Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove is a historian and a novelist, born the June 14th 1949 with Los Angeles with the the United States. It is known for its uchronic novels , Fantastique S and of Science-fiction.

Youth and career of historian

After having given up one year of study to Caltech, he studies with the UCLA where he makes a success of in 1977 a Doctorat in Histoire of the Byzantine Empire. Its essay carried on the immediate Successors of Justinien: a study of the Persian problem and continuity and changes in the internal secular businesses in the late Roman Empire during the reigns of Justin II and Tibère II Constantin (565-582) ( The Immediate Successors off Justinian: In Study off the Persian Problem and off Continuity and Change in Internal Secular Affairs in the Later Roman Worsens off During the Reigns Justin II and Tiberius II Constantine (A.D. 565-582) ).

Until the beginning of the Years 1980, it works as secretary at the Office of the education of the county of Los Angeles (L.A. County Office off Education), which it leaves in 1991 to become writer full-time. In 1986-1987, he was treasurer of the association of the Authors of science fiction of America (Science Fiction Writers off America).

Literary career

Two years after its doctorate, it publishes its first two novels, Wereblood and Werenight under the pseudonym of “Eric G. Iverson”. According to the writer, the editor Belmont Tower thought that the readers would take “Turtledove” for a pseudonym. Turtledove will use this pseudonym until in 1985. Herbig-Haro and And so to Bed is its first novels published under its true name.

Starting from 1991, the writing becomes its single community activity. He marries the writer of science fiction Laura Frankos, whose brother Steven is author of novels Fantastique S.

The current celebrity of Turtledove in the public of the science fiction of English language is due to her novels and series of uchronic novels .

Rewards

1990: Homer Award for the news “Designated Hitter”.
1993: John Esten Cook Award for Southern Fiction for The Guns off the South .
1994: Hugo Price of the best short novel for “Down in the Bottomlands”.
1995: Honourable mention of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for The Two Georges
1996: named for the Price Hugo and the Nebula Award for the “novelette” “Must and Shall”. This work received in 1995 a honourable mention for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
1996: honourable mention of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for the series Worldwar.
1998: Turtledove finally the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for the novel How Few Remain .
2003: even price for Ruled Britannia .

In August 1988, at the convention of science fiction Rivercon XIII with Louisville (Kentucky), Turtledove, then invited honor, accepted the title of honorary colonel of the Kentucky.

Works

Note: The novels of Turtledove are new in French language (November 2007).

If the Confederation had beaten the Union

How Few Remain (1998): and if Confédérés had gained the American Civil War and began with lorgner on the grounds of the Western. Follow-up by:
Great War, 3 novels: the First World War if the Confederation were combined with the Triple Alliance and the E. - U. with the Germany.
American Worsens, 3 novels (2001-2003): and if the United States and Germany had gained the First World War.
a continuation is planned for August 2004.

Extraterrestrial invasion and Second world war

Worldwar, 4 novels (1994-1996): and so of extraterrestrial had unloaded on Ground into full Second world war.
Colonization, 3 novels (1999-2001): a continuation of Worldwar placed in the years 1960.

Series Crosstime traffic

An organization of the end of the 21e century practices the trade with parallel universes in which the course of the History was not the same one as in our world:

Gunpowder Empire (2003) puts in scene a universe in which the Roman Empire remained until our time.
Curious Notions (2004) puts in scene a universe in which Germany gained the First World War and occupies the United States militarily.
In High Places (2006) puts in scene a universe in which has Black Death weakened Europe so much that this one did not know the Industrial revolution and that Spain forever ceased forming Moslem part of the world.
The Disunited States off America (2006) puts in scene a universe in which the United States implosé at the beginning of the 19th century, yielding the place in many independent States like California, Ohio and Virginia.
The Gladiator (2007) puts in scene a universe in which the Soviet Union gained the Cold war and imposes its political regime on the whole world.

Isolated novels

The Two Georges (1995): and if the king Georges III and George Washington had signed a peace and that the thirteen colonies had remained British.

External bonds

Site of Harry Turtledove

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