| "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 | |
| 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. 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.
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