Harry Turtledove, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and the Beatles

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Steve Davis

Fort Pillow-coverYou’ve got Turtledove’s Fort Pillow (2006)? Turn to page 140, and a Tennessee cavalryman cries, “Get back, Jojo!”

…which has led me over these years to wonder if the esteemed author sprinkles a Beatles lyrics line into his other novels—alternative fiction, science fiction, or otherwise.

What do you think?

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3 Responses to Harry Turtledove, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and the Beatles

  1. Charles Martin says:
    December 11, 2017 at 1:43 PM

    Stephen King in his Dark Tower Series

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  2. Meg Groeling says:
    December 11, 2017 at 2:03 PM

    I LOVE this sort of stuff–!! Huzzah for finding an Easter egg.

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