Visitor from the East
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). It is also the first short story in the State of Jefferson Stories.
| "Visitor from the East" | |
|---|---|
| Author | Harry Turtledove |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | State of Jefferson Stories |
| Genre(s) | Alternate history |
| Published in | Thirty Days Later: Steaming Forward: 30 Adventures in Time |
| Publication type | |
| Published in English | May 2016 |
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.