Table of Contents
1. The Anaconda Project Episode 1 Eric Flint
2. Birdwatching Garrett W. Vance
3. The Monster Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett
4. One Step Toward the Clouds Sean Massey
5. The Price of Dumplings Terry Howard
6. Thunder in the Mountains Richard Evans
7. Mrs. December, 1636 Chet Gottfried
8. Cowspiracy Kerryn Offord
9. Domestic Violence John Zeek
10. Through a Glass, Darkly David Carrico
11. Letters from France Kerryn Offord
12. Stretching Out, Part Two: Amazon Adventure Iver Cooper
Non-Fiction
13. So You Want to Build the Internet: IP Communications in 1633 Charles Prael
14. Grantville Police Department John Zeek
15. Flying the Virtual Skies: A Brief History and 1632 Perspective on Flight Simulation Sean Massey
16. My Name is Legion: Copying the Books of Grantville Iver Cooper
17. Aircraft in the 1632 Universe Gorg Huff
What is this?
About the Grantville Gazette
Written by Grantville Gazette Staff
The Grantville Gazette originated as a by-product of the ongoing and very active discussions which take place concerning the 1632 universe Eric Flint created in the novels 1632, 1633 and 1634: The Galileo Affair (the latter two books co-authored by David Weber and Andrew Dennis, respectively). This discussion is centered in three of the conferences in Baen’s Bar, the discussion area of Baen Books’ web site. The conferences are entitled “1632 Slush,” “1632 Slush Comments” and “1632 Tech Manual.” They have been in operation for almost seven years now, during which time nearly two hundred thousand posts have been made by hundreds of participants.
Soon enough, the discussion began generating so-called “fanfic,” stories written in the setting by fans of the series. A number of those were good enough to be published professionally. And, indeed, a number of them were—as part of the anthology Ring of Fire , which was published by Baen Books in January, 2004. ( Ring of Fire also includes stories written by established authors such as Eric Flint himself, as well as David Weber, Mercedes Lackey, Dave Freer, K.D. Wentworth and S.L. Viehl.)
The decision to publish the Ring of Fire anthology triggered the writing of still more fanfic, even after submissions to the anthology were closed. Ring of Fire has been selling quite well since it came out, and a second anthology similar to it is scheduled to be published late in 2007. It will also contain stories written by new writers, as well as professionals. But, in the meantime . . . the fanfic kept getting written, and people kept nudging Eric—well, pestering Eric—to give them feedback on their stories.
Hence . . . the Grantville Gazette. Once he realized how many stories were being written—a number of them of publishable quality—he raised with Jim Baen the idea of producing an online magazine which would pay for fiction and nonfiction articles set in the 1632 universe and would be sold through Baen Books’ Webscriptions service. Jim was willing to try it, to see what happened.
As it turned out, the first issue of the electronic magazine sold well enough to make continuing the magazine a financially self-sustaining operation. Since then, nine more volumes have been electronically published through the Baen Webscriptions site. As well, Grantville Gazette, Volume One was published in paperback in November of 2004. That has since been followed by hardcover editions of Grantville Gazette, Volumes Two and Three.
First: The magazine had been paying semi-pro rates for the electronic edition, increasing to pro rates upon transition to paper, but one of Eric’s goals had long been to increase payments to the authors. Grantville Gazette, Volume Eleven is the first volume to pay the authors professional rates.
Second: This on-line version you’re reading. The site here at http://www.grantvillegazette.com is the electronic version of an ARC, an advance readers copy where you can read the issues as we assemble them. There are stories posted here which won’t be coming out in the magazine for more than a year.
How will it work out? Will we be able to continue at this rate? Well, we don’t know. That’s up to the readers. But we’ll be here, continuing the saga, the soap opera, the drama and the comedy just as long as people are willing to read them.
— The Grantville Gazette Staff
Grantville Gazette-Volume XII It’s a bird! It’s a plane!Birds?! What do birds have to do with anything in Grantville?Take a look at Grantville Gazette Volume 12 and we’ll tell you about it.As for the plane . . . That’s there, too. Along with adventures in the new world and old. Everything from murder to mayhem is in this issue of the Grantville Gazette.Drama! Comedy! Cowpox!Cowpox?Well . . . you’ll see. | |
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