley-Westside War Harry Turtledove Tor, Jul 2008, $24.95 ISBN: 9780765314871 There is no such thing as time travel into the past or future; but there is crosstime travel; alternate earths with differing histories. Crosstime traffic usually involves trading with other earths by pretending...

The Man with the Iron Heart Harry Turtledove Del Rey, Jul 2008, $27.00 ISBN: 9780345504340 In 1942 Reinhard Heydrich, the evil designer of the Holocaust, was assassinated in Czechoslovakia by a partisan who hated the Nazis. However, on an alternate earth, Heydrich survived the attempt on his...

The United States of Atlantis Harry Turtledove Roc, Dec 2008, $25.95 ISBN: 045146236X The war with France is over as England has defeated the French; forcing them out of Atlantis. King George sends troops to solidify his control even as the Atlanteans are already upset over no representation in...

The Breath Of God Harry Turtledove Tor, Dec 23 2008, $24.95 ISBN: 9780765317117 A major part of what defended the Raumsdalian Empire was the glacier that surrounded the powerful nation. Now that impenetrable frozen defense has cracked open (see BEYOND THE GAP) allowing outsides to enter and...