Visitor from the East

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"Visitor from the East"
Short story by Harry Turtledove
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Alternate history
Publication
Published in	Thirty Days Later: Steaming Forward: 30 Adventures in Time The Best of Harry Turtledove
Publication type	Print
Published in English	May 2016
Series	State of Jefferson Stories

Visitor from the East (2016) is an alternate history short story written by Harry Turtledove.^[1] It is the first of two short works published in Thirty Days Later: Steaming Forward: 30 Adventures in Time (A.J. Sikes, B.J. Sikes, and Dover Whitecliff, ed., Thinking Ink Press 2016) and would later be reprinted in Turtledove's short-story collection The Best of Harry Turtledove in 2021. It is also the first short story in the State of Jefferson Stories.

Plot

The story is essentially a vignette, set in August 1979, spotlighting the Sasquatch Jefferson State Governor Bill Williamson's meeting/photo-op with the Yeti Lama of Tibet, who has been living in-exile in Jefferson ever since China's Invasion of Tibet in 1959. The story gives a quick sketch of Jefferson's history and comparatively open culture, and hints at the broad role sasquatches have played in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

References

^ "Steven H. Silver.com: Harry Turtledove short stories". www.stevenhsilver.com.

Works by Harry Turtledove

Videssos

Videssos cycle	The Misplaced Legion An Emperor for the Legion The Legion of Videssos The Swords of the Legion
The Tale of Krispos	Krispos Rising Krispos of Videssos Krispos the Emperor
Time of Troubles	The Stolen Throne Hammer and Anvil The Thousand Cities Videssos Besieged
The Bridge of the Separator

The Race or
Worldwar

Worldwar	In the Balance Tilting the Balance Upsetting the Balance Striking the Balance
Colonization	Second Contact Down to Earth Aftershocks
Homeward Bound

Southern Victory
a.k.a. Timeline-191

Second Mexican War	How Few Remain
Great War	American Front Walk in Hell Breakthroughs
American Empire	Blood and Iron The Center Cannot Hold The Victorious Opposition
Settling Accounts	Return Engagement Drive to the East The Grapple In at the Death

Darkness a.k.a. World at War

War Between the Provinces

Hellenic Traders

Crosstime Traffic

Days of Infamy

Days of Infamy
End of the Beginning

Scepter of Mercy

Opening of the World

Atlantis

The War That Came Early

Supervolcano

The Hot War

State of Jefferson Stories
and Three Men and...Stories

Alternate Generals

Non-series books

Short stories

"A Massachusetts Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
"Election Day"
"Getting Real"
"The House That George Built"
"Joe Steele"
"Lee at the Alamo"
"Liberating Alaska"
"The Last Article"
"Powerless"
"The Road Not Taken"
"Topanga and the Chatsworth Lancers"
"Uncle Alf"
"Vilcabamba"
"Zigeuner"

Short story collections

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