Departures (collection)

Departures
Author(s)	Harry Turtledove
Cover artist	Barclay Shaw
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	1993
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	342 pp
ISBN	0-345-38011-8
LC Classification	MLC R CP00507

Departures is a collection of alternate history stories by Harry Turtledove, first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in June 1993. It was reprinted by Ballantine in 1998.

The book contains twenty short short stories and novelettes by the author, some originally published under his early pseudonym Eric G. Iverson, together with an introductory author's note. The first edition also includes a short piece about the author and an excerpt from his then-recent novel The Guns of the South.

Contents

• "Author's Note"
• "Counting Potsherds"
• "Death in Vesunna" (with Elaine O'Byrne)
• "Departures"
• "Islands in the Sea"
• "Not All Wolves"
• "Clash of Arms"
• "Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire"
• "Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life"
• "Batboy"
• "The Last Reunion"
• "Designated Hitter"
• "Gladly Wolde He Lerne"
• "The Barbecue, the Movie, and Other Unfortunately Not So Relevant Material"
• "In the Presence of Mine Enemies"
• "The R Strain"
• "Lure"
• "Secret Names"
• "Les Mortes D'Arthur"
• "Last Favour"
• "Nasty, Brutish, and..."

References

• Departures publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database