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Revision as of 18:12, 14 December 2008 by Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk | contribs) (Removed category "Science fiction novels"; Quick-adding category "2000s science fiction novels" (using HotCat))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| Author | Harry Turtledove |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Crosstime Traffic |
| Genre | Alternate history |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
| Publication date | December 5, 2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 076530693X |
| Followed by | Curious Notions |
Gunpowder Empire is an alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove. It is the first part of the Crosstime Traffic series.
In the novel, Jeremy and Amanda Solter are two teenagers living in the late twenty-first century. Their parents work for Crosstime Traffic, a trading company using time travel to go back and forth from parallel versions of Earth to trade for resources to help sustain their version of Earth. One summer, the children work with their parents, going to Polisso, a village in what is our Romania, in a Roman Empire that never collapsed. When their mother becomes sick, their father takes her back to their home time for treatment before the time travel equipment suffers a break in link, stranding Jeremy and Amanda in Polisso, which comes under siege by barbarian Lietuvans. At the same time, the Roman authorities begin to grow suspicious of their trade mission.
Reception
Roland Green reviewing for Booklist said "Seemingly a series opener intended to introduce the concept of parallel worlds and Turtledove’s take on it, the book succeeds as an homage to parallelworlds pioneer Piper and a well-told, engaging tale. Peter Cannon reviewing for Publishers Weekly said "Turtledove presents his teenaged heroes with a series of moral choices and dilemmas that will particularly resonate with younger fans. This is a rousing story that reminds us that "adventure" really is someone else in deep trouble a long way off." Don D'Ammassa in his review for the journal Chrinicle praised the novel saying "I really enjoyed this one, which had lively characters and events, and whose setting seemed much more interesting and better realized than that in the author s other recent novels."
Notes
- Green, Roland (December 1, 2003). "Gunpowder Empire (Book)". Booklist. Vol. 100 (Issue 7): p656. ISSN 0006-7385.
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help);|pages=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help) - Cannon, Peter (November 17, 2003). "GUNPOWDER EMPIRE: Crosstime Traffic -- Book One (Book)". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 250 (Issue 46): p49. ISSN 0000-0019.
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help);|pages=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help) - D'Ammassa, Don (January 1, 2004). "Gunpowder Empire". Chronicle: p30. ISSN 0195-5365.
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