Eric Iverson

Eric Iverson

When Harry Turtledove first began to publish science fiction, his editor at Belmont Towers commented that he needed a more believable name in order to sell books. The editor suggested that the name be Nordic sounding and thus was born Eric Iverson. It should be noted, however that this same editor misspelled the pseudonym on the title page of Turtledove's second novel, Wereblood.

Twenty publications later, Turtledove retired the Iverson name and began to publish under his own name The first stories published as by Harry Turtledove appeared in January 1986. They were "And So To Bed" and "The Eyes of Argos."

This page is a chronological listing of all the works published under the Eric Iverson name. Prior to January 1996, Turtledove did publish several historical works and an educational guide under his own name.

Eric Iverson appears as a character in one form or another in several of Turtledove's works as well as in his wife's novel, St. Oswald's Niche.

(as Eric Iverson), Werenight, Belmont Tower 4/79.
(as Eric Iverson), Wereblood, Belmont Tower 1979, Trojan (UK), 1979.
(as Eric Iverson), "Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life," Universe 10, edited by Terry Carr, Doubleday 1980, Alternate Americas, edited by Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam 1992, Departures, Del Rey 1993.
(as Eric Iverson) & Elaine O'Byrne, "Death in Vesunna," IASFM 1/81, Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World #6, edited by Kathleen Moloney & Shawna McCarthy, Departures, Del Rey 1993.
(as Eric Iverson), "The Summer's Garden," Fantasy Book 2/82.
(as Eric Iverson), "Blue Fox and Werewolf," Amazing 9/83.
(as Eric Iverson), "Traditions," Amazing 11/83.
(as Eric Iverson)," Hindsight," Analog mid-Dec/84, Kaleidoscope, Del Rey 1990.
(as Eric Iverson), "Herbig-Haro," Analog 10/84, Imperial Stars I: The Stars ay War, edited by Jerry Pournelle & John F. Carr, Baen 1986.
(as Eric Iverson)," Bluff," Analog 2/85, Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15, edited by Terry Carr, Tor 1987, Kaleidoscope, Del Rey 1990. Published in Russia as "Blef" in Zemnaya khvatka.
(as Eric Iverson), "The R Strain," Analog 6/85, Departures, Del Rey 1993.
(as Eric Iverson), "Noninterference," Analog 7/85. Later Incorporated into Noninterference.
(as Eric Iverson), "Les Mortes d'Arthur," Analog 8/85, Departures, Del Rey 1993.
(as Eric Iverson), "The Castle of the Sparrowhawk," Fantasy Book 9/85, Kaleidoscope, Del Rey 1990.
(as Eric Iverson), "Vilest Beast," Analog 9/85, A Different Flesh, Congdon & Weed 1988.Worldwide 1989.
(as Eric Iverson), "Archetypes," (a.k.a. "Etos Kosmou 6825"), Amazing 11/85, Agent of Byzantium, Congdon & Weed 1987/Worldwide 1988, The Way It Wasn't: Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Citadel Twilight, 1996.
(as Eric Iverson), "The Road Not Taken," Analog 11/85, There Will Be War V: Warrior, edited by Jerry Pournelle & John F. Carr, Tor 1985, Kaleidoscope, Del Rey 1990. Published in Russia as "Tupik" in Zemnaya khvatka.
(as Eric Iverson), "Hatching Season," Analog 12/85, Dinosaurs!, edited by Jack Dann, Ace 1990.
(as Eric Iverson)," Unholy Trinity," (a.k.a. "Etos Kosmou 6824"), Amazing 7/85, Agent of Byzantium, Congdon & Weed 1987/Worldwide 1988.

Mark Gordion

In the August, 1985 issue of Analog, Turtledove had two short stories. The first was a serious story about murder during an off-world sporting event, the second a more light-hearted Kelvin Throop story. The second story was published under the pseudonym "Mark Gordian". It is the only story published under that name.

(as Mark Gordian), "Notes from the General Secretariat," Analog 8/85.

H.N. Turteltaub

In 1998, Turtledove decided to publish a straight historical novel. Because of the manner in which books are currently distributed, and because the novel was not expected to do as well as other recent Turtledove works, the novel was published under the pseudonym "H.N. Turteltaub." As luck would have it, the novel did well enough that Turtledove is planning to write more historical novels using this pseudonym.

(as H.N. Turteltaub), Justinian. Tor, 1998.

Harry Turtledove

ERIC IVERSON

1979-1986