Tag Archives: Harry Turtledove

CW & Pop Culture: Robert E. Lee and The Guns of the South: 1992 vs. 2019

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Sean Michael Chick

In the 1990s it was common enough at my New Orleans high school to see copies of Harry Turtledove’s The Guns of the South. It offered a beguiling and humorous image of Robert E. Lee in his classic pose, only … Continue reading →

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What About What-If?

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Our question of the week this morning, which dealt with a hypothetical what-if scenario, coincidentally touched on something that’s been on my own mind lately. Do you have your own favorite Civil War alternative history? If so, what is it, … Continue reading →

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Harry Turtledove, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and the Beatles

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Steve Davis

You’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 … Continue reading →

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Telling History vs. Making Art: Fictions and Histories

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Final part of a series “[H]istory and historical fiction,” says historian Paul Ashdown, “are alternate ways of telling stories about the past.”[1] In that context, Ulysses S. Grant spoke more truth than he realized when he said “Wars produce many … Continue reading →

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