3 x T (Turtledove, Harry)
 Reprint: I'm a big Turtledove fan, but I won't be ordering this one, because it's a reprint of some of his older work that I already have. Although this isn't (presently) clear from this site's description of the book, it includes the previously [... more]
$25.00
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Savage Pellucidar (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
The final Pellucidar adventure is a standard ERB yarn: "Savage Pellucidar" was the seventh and final volume in the Pellucidar ("At the Earth's Core") series of Edgar Rice Burroughs, which makes it the third longest ERB series behind [... more]
$19.95
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Household Gods
Amazon.com Review: The standard time-travel plot turns on what might be changed by the futuristic know-how of an intrepid time traveler--typically a mechanically-minded man who "invents" modern weapons, medical technology, and so on. In [... more]
$27.95
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Drive to the East (Settling Accounts, Book 2)
Turtledove Scores Again!!!!!!: I have read every Turtledove book I can get my hands on. He is the master of alternate history. The way he weaves actual historical figures into his tales makes his story all the more fascinating. Imagine the South winning [... more]
$15.95
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The Scepter's Return (The Scepter of Mercy, Book 3)
better than the first 2 books, but still not great: This third book in its series appears better written than the first two. Perhaps Turtledove pulled his socks up and paid more attention to the writing. At times in the book, there are actually [... more]
$7.99
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Bridge of the Separator (Videssos)
Why???: Unless you are so engrossed in Videssos that you have to know all the thoughts rumbling in Turtledove's mind as to why things are what they are in the books he wrote previously. Don't read this book. As said in other reviews, it is backstory. [... more]
$7.99
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The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age
Stories from the dawn of history: This book, with stories all set in the Bronze Age, will appeal to SF readers even though there's precious little SF about it. It is the authors themselves that are well-known to the genre. Co-Editor Harry Turtledove has [... more]
$15.95
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The Man with the Iron Heart
His least creative work thusfar: I like most of Harry Turtledove's writing; his Civil War series is outstanding, and his character portrayals are excellent. This book disappointed me. The reason for that is that this is almost a direct lift of events in [... more]
$34.99
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Homeward Bound
This Stunk: Sam Yeager - the truly despicable Quisling wife stealer in the first series, is now the main character. To my great disappointment, he has not been executed for treason, as he deserves. Instead of dealing with the alien invaders the way would [... more]
$26.95
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End of the Beginning: A Novel of Alternate History
Excellent conclusion to his "what if" of Hawaii invaded after Pearl Harbor sneak attack: Excellent conclusion to his "what if" of Hawaii invaded after Pearl Harbor sneak attack I am a big Turtledove fan, having read just about every [... more]
$25.95
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Alternate Generals III
Nice Alt-Hist Collection: As with the other two volumes in the series, this book ranges far and wide through the what-if universe. My particular favorite is Old Hickory's stand in Savannah, written as a series of letters between two brothers. This is a [... more]
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Curious Notions (Crosstime Traffic)
Where Do They Come From?: Curious Notions (2004) is the second novel in the Crosstime Traffic series, following Gunpowder Empire. Lawrence Gomes is a CT employee living in San Francisco in an alternate timeline where Germany has won the Great War. Paul [... more]
$6.99
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