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092    |fF|aTURTLEDO 
100 1  Turtledove, Harry. 
245 14 The wages of sin :|ba nineteenth century England ravaged 
       by HIV /|cHarry Turtledove. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 Rockville, Maryland :|bCaezik SF & Fantasy, an imprint of 
       Arc Manor LLC,|c2023. 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    286 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Subtitle from cover. 
520    "What if HIV started spreading in the early 1500s rather 
       than the late 1900s? Without modern medicine, anybody who 
       catches HIV is going to die. A patriarchal society reacts 
       to this devastating disease in the only way it knows how: 
       it sequesters women as much as possible, limiting contacts
       between the sexes except for married couples. While 
       imperfect, such drastic actions do limit the spread of the
       disease. The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating 
       destruction throughout the known world and severely 
       limited the development of technology as well, creating a 
       mid-nineteenth century England and London almost 
       unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born 
       into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full
       of medical books which she reads, she dreams of travelling
       to far-off places, something she can only do via books 
       since her actions and movements are severely restricted by
       both law custom. Meticulously researched and exquisitely 
       detailed in a way only a master like Harry Turtledove can 
       do, this book is a tour-de-force from one of the best 
       historical and alternate history writers ever to write in 
       the genre"-- Provided by publisher. 
650  0 HIV infections|vFiction. 
650  0 Patriarchy|vFiction. 
651  0 London (England)|vFiction. 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Science fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Alternative histories (Fiction)|2lcgft