[TheDon]

Who is Harry Turtledove?

Old stories, new boundaries: What-if questions are answered in different worlds

As one who has enjoyed Harry's alternate history fiction, I was sorry to see him when he let his liberal slip show.

[Theresawithanh]

I don't have any idea who, or what, a Mr. Harry Turtledove is, but this is a thoroughly disgusting piece.

[RichInOC]

Heh. "O" wishes. That is, if that pighumper's alive to wish anything.

Stick to speculative history, Harry, and leave the clever humor to those of us who know how.

[Wneighbor]

yah, that's disappointing.....

[Calico Cat]

Subject matter aside: holy shiite, that is a BAAAAD piece of writing.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

OMG, first click and clack, and now this guy.

Oh well, in his bookjacket picture, he looks like the sort of seedy old man you'd expect to find lurking near a school wearing only an overcoat, black socks, and shoes.

[Cyclopean Squid]

I tried to read Turtledove's WorldWar series. The first volume piqued my interest, and I foolishly purchased the next 3 tomes thinking the quality would remain a constant (or even improve). Imagine my shock when I could barely finish Volume 2. Sam Yeager is the most repugnant character in literature. And the mindless repetition, the cut-and-paste narrative (you know what I mean), the failure to use the historical giants to full effect, the...well, I won't go on. I didn't even try to finish the series, as you can probably tell.

Why doesn't Turtledove write an alternate history of what would have happened had Gore won in 2000 (titled, the Fall of America)? Or JK in 2004 (Dhimmitude Comes to Everytown, USA)? I love the idea of the alternate history novel (have some ideas of my own that will never see the light of day), but Turtledove is, in my estimation, a poor writer (albeit a very knowledgeable historian).

[Borges]

[JenB]

Wish I hadn't clicked.... sigh, well, he writes some good stuff. His alternate histories - not the ones with aliens or fantasy stuff - are really, really good. And I met him in person at a booksigning/reading and he was a great guy, very personable, talked about some of his short stories and it really enhanced things.

This is just stupid.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

This probably wasn't a smart move for old Harry.

How many liberals read books where the U.S. actually wins?

[Jaysun]

Was this crapwork written for the walls of a latrine? This almost meets the minimum absurdity standards necessary for getting a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.