This is a huge book, a rich feast of imagination and consummate story-telling. The stories feature a wide range of characters and situations, including the nine-foot-tall Sasquatch who serves as governor of the fictional state of Jefferson; the descendants of dinosaurs that never got wiped out by the asteroid, digging up their own ancestors’ bones in a Wild West Dinosaur Craze and re-visiting Moby Dick as a mosasaur; heart-breaking tales of Jewish survival of the Holocaust; a fictional confrontation between Galileo and a leader of the Holy Inquisition; Cthulhu as a university lecturer in genetics; and a thriller set in 1940s New Orleans in which defeated Southerners plot to distract the Loyal States from entering World War II. It’s an understatement to say there is something here for every taste, but the scope and effortlessness of Turtledove’s storytelling never falls short.

The best of Harry Turtledove
By Harry Turtledove
A brief collection of his extensive career. Showing many of his outstanding short stories. I wanted to get an over view of his writing.

The Best of Harry Turtledove by Harry Turtledove, a collection of his shorter stories. If you are not familiar with Turtledove's stories or writing style this may not be the book for you, but if you enjoy both then add this book to your TBR.

Well this was sure a different type of book for me. This story contains 3 stories and each is an alternate history/science fiction.

I'm scratching my head here trying to actually find a way to review this bad boy and all I can say is maybe you should just pick up this book and read it for yourself!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Subterranean Press for this advanced readers copy. This book is due to release in April 2021.

This book contains three stories by the master of science fiction. The first story was my favorite about a Sasquatch named Bill Williamson and he is the governor of his fine city. I am so intrigued by his alternate histories that I can never put his books down. As soon as I finish one, I feel like I cannot wait for the next one to come out. I definitely recommend this to anyone who likes to read science fiction. The author is truly a master storyteller.

Turtledove is known for writing novels about alternative histories. The characters in these short stories range from a Sasquatch governor of the State of Jefferson (located between California and Oregon) to a gay married couple of W (George W Bush) and O (Osama Bin Laden).
The stories are unusual and quirky. They are easy to read and enjoy when you don’t want to get tied up with a long multiple book series.

It's Harry Turtledove, what more do you need to know? Thoughtful alt-history that always feels plausible (even when a sasquatch is the governor!)

I have been reading Harry Turtledove since the 1980's and still found surprising stories in this collection. I had not encountered the Jefferson stories about a sasquatch governor in the West. Nor had I encountered his tales about dino's hunting for great whales. I had encountered Turtledove's neanderthals in the alt history, but I did not remember Pepy's story about the sims in London. I knew of Shetl Days, but had not read it. On the whole, I found plenty to enjoy in this volume. If it is not his best, it will do until that volume comes along.

Thanks Netgalley for letting me read this volume!