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In a parallel-world 21st-century San Francisco where the Kaiser's Germany won World War One and went on to dominate the world, Paul Gomes and his father Lawrence are secret agents for our timeline, posing as traders from a foreign land. They run a storefront shop called Curious Notions, selling what is in our world routine consumer technology-record players, radios, cassette decks--all of which is better than anything in this world, but only by a bit. Their real job is to obtain raw materials for our timeline. Just as importantly, they must guard the secret of Crosstime Traffic--for of the millions of parallel timelines, this is one of the few advanced enough to use that secret against us. Now, however, the German occupation police are harrassing them. They want to know where they're getting their mysterious goods. Under pressure, Paul and Lawrence hint that their supplies comes from San Francisco's Chinese...setting in motion a chain of intrigues that will put the entire enterprise of Crosstime Traffic at deadly risk. Curious Notions is the second book in Harry Turtledove's Crosstime Traffic series At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

About the Author :
Harry Turtledove is an American fantasy and science fiction writer, born in Los Angeles, CA on 14 June 1949. A Caltech dropout, he eventually attended UCLA and received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977. In the 1980s, Turtledove worked as a technical writer for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. In 1991, he left the LACOE and turned to writing full time. From 1986-1987, he served as the Treasurer for the Science Fiction Writers of America. He has written under several pseudonyms, including Eric G. Iverson, Mark Gordian, and H. N. Turtletaub. Turtledove has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the HOMer Award for Short Story in 1990 for "Designated Hitter," the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction in 1993 for Guns of the South, and the Hugo Award for Novella in 1994 for Down in the Bottomlands. "Must and Shall" was nominated for the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and received an honorable mention for the 1995 Sidewise Award for Alternate History. The Two Georges also received an honorable mention for the 1995 Sidewise Award for Alternate History. The Worldwar series received a Sidewise Award for Alternate History Honorable Mention in 1996. Publishers Weekly called him the "Master of Alternate History." He is married to mystery writer Laura Frankos and they have three daughters: Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca.

Review :
Readers nostalgic for the juvenile SF novels of Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton will find much to enjoy...Turtledove presents his teenaged heroes with a series of moral choices and dilemmas that will particularly resonate with younger fans. This is a rousing story that reminds us that 'adventure' is really someone else in deep trouble a long way off. "Readers nostalgic for the juvenile SF novels of Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton will find much to enjoy...Turtledove presents his teenaged heroes with a series of moral choices and dilemmas that will particularly resonate with younger fans. This is a rousing story that reminds us that 'adventure' is really someone else in deep trouble a long way off." --Publishers Weekly on Gunpowder Empire "Turtledove has proved he can divert his readers to astonishing places...I know I'd follow his imagination almost anywhere." --San Jose Mercury News "One of alternate history's authentic modern masters." --Booklist "Harry Turtledove is probably the best practitioner of the classic alternate-history story since L. Sprague de Camp." --Locus Readers nostalgic for the juvenile SF novels of Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton will find much to enjoy...Turtledove presents his teenaged heroes with a series of moral choices and dilemmas that will particularly resonate with younger fans. This is a rousing story that reminds us that 'adventure' is really someone else in deep trouble a long way off. Publishers Weekly on Gunpowder Empire Turtledove has proved he can divert his readers to astonishing places...I know I'd follow his imagination almost anywhere. San Jose Mercury News One of alternate history's authentic modern masters. Booklist Harry Turtledove is probably the best practitioner of the classic alternate-history story since L. Sprague de Camp. Locus " Readers nostalgic for the juvenile SF novels of Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton will find much to enjoy...Turtledove presents his teenaged heroes with a series of moral choices and dilemmas that will particularly resonate with younger fans. This is a rousing story that reminds us that 'adventure' is really someone else in deep trouble a long way off. "Publishers Weekly on Gunpowder Empire" Turtledove has proved he can divert his readers to astonishing places...I know I'd follow his imagination almost anywhere. "San Jose Mercury News" One of alternate history's authentic modern masters. "Booklist" Harry Turtledove is probably the best practitioner of the classic alternate-history story since L. Sprague de Camp. "Locus"" "Readers nostalgic for the juvenile SF novels of Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton will find much to enjoy...Turtledove presents his teenaged heroes with a series of moral choices and dilemmas that will particularly resonate with younger fans. This is a rousing story that reminds us that 'adventure' is really someone else in deep trouble a long way off." --"Publishers Weekly" on "Gunpowder Empire" "Turtledove has proved he can divert his readers to astonishing places...I know I'd follow his imagination almost anywhere." --"San Jose Mercury News" "One of alternate history's authentic modern masters." --"Booklist" "Harry Turtledove is probably the best practitioner of the classic alternate-history story since L. Sprague de Camp." --"Locus"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781429915069
  • Publisher: Tor Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Tor Books
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: NO. 2 OF 6 Crosstime Traffic
  • ISBN-10: 1429915064
  • Publisher Date: 07 Oct 2004
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Sub Title: A Novel of Crosstime Traffic


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