Grantville Gazette

by Eric Flint and Robert Gottlieb

Book Overview

Grantville, formerly in West Virginia in the 20th century, now in Germany in the 17th century, is the most unusual town in the world-and probably in any century. The mysterious cosmic phenomena which the former West Virginians call the "Ring of Fire" hurled the town back through time into the middle of the Thirty Years War. In spite of their advanced technology, the men and women of Grantville are greatly outnumbered and must deal carefully with the...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007363LG4
• ISBN13: 9780743488600
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Baen
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.4" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Good read!

If you are as addicted to this series of books as I am this is a must read. Emerging authors with unique stories set around Flint's initial premise.

The Gazette is great

Except for the article on horses every story and article is top notch. "The Portrait" by Flint and "Anna's Story" by Hoff are the two best. The cover comes from the story "The Portrait" and is supposedly a Rueben potrait of an uptime American nurse. Anna'a story tells of what happens to the family of farmers who were raped and pillaged at the start of 1632, the novel that started it all. I really hope the the rest of the internet published issues of the Gazzette are printed as well. Books read in bed are better than on a computer screen.

How Good the 1632 saga is

I am a native West Virginian. I first read Eric Flint's Book in 2002. I became quite involved in the process because I believe that the story is one of the most accurate protrayals of the people of West Virginia I have ever seen. When I read the books and Gazettes I saw people I grew up with, my neighbors and friends. Mostly I saw the West Virginia I knew not as presented by a majority of the media. I want to see this image to replace the negative stereotypes that is most common. It meant enough to me to host two research conferences for the series at the cost of my own health. when you read these stories know that this is the real West Virginia.

Grantville Gazette - what a fun book!

What would happen if a West Virginia mining town were translated into the middle of the Thirty Years War? _1632_ by Eric Flint is an unusual time travel novel based on that premise. Further books in the series (Ring of Fire, 1633, and 1634: The Galileo Affair) deepen the premise. The Grantville Gazette doesn't just deepen the fun - it widens the fun. Although most of the stories were first printed in Baen's electronic edition, "Portraits" (by Eric Flint) is new to the paper edition. The stories moved me to laughter ("Rudolstadt Colloquy") and tears ("Anna's Story".) The non-fiction articles on technology transfer possible with a realistic assessment of what could be done with a mish-mash of twentieth-century and seventeenth-century technology. I'm hard put to decide which my favorite story was. For me, a good story is one with characters that will stick around in my head for years. Benny will fiddle away in Rudolstadt, as a missionary for old-time music to the seventeenth century. Sarah will forever be exasperated as her father discusses fiscal policy in terms of Federal Reserve Fairies that only work if people believe. Pete Santee will be showing yet another crop of dam'fool kids that a gun only does what it's supposed to when.... The non-fiction is a wonderful bonus. It adds a depth to the fiction, as you realize what constraints the fiction authors were operating under. Eric Flint's experience as an editor of short story collections shows. The whole of this book is greater than the sum of the parts. If you enjoy alternate history, this is a book to pick up. But beware. Don't pick it up in the evening, as it will be hard to put down in time to get a good night's sleep.