Best Alternative Stories of 20th Century, Turtledove Harry

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Galaxy`s Edge Magazine: Issue 35, November 2018
ISBN: 1612424384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781612424385
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Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Bombs Away: The Hot War
ISBN: 0553390724 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780553390728
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 6130.00 T
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Описание: In his acclaimed novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove has scrutinized the twisted soul of the twentieth century, from the forces that set World War I in motion to the rise of fascism in the decades that followed. Now, this masterly storyteller turns his eyes to the aftermath of World War II and asks: In an era of nuclear posturing, what if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot?

Bombs Away begins with President Harry Truman in desperate consultation with General Douglas MacArthur, whose control of the ground war in Korea has slipped disastrously away. MacArthur recognizes a stark reality: The U.S. military has been cut to the bone after victory over the Nazis--while China and the USSR have built up their forces. The only way to stop the Communist surge into the Korean Peninsula and save thousands of American lives is through a nuclear attack. MacArthur advocates a strike on Chinese targets in Manchuria. In actual history, Truman rejected his general's advice; here, he does not. The miscalculation turns into a disaster when Truman fails to foresee Russia's reaction.

Almost instantly, Stalin strikes U.S. allies in Europe and Great Britain. As the shock waves settle, the two superpowers are caught in a horrifying face-off. Will they attack each other directly with nuclear weapons? What countries will be caught in between?

The fateful global drama plays out through the experiences of ordinary people--from a British barmaid to a Ukrainian war veteran to a desperate American soldier alone behind enemy lines in Korea. For them, as well as Truman, Mao, and Stalin, the whole world has become a battleground. Strategic strikes lead to massive movements of ground troops. Cities are destroyed, economies ravaged. And on a planet under siege, the sounds and sights of nuclear bombs become a grim harbinger of a new reality: the struggle to survive man's greatest madness.

Praise for Bombs Away

"A fascinating and compelling story of real people caught in forces beyond their control . . . Harry Turtledove is] the unrivaled monarch of alternate history."--Analog

"Turtledove is an undisputed centerpiece of the alternate-history genre, and now, to his already grand display, he's adding the ambitious tale of a WWIII that could have happened."--Booklist

"This is Turtledove at his best."--SFRevu

"Alternate-world warrior extraordinaire Turtledove delivers the opening barrage of a new speculative conflict."--Kirkus Reviews

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Through Darkest Europe
ISBN: 0765379988 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780765379986
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
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*io9's New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fall

From the modern master of alternate history and New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove, Through Darkest Europe envisions a world dominated by a prosperous and democratic Middle East--and under threat from the world's worst trouble spot.

Senior investigator Khalid al-Zarzisi is a modern man, a product of the unsurpassed educational systems of North Africa and the Middle East. Liberal, tolerant, and above all rich, the countries and cultures of North Africa and the Middle East have dominated the globe for centuries, from the Far East to the young nations of the Sunset Lands.

But one region has festered for decades: Europe, whose despots and monarchs can barely contain the simmering anger of their people. From Ireland to Scandinavia, Italy to Spain, European fundemantalists have carried out assassinations, hijackings, and bombings on their own soil and elsewhere. Extremist fundamentalist leaders have begun calling for a "crusade," an obscure term from the mists of European history.

Now Khalid has been sent to Rome, ground zero of backwater discontent. He and his partner Dawud have been tasked with figuring out how to protect the tinpot Grand Duke, the impoverished Pope, and the overall status quo, before European instability starts overflowing into the First World.

Then the bombs start to go off.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Misplaced Legion
ISBN: 0345330676 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345330673
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: As their armies watch, Marcus, a Roman centurion, and Viridovix, a Celt, begin a duel to the death until a strange spell transports them and a group of Roman legionaires to the mysterious world of Videssos, a land ruled by magic and dark sorcery.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Swords of the Legion
ISBN: 0345330706 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345330703
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: In Videssos the city, tribune Marcus Scaurus was bored. The legion that had been magically transported to this strange world was far away. But the Emperor's niece Alypia was near--and willing.

When their secret trysts were betrayed, Emperor Thorisin Gavras was forced to condemn Marcus as a traitor--but with a promise of freedom and Alypia, if he could reclaim a rebel province from a fanatic usurper, with no military aid. With only centurion Gaius Philippus, Marcus set out to try the seemingly impossible task.

But the fates conspired against them, driving them further westward, into the innermost sanctum of Videssos' great enemy Yezd--and toward the torture chambers of the evil, deathless wizard-prince Avshar.

But behind them, without orders, the men of the legion were on the march

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: On the train
ISBN: 1612420761 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781612420769
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Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Emperor for the Legion
ISBN: 0345330684 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345330680
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Tribune Marcus Scaurus, leader of a Roman legion that was mysteriously transported to a strange world of magic, decides to challenge Ortaias Sphrantzes, who has assumed the throne of Videssos, after using sorcery to murder the Emperor.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Krispos Rising
ISBN: 0345361180 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345361189
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 4290.00 T
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Описание: Videssos was beset by enemies abroad and had fallen into decadence at home. But on his first night in the imperial capital, The Empires health mattered less to Krispos than finding a dry place to sleep.

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...

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Darkness Descending
ISBN: 0812575105 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812575101
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
Цена: 4900.00 T
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Описание: The country of Algarve is successful in its blitzkrieg tactics, but becomes bogged down in the desolate winter of Unkerlant, its main enemy. Algarve's king decides to undertake blood magic, which amounts to genocide, in order to break the deadlock.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Fallout: The Hot War
ISBN: 0553390732 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780553390735
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 15020.00 T
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Описание: The novels of Harry Turtledove show history balancing on single moments: One act of folly. One poor decision. One moment of rage. In this astounding new series, the unthinkable has come to pass. The Cold War turns hot and the United States and the Soviet Union unleash their nuclear arsenals upon each other. Millions die. Millions more are displaced. Germans battle side by side with Americans, Polish freedom fighters next to Russian fascists. The genie is out of the bottle. And there s no telling what fresh hell will come next.
At the heart of "Fallout" are Harry Truman and Josef Stalin. Even as Joe McCarthy rises in power, the U.S. president is focused elsewhere, planning to cut off the head of the Soviet threat by taking out Stalin. It s a daring gambit, but the Soviets have one of their own. Meanwhile, Europe s weak sisters, France and Italy, seem poised to choose the winning side, while China threatens to overrun Korea. With Great Britain ravaged and swaths of America in ruins, leaders are running out of options. When the United States drops another series of bombs to slow the Russian advance in Europe, Stalin strikes back with horrifying results.
These staggering events unfold through the eyes of a sprawling cast of characters: a Holocaust survivor in a displaced persons camp in Washington; the wife of a bomber pilot and her five-year-old daughter starting a new existence; a savage Soviet fighter waging war by his own rules; a British pub owner falling in love with an American pilot. In the masterly hands of Harry Turtledove, this epic chronicle of war becomes a story of human struggle. As the armies of the world implode, the next chapter will be written by the survivors those willing to rise up for an uncertain future.
PRAISE FOR HARRY TURTLEDOVE
Turtledove is the standard-bearer for alternate history. "USA Today"
Bombs Away
Turtledove s thorough research and grounded imagination work to create a frighteningly realistic past where world leaders act out of desperation and fatalism, and a large cast of common folk suffer the consequences. . . . The vicarious sense of eschatological dread is always powerful. "Booklist"
Last Orders
All quite plausible . . . Turtledove s focus on the characters serves to fill out the big picture with patient, nitty-gritty detail. . . . Armchair warriors will have much to ponder. " Kirkus Reviews"
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Two Fronts
A you-are-there chronicle of battle on land and sea and in the air. "Tor.com"
Coup d Etat
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This is what alternative history is all about. "Historical Novels Review""

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Stolen Throne
ISBN: 0345380479 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345380470
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 3670.00 T
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Описание: Receiving a prophetic warning just before war is declared between two rival empires, young Abivard watches his father and king fall in battle and a greedy bureaucrat capture the crown.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Thousand Cities1
ISBN: 0345380495 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345380494
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 4290.00 T
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Описание: The author of the Worldwar series of "alternate history" novels continues the new adventures of the Empire of Videssos, pitting Abivard, the marshal of Makuran, against the treachery and sorcery of Videssos. Original.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Videssos Besieged
ISBN: 0345402995 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345402998
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 4290.00 T
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Описание: Emperor Maniakes once again unleashes his troops against an enemy capital rul by a hated tyrant, only to face the ultimate disaster as his evil nemesis launches his irresistible forces against the very gates of Videssos itself.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Advance and Retreat
ISBN: 0743488202 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780743488204
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
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Описание: In a gripping novel of alternate history, King Avram, determined to restore unity to the kingdom of Detina and free the blond serfs, finds the civil war between the North and South coming to a head when the use of sorcery becomes extremely unpredictable, forcing the South to battle the North.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Down to Earth
ISBN: 0345430239 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345430236
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 5510.00 T
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Описание: Arriving in the midst of World War II, aliens have conquered half the Earth and are threatening to exerminate all life on the planet if they don't get their way.