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'''"The Man who Came Late"''' is a short story by [[Harry Turtledove]]. It is Turtledove's contribution to [http://subterraneanpress.com/store/product_detail/multiverse_exploring_poul_andersons_worlds Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds], edited by Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois.'''
 
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|author = [[Harry Turtledove]]
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|pub_date = April, 2014
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|image = Multiverse.jpg
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|ImageSize = 150px
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|first appearance = Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds
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|editor = Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois
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|reprinted = No
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|collected = No
 
}}'''"The Man who Came Late"''' is a short story by [[Harry Turtledove]]. It is Turtledove's contribution to ''[http://subterraneanpress.com/store/product_detail/multiverse_exploring_poul_andersons_worlds Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds]'', edited by Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois, and published on April 30, 2014.[http://www.amazon.com/Multiverse-Exploring-Poul-Andersons-Worlds/dp/1596065028/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389820458&sr=1-1&keywords=Poul+Anderson] It may be found online at [http://www.baen.com/Chapters/9781476780597/9781476780597.htm Baen's website].
   
It is connected to Anderson's fantasy/crosstime/alternate history novel ''Three Hearts and Three Lions''.
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The story is a sequel to [[Poul Anderson]]'s [[fantasy]]/crosstime/[[alternate history]] novel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hearts_and_Three_Lions ''Three Hearts and Three Lions'']. However, the title is derived from an unrelated Anderson story, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Came_Early "The Man who Came Early"], which was reprinted in Turtledove's ''[[The Best Time Travel Stories of the Twentieth Century]]''.
   
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The story takes place thirty years after the events of ''Three Hearts and Three Lions''. [[Holger|Holger Carlsen]] finally returns to the world of the Carolingian cycle and meets up with his love [[Alianora (The Man who Came Late)|Alianora]]. However, she did not know if he would ever return and so married a blacksmith named [[Theodo]] and had children. Thus Holger becomes "the man who came late".
The anthology is tenatively scheduled for 2012.
 
   
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Latest revision as of 08:08, 15 July 2020

"The Man who Came Late"  
Multiverse
Author Harry Turtledove
First Appearance Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds
Editor Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois
Reprinted No
Collected No
Publication date April, 2014

"The Man who Came Late" is a short story by Harry Turtledove. It is Turtledove's contribution to Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds, edited by Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois, and published on April 30, 2014.[1] It may be found online at Baen's website.

The story is a sequel to Poul Anderson's fantasy/crosstime/alternate history novel Three Hearts and Three Lions. However, the title is derived from an unrelated Anderson story, "The Man who Came Early", which was reprinted in Turtledove's The Best Time Travel Stories of the Twentieth Century.

The story takes place thirty years after the events of Three Hearts and Three Lions. Holger Carlsen finally returns to the world of the Carolingian cycle and meets up with his love Alianora. However, she did not know if he would ever return and so married a blacksmith named Theodo and had children. Thus Holger becomes "the man who came late".