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ABOUT THE EDITORS
HARRY TURTLEDOVE was born in Los Angeles in 1949. After flunking out of CalTech, he earned a Ph.D. in Byzantine history from UCLA. He has taught ancient and medieval history at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal State L.A., and he has published a translation of a ninth-century Byzantine chronicle, as well as several scholarly articles. His alternate history works have included many short stories, the Civil War Classic The Guns of the South, the epic World War I series The Great War, and the Worldwar tetralogy that began with Worldwar: In the Balance. He is a winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History for his novels How Few Remain and Ruled Britannia, and of the Hugo for his novella “Down in the Bottomlands.”
MARTIN H. GREENBERG is a veteran anthologist and book packager with over 1,500 books to his credit. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his wife, daughter, and four cats.
ANTHOLOGIES EDITED BY HARRY TURTLEDOVE
WITH MARTIN H. GREENBERG
The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century
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The best time travel stories of the 20th century / edited by Harry Turtledove with Martin H. Greenberg.
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1. Time travel—Fiction. 2. Science fiction, American. 3. Science fiction, English. 4. Fantasy fiction, American. 5. Fantasy fiction, English. I. Turtledove, Harry. II. Greenberg, Martin Harry.
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