With the goal of making the world a better place, prevent one person from having been born.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

45. Oh, yes, the Yellowstone trilogy.

I read all of them, just to see how he'd finally end it. As you know, the California characters spend all three books pissing and moaning about the cold. Freeze to death already, was my take. Plus the idiocy of most of the characters.

Have you ever read Time on My Hands by Peter delaCorte? An American travel writer is in an obscure museum in Paris, is told by someone else that the machine he's looking at is a time machine, and can be gotten to him. Only the man who can procure the time machine wants our hero to go back and prevent Ronald Reagan from becoming President. It was published in 1997. Wonderful.

I have the good fortune to attend various s-f cons, mainly Bubonicon in Albuquerque and Mile Hi in Denver. I've had the privilege to meet a bunch of authors, all of whom are wonderful, of course. I have not crossed paths with Harry Turtledove, although if I did I'd be polite and tell him about the books of his I've liked. No point in being rude.

Oh, and in regards to alternate history, one s-f writer I've talked with feels strongly that once you change even one small thing, you change a lot. I'm inclined to think she's right, which is one reason Joe Steel does not work.

If you are not already attending s-f cons, I hope you will start to do so. You seem like a reader who truly appreciates the genre.

Oh, and that advice applies to all who read this post.