Curious Notions

Curious Notions
Author(s)	Harry Turtledove
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Crosstime Traffic
Genre(s)	Alternate history
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	October 7, 2004
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	272
ISBN	0765306948
OCLC Number	54974366
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 22
LC Classification	PS3570.U76 C87 2004
Preceded by	Gunpowder Empire
Followed by	In High Places

Curious Notions is an alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove. It is a part of the Crosstime Traffic series. In Curious Notions, the Central Powers won World War I prior to the United States entering the war. Subsequently, the German Empire invaded and conquered the United States in the 1950s. The story is set 150 years later, in German-occupied San Francisco. The main plot deals with time travelers from our universe establishing an electronics shop in San Francisco, coming under the suspicion of both the German authorities and the tongs while preventing the Germans from duplicating the time travel technology.

Literary significance and reception

Roland J. Green reviewing for Booklist said that this novel had a "well-constructed world, superior characterization, and some serious analysis of the ethics of cross-time travel all make the yarn a winner."^[1]

See also

Novels portal

• When William Came

Notes

1. ^ Green, Roland (October 15, 2004). "Curious Notions (Book)". Booklist 101 (4): 395. ISSN 00067385. 

External links

• Tor review

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