Great read----being passed on to my son
Not to quote the synopsis posted on book cover, but two teens and their parents spend time in alternate Roman Empire. circumstances put the teens in charge of themselves while parents return to their reality timeline for a medical emergency.
I'll cut to the chase here. the teens are so rabidly anti fur they practically throw up when they see it. they are also anti-slavery in a world where everyone who can own, does.
I read it and didn't dislike it, but it seemed adolescent Heinlein, with a strong gospel thrown in. I guess if I tried real hard I could envision SW California being this way, but the fact is they had to overcome their phobias in order to avoid some of the suspicion that came their way.
I'll cut to the chase here. the teens are so rabidly anti fur they practically throw up when they see it. they are also anti-slavery in a world where everyone who can own, does.
I read it and didn't dislike it, but it seemed adolescent Heinlein, with a strong gospel thrown in. I guess if I tried real hard I could envision SW California being this way, but the fact is they had to overcome their phobias in order to avoid some of the suspicion that came their way.
The Crosstime Traffic series seems to be written for young teenagers. The "heros" are kids, the situations are quite simplified from what Turtledove is capable of writing, and the books are short. Nevertheless, they have an interesting concept: travel between parallel "timelines" where the travelers are exporting goods (foodstuffs, etc) from the parallel or alternate timeline to the home timeline. At the same time the agents doing this exporting are supposed to not reveal their true origins...and this causes problems when the locals are inquisitive or imaginative than they are supposed to be.
