From Harry Turtledove, bestselling author of the Worldwar
series and The Guns of the South, a collection of nine
stories and three essays that illuminate his broad
storytelling range
Harry Turtledove earned the title “master of alternate
history” from Publishers Weekly for his thought-provoking
novels that turn historical facts into gripping tales of
possibility. But his writing talent goes much further. We
Install offers a showcase of styles, from humor—in “Father
of the Groom,” a scientist with a penchant for wild
experimentation helps his love-struck son by synthesizing a
wedding ring out of two carrots—to classic science fiction,
as in the Hugo Award–winning “Down in the Bottomlands” and
“Hoxbomb,” in which a regular guy just trying to make a
living selling scooters has to deal with some very odd
competition. The alternate history tale “Drang von Osten”
begins on a bloody battlefield in World War II and ends
somewhere quite different. In the brand-new “Logan’s Law,” a
man discovers that sometimes, second chances really do work
out. The book’s three essays tackle the diverse subjects of
how to write alternate history, Tolkien’s The Lord of the
Rings, and the history of Chanukah.
We Install will delight longtime Turtledove fans and new
readers alike with its rich offerings from one of the finest
craftsmen writing today.