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41. The Two Georges: The Novel of an Alternate America by Richard Dreyfuss, Harry Turtledove | |
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(1997-11)
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42. Return Engagement (Settling Accounts Trilogy, Book 1) by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2004-08-03)
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43. Every Inch a King by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2007-02-27)
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44. In High Places (Crosstime Traffic) by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2007-02-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description In the 21st-century Kingdom of Versailles, the roads are terrible and Paris is a dirty little town. Serfdom and slavery are both common, and no one thinks that's wrong. Why should they? Most people spend their lives doing backbreaking farm work anyway. But teenaged Khadija, daughter of a prosperous family of Moorish business travellers, is unfazed. That's because Khadija is really Annette Klein from 21st-century California, and her whole family are secret agents of Crosstime Traffic, trading for commodities to send back to our own timeline. Now it's time for Annette and her family to go home for the start of another school year, so they join a pack train bound for their home base in Marseilles, where the crosstime portal is hidden. Then bandits attack while they're crossing the Pyrenees. Annette/Khadija is separated from her parents and knocked out, and wakes up to find herself a captive in a caravan of slaves being taken to the markets in the south. She's in a tight spot. Then the really scary thing happens: her purchasers take her, along with other newly purchased slaves, to an unofficial crosstime portalÂ…leaving open the question of whether Crosstime Traffic will ever be able to recover her! Customer Reviews (10)
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45. American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2003-07-01)
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46. Swords of the Legion (Videssos Cycle) by Harry Turtledove | |
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(1987-09-12)
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One of the many things which make this seriesinteresting is that the heroes are from Caesar's Rome. Rome is youngenergetic vibrant and, most of all, expanding at this time. They aretransported to the Byzantine/Videssos Empire while it is in a period ofdecline. (If it were the real Byzantine Empire, it would be the finaldecline, but we can still hope for a revival of the Videssos Empire.) Thedecadence brought by a thousand years of Empire is sharply contrasted withthe vibrant patriotism of our heroes who remain unknowing that this is thedestiny of their empire too. This isn't just a military book where thelegion moves from battle to battle. This is a much more realistic andcomplete world where the hero is thrust into the middle of court politics,and has to fight to overcome the shear inertia of the Empire's slidetowards collapse. The hero spends more time facing corruption, politicalintrigue, distrustful monarchs, intolerant monks, and tax collectors thanhe does facing mounted cavalry units. I don't want to repeat theexcellent review about the warfare in this series written by Robert, 12 MAR99, under "The Misplaced Legion" (Videssos Cycle, Book 1). Iwould like to add though, that this is not a series about a general. Thisis not a David Drake/S.M. Sterling series about Belisarius. As Robertpoints out, the hero of this series stands in the middle of the battles,and seldom knows more of what's going on than immediately to his left andright. The battles themselves are mostly standup fights where two sideshack at each other. This is really much more realistic though. Mostbattles, especially in the Roman era, were fought this way. Even thoughnowadays it seems like every book we read is about Belisarius, brilliantgenerals with innovative battlefield ideas come along only once in athousand years or so. Most battles are fought without them. "TheMisplaced Legion" (Videssos Cycle, Book 1) is followed by "AnEmperor for the Legion" (The Videssos Cycle Book, 2), "The Legionof Videssos" (Videssos Cycle, Book 3), and "Swords of theLegion" (Videssos Cycle, Book 4). There are two prequel series aboutVidessos. The first is the Tale of Krispos series, beginning with"Krispos Rising." This is actually a two book story, which isexcellent, and a third follow on novel which is very good. The otherprequel, The Time of Troubles series, begins with "The StolenThrone". This series is entertaining, but not really as good as thefirst two series. Although there are ten other books about Videssos,there can never be enough. And there are only four books about theMisplaced Legion. There needs to be a sequel series not another prequel.Perhaps "Legion of Videssos: Next Generation" where Marcus's son,born and raised in Videssos, can become Emperor, with Dad and his Legionhelping out of course. This could lead to a new golden age for Videssos,and maybe even . . .
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47. Striking the Balance (Worldwar Series, Volume 4) by Harry Turtledove | |
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(1997-07-30)
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48. American Empire: Blood & Iron by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2002-06-25)
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49. The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic) by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2011-04-26)
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Editorial Review Product Description Time travel doesn't work. You can't go backward or forward; you're stuck at "now". What you can do is travel sideways, to the same "now" in another timeline where history turned out differently. So far, only our home timeline has figured out how to do that. We use Crosstime Traffic to conduct discreet trading operations in less advanced timelines, selling goods just a little bit better than the locals can make. It's profitable, but families who work as Time Traders have to be careful to fit in, lest the locals become suspicious. Justin's family are Time Traders. The summer before he's due to start college, he goes with them to a different Virginia, in a timeline where the American states never became a single country, and American history has consisted of a series of small wars. Despite his unease, he accompanies Randolph Brooks, another Time Trader, on a visit to the tiny upland town of Elizabeth, Virginia. He'll only be away from his parents for a few days. Beckie Royer thanks her stars that she's from California, the most prosperous and advanced country in North America. But just now she's in Virginia with her grandmother, who wants to revisit the tiny mountain town where she grew up. The only interesting thing there is a boy named Justin--and he'll be gone soon. Then war between Virginia and Ohio breaks out anew. Ohio sets a tailored virus loose on Virginia. Virginia swiftly imposes a quarantine, trapping Becky and Justin and Randolph Brooks in Elizabeth. Even Crosstime Traffic can't help. All the three of them can do is watch as plague and violence take over the town. It's nothing new in history, not in this timeline or any other. It's part of the human condition. And just now, this part of the human condition sucks. Customer Reviews (18)
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50. Noninterference by Harry Turtledove | |
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(1987-12-12)
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51. 3 x T (Turtledove, Harry) by Harry Turtledove | |
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Editorial Review Product Description Earthgrip - Jennifer Logan, young and beautiful, wanted to teach Middle English. But getting a job required a striking resume, and she thought that getting a berth on an interstellar trading ship would be just the ticket. And before she could say, this wasn't what I had in mind, she was off on what would be the adventure of a lifetime-though her lifetime might suddenly be cut rather short. Noninterference - The Survey Service was supposed to observe alien worlds on the verge of civilization, without in any way interfering. But the expedition to Bilbeis IV, over 1,000 years ago, had broken the rule, with results that no one could have predicted. The Survey Service was still around, more bureaucratic than ever, and when they returned to Bilbeis IV and saw what the previous expedition had done, they knew that they could not allow the facts to get out. And unless one man could stop them, more than incriminating documents might be shredded-an entire inhabited world was at risk! Kaleidoscope - A selection of short science fiction and fantasy for all tastes. Suppose Jack the Ripper was a vampire, and another vampire was given the job of catching him? Suppose all the other races in the galaxy have starships, but haven't developed the other technologies that have exploded on Earth-including weapons? Suppose the Nazis had to deal with Mahatma Gandhi and his nonviolent resistance? And much more. Publisher's Note: Earthgrip, Noninterference and Kaleidoscope have been previously published as separate books. This is their first combined publication. Customer Reviews (3)
If you haven't read these before, 3 x T is worth a look. ... Read more |
52. Curious Notions (Crosstime Traffic) by Harry Turtledove | |
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53. Kaleidoscope by Harry Turtledove | |
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54. Krispos Rising by Harry Turtledove | |
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(1991-01-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description Driven by crushing taxes from the farm where his family had lived -- and died -- Krispos had come to the. city seeking what fortune a good mind and a strong back could earn. He had a single goldpiece to his name -- the gift, years past, of a nomad chieftain to a ragged peasant boy. Now, though the night was raw and the inn was warm, he was loath to spend that coin, for the barbarian had claimed it carried magic. Keep his lucky goldpiece or trade it for a warm, dry bed? Krispos tucked the coin away and stepped back into the wet streets -- all unaware that so simple a choice would lead to a world of peril and possibility... Customer Reviews (7)
The novel gives a fairly accurate depiction of a Byzantine type empire where various people scheme to obtain power, barbarians raid the borders, and nobels live high on the hog while peasants often starve.The novel follows Krispos' rise to power from his early beginnings as a peasant child carried into captivity by barbarian raiders.Along the way he must survive crippling taxation, epidemics, barbarian raids, homosexual overtures, and attempted assassinations. The novel has significant sexual content (including orgy style banquets), homosexual relationships, and some violence.Based on content, I would give it a PG-13 rating.
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55. How Few Remain - A Novel Of The Second War Between The States. by Harry Turtledove | |
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56. Counting Up, Counting Down by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2005-03-01)
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Really, none of the stories really blew me away, but I was at least entertained by the alt-history stories.Out of the stories outside of that area, I probably most enjoyed "Deconstruction Gang," but I work in higher ed, which may explain it. The Greek/Roman themed stories did very little for me.I will also admit to not reading the Videssos stories, as I've not read any of that series. Overall, it's worth a look, but keep your expectations in check.
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57. Days of Infamy (Pearl Harbor) by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2005-11-01)
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58. Days of Infamy (Pearl Harbor) by Harry Turtledove | |
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59. The Valley-Westside War (Crosstime Traffic) by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2009-03-31)
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Editorial Review Product Description Usually Crosstime Traffic concerns itself with trade. Our world owns the secret of travel between parallel continuums, and we mean to use it to trade for much-needed resources with the worlds next door. Preferably without letting them know about any of that parallel-worlds stuff. But there’s one parallel world that’s different. In it, the atomic war broke out in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love. Now, Crosstime Traffic has been given a different sort of mission: find out what on earth, or on the many earths, went wrong. Customer Reviews (16)
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60. In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove | |
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(2004-11-02)
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