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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 techlogy-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 eugh to use that secret against us.Now, however, the German occupation police are harrassing them. They want to kw 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.

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PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co

ISBN-100765337967

ISBN-139780765337962

eBay Product ID (ePID)183605521

Product Key Features

Book TitleCurious Notions : a Novel of Crosstime Traffic

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicScience Fiction / Time Travel, Science Fiction / Action & Adventure

GenreFiction

AuthorHarry Turtledove

Book SeriesCrosstime Traffic Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight10.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Height203mm

Width127mm

Weight299g

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Spine16mm

Series TitleCrosstime Traffic

Country of PublicationUnited States

Author BiographyHarry 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.

Series Part/Volume Number2

Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations