Gunpowder Empire
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780765306937 (076530693X)
Publish date: December 5th 2003
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Series: Crosstime Traffic (#1)
I had never read any of Harry Turtledove's previous novels, so I had no expectations at the start of Gunpowder Empire. What I found was a very enjoyable alternate history, time travel novel. Set in the late twenty first century where time travel is possible, society has used this to improve the worl...
The Crosstime Traffic series is an interesting premise on alternate histories. In the 21st Century people go back in time to trade with the locals for food stuffs or other supplies needed in the 21st Century. Or on unpopulated worlds you can mine for minerals and oil without worrying about harming...
This book did not impress me, which makes me sad because I have been wanting to read some of Harry Turtledove's alt history for some time. I'm hoping this is a reflection of this being a novel geared towards young adults - if anyone can reassure me, please do in the comments! In the Crosstime Traffi...
I'd always heard of Turtledove as a good writer of alternate history, but hadn't read anything by him until this book, which I picked up at random. Although nothing on the cover marks this as a YA novel, it definitely is - moreover, it's a YA novel written in an infuriatingly condescending, didactic...
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