BOOKS BY HARRY TURTLEDOVE
The Guns of the South
THE WORLDWAR SAGA
Worldwar: In the Balance
Worldwar: Tilting the Balance
Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance
Worldwar: Striking the Balance
COLONIZATION
Colonization: Second Contact
Colonization: Down to Earth
Colonization: Aftershocks
THE VIDESSOS CYCLE
The Misplaced Legion
An Emperor for the Legion
The Legion of Videssos
Swords of the Legion
THE TALE OF KRISPOS
Krispos Rising
Krispos of Videssos
Krispos the Emperor
THE TIME OF TROUBLES SERIES
The Stolen Throne
Hammer and Anvil
The Thousand Cities
Videssos Besieged
Noninterference
Kaleidoscope
A World of Difference
Earthgrip
Departures
How Few Remain
THE GREAT WAR
The Great War: American Front
The Great War: Walk in Hell
The Great War: Breakthroughs
AMERICAN EMPIRE
American Empire: Blood and Iron
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Copyright © 2002 by Harry Turtledove
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The stories in this work were originally published in the following publications:
“Forty, Counting Down”—ASIMOV’S, December 1999
“Must and Shall”—ASIMOV’S, November 1995
“Ready for the Fatherland”—WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 3,
edited by Gregory Benford and Martin H. Greenberg, 1991
“The Phantom Tolbukhin”—ALTERNATE GENERALS, edited by Harry Turtledove, 1998
“Deconstruction Gang”—AMAZING, September 1992
“The Green Buffalo”—THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR, edited by Robert Silverberg, 1991
“The Maltese Elephant”—ANALOG, August 1995
“Vermin”—THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, March 1993
“Ils ne passeront pas”—ARMAGEDDON, edited by David Drake and Billie Sue Mosiman, 1998
“In This Season”—A CHRISTMAS BESTIARY, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1992
“Honeymouth”—PULPHOUSE 9, Winter 1990
“Myth Manners’ Guide to Greek Missology #1: Andromeda and Perseus”—
CHICKS ’N CHAINED MALES, edited by Esther Friesner, 1999
“Goddess for a Day”—CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL, edited by Esther Friesner, 1996
“After the Last Elf Is Dead”—WEIRD TALES, Summer 1988
“The Decoy Duck”—AFTER THE KING: STORIES IN HONOR OF J. R. R. TOLKIEN,
edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1992
“The Seventh Chapter”—THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND
SCIENCE FICTION, September 1997
“Twenty-one, Counting Up”—ANALOG, December 1999
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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Turtledove, Harry.
Counting up, counting down / Harry Turtledove.
p. cm.
I. Title.
PS3570.U76 C68 2002
813′.54—dc21 2001049948
eISBN: 978-0-345-45499-7
v3.0
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