Inscribed to the Writer Who Inspired the Book
A Different Flesh
Notes: An early example of an alternative history, the genre for which Turtledove is best known. The seven stories in this collection are all set in a world where the early human species Homo erectus did not go extinct and lived side-by-side with Homo sapiens. According to Turtledove's preface, he got the idea from reading Stephen Jay Gould's essays.
Introduction by Isaac Asimov. xi, 292 pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A bit of wear on the corners, else a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. There is no dedication in the book, so this may be the best possible copy of A Different Flesh. It is inscribed, "3-25-88. For Stephen Jay Gould, who gave me a good idea. All the bad ones in here are mine. Best, Harry Turtledove."
This copy came from Gould's Harvard office library and has a posthumous bookplate laid in indicating the provenance.
Publication: New York: Congdon & Weed, 1988.
ISBN: 0865531986
Item No: #243240
Price: $300