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Grantville Gazette 13 #19: Turn, Turn, Turn

Previous Turn, Turn, TurnWritten by Virginia DeMarceJuly 1634Father Nicholas Smithson, S.J., cleared his throat for the third time. Crossing his arms over his chest, he leaned back against the wall of St. Mary’s rectory. After a pause, he cleared his throat for the fourth time.With obvious reluctance, Father Athanasius Kircher, S.J., lifted his head from […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #18: Sunday Driver

Previous / Next Sunday DriverWritten by Laura RunkleGrantvilleJuly, 1634Father Nicholas Smithson stood by the side door and shook hands after early mass at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church. Father Athanasius Kircher was greeting parishioners coming out of the main door, but some always left by the quicker route.He smiled as he saw three faces that had […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #17: The Spark of Inspiration

Previous / Next The Spark of InspirationWritten by Gorg Huff and Paula GoodlettNeil O’Connor looked over at Johan. “Say what ever you like, man, that girl is fine.” He continued to turn the spark plug wrench as he talked.“She may be pretty but she is too forward, I think,” Albrecht Knopf said. “She is becoming […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #16: Plugging Along

Previous / Next Plugging AlongWritten by Kerryn OffordThe Saale Industrial Zone, winter 1633-34Larry Karickhoff turned the key of the pickup. The engine fired a few times, backfired, and stopped.“What’s the hold up, Larry? Day’s over, everyone wants to get home,” Johann Rademacher said.Larry tried the engine again, with the same result. “I dunno, Johann.” He flicked […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #15: Supply and Demand

Previous / Next Supply and DemandWritten by Rick BoatrightTink tink tink… The little yellow screwdriver rang against the side of the Cora’s mug as Father Nicholas Smithson sat silently in the rectory kitchen.“Why so glum, Nick?”Father Nicholas Smithson looked up from staring into his coffee mug to see his good friend walking in. “I was […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #14: The Doodlebugger

Previous / Next The DoodlebuggerWritten by Iver P. CooperWietze Oil Field, near Celle, in the Duchy of CalenbergEarly, 1634“Hans, dammit! Where’s the report on the new mine cars?”“In a moment, sir.” Hans started rummaging through the files, at first calmly, then more frantically. “I am sure it’s here somewhere.”“Perhaps it’ll be faster for me to […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #13: Guilds 101

Previous / Next Guilds 101Written by Karen BergstralhGuilds had a long history. Depending upon your exact definition, a form of guilds can be traced back over 4,000 years. By the twentieth century all but a few guilds had disappeared and the handful that remain had altered greatly. A major factor in their disappearance was industrialization.The […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #12: The Wooden Wonders of Grantville

Previous / Next The Wooden Wonders of GrantvilleWritten by Iver P. CooperThe “Wooden Wonder” (or “Timber Terror”) of World War II was the De Havilland Mosquito, a highly successful aircraft, made primarily from wood, used in both fighter and bomber configurations. The fact that it competed effectively with aluminum-based aircraft shows that it is a […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #11: The Music of the Spheres . . . er, Ring

Previous / Next The Music of the Spheres . . . er, RingWritten by David CarricoA lot has been said in the various 1632 discussion threads on Baen’s Bar, as well as in print, about how early modern Europe’s populace really weren’t too different from people of today. They were technically adept, given the tools that they had, so […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #10: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 5

Previous / NextButterflies in the Kremlin, Part Five,The Dog and Pony ShowWritten by Gorg Huff and Paula GoodlettNatasha alighted from the carriage at her family’s dacha outside of Moscow, along with her aunt, Sofia Petrovna. Both were wearing full regalia, “dressed to the nines,” as Bernie put it. Aunt Sofia served as her chaperone, necessary […]

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Grantville Gazette Volume 13 #9: Joseph Hanauer, Part Two

Previous / NextJoseph Hanauer, Part Two:These Things Have No Fixed MeasureWritten by Douglas W. Jones12th of Sivan, 5391 ( June 12, 1631 )As Yossie walked down the road Thursday morning, he was struck by an unlikely fact. His surroundings no longer shocked him. When he’d arrived in Grantville, the well-painted houses made of sawn planks […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #8: Sailing Upwind

Previous / Next Sailing UpwindWritten by Kevin and Karen EvansLate September 1633“Sally, did Mr. Pridmore say where he was going?” Reva leaned toward the young receptionist, to keep the conversation a little more private. Reva worried about Marlon. He hadn’t been eating or sleeping well for the last week. Just like he had last September, […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #7: The Truth According to Buddha

Previous / Next The Truth According to BuddhaWritten by Terry Howard“Hey, Jimmy Dick.” Bubba sidled up to the bar and waited for Jimmy to order him a beer. It was Thursday and Bubba was broke. “You hear about the horrible way the school treated preacher Wiley’s kid?”“No. What happened?”“He was up there giving his Indian […]

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Grantville Gazette Volume 13 #6: Out of a Job?

Previous / NextOut of a Job?Written by Iver P. CooperI am no ordinary assassin. As one of the foreign agents of the Most Serene Republic, it is my task to bring our wayward glassmakers back into the fold. I prefer the carrot to the stick, and the stick to the dagger.But if need demands it, […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #5: The Ear of the Beholder

Previous / NextThe Ear of the BeholderWritten by Terry Martin“No way, man, I thought they were Brits!”“Way, dude. They were Brits. But their first record was in German.” Danny grunted to signify that was settled. “Not only that, but it was recorded in Paris.”“France?”“Is there any other?”“Well, not any more there isn’t.” Carson chuckled. Danny […]

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Grantville Gazette 13 #4: Nothing’s Ever Simple

Previous / NextNothing’s Ever SimpleWritten by Virginia DeMarceGrantville, December 1633“That’s probably about the best we can do.” Roberta Sutter looked at the stacks of paper on the table in front of her with considerable dissatisfaction.“We’ve interviewed everyone in town,” Sandra Prickett said. “We’ve made them look for family Bibles and scrapbooks and newspaper clippings and […]

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Grantville Gazette Volume 13 #3: A Tinker’s Progress

Previous / NextA Tinker’s ProgressWritten by Terry HowardJack Jones made his way into the sleepy little town of Elstow, about a mile south of Bedford in Bedfordshire, home to perhaps five hundred souls—give or take half a hundred. There was a notable stone cross in the center of town where he stopped to survey for […]

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Grantville Gazette 013 #2: Protected Species

Previous / NextProtected SpeciesWritten by Garrett W. VanceSummer of 1634“All right everyone, hold real still!” The small group of third graders froze, looks of excitement on their faces. What great kids! There was movement in the tall reeds along the edges of the narrow inlet; once a West Virginia hollow, now an arm of a tree lined […]

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Grantville Gazette 013 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Two

Previous / NextThe Anaconda Project, Episode TwoEric FlintChapter 2“You look tired, Melissa,” said Judith Roth sympathetically. She gestured to a luxurious divan in the great salon of the Roth mansion. “Please, have a seat.”Melissa Mailey went over to the divan, hobbling a little from the effects of the ten-day journey from Grantville, and plopped herself […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #8: Available Now

1632 & Beyond 11 #9: Coming Soon

1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #7: The Impact Of Mannington On Grantville And Grantville On Mannington

Previous / Next The Mannigton Minute: The Impact Of Mannington On Grantville And Grantville On ManningtonJackie Britton LopatinMy husband, Leonard Lopatin, and I feel so blessed to be living in historic Mannington, a small town in the West Virginia mountains on Highway 250.When people here would ask us how or why we chose Mannington as […]

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1632 & Beyond 11 #7: Economics Are Not Abstract

Previous / NextEconomics Are Not AbstractGorg HuffWe act like they are.We assume that they are.But they are not.The economics of Grantville are not the economics of Amsterdam. The principles are the same, but the details are different, and the devil, the weather, and economics are in the details. In Grantville you have both extremely rapidly […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #6: Johan and the Purple Pencil

Previous / NextIntroduction:Baen Books will publish the novel Red Shield sometime next year. In it, the up-time Scouting organizations merge (mostly to keep down how many volunteers they need) into a single down-time organization called Pioneer Scouts, after the American pioneers. Among other changes, the top award is named the Golden Eagle Award, and the […]

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1632 & Beyond #5: A Troubled Journey

Previous / NextMarianne previously appeared in “Marianne,” Grantville Gazette 97 and “Finding Her Way,” Grantville Gazette 101.A Troubled JourneyMark Roth-WhitworthParis Late Spring, 1637A very young woman loitered in an alley by the street crossing, turned so as not to show the muck-spattered side of her dress, watching the squad of King Gaston’s Musketeers ride by. […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #4: Cittadino In Villa Or The Economy Of The Citizen In The Country

Previous / NextCittadino In Villa Or The Economy Of The Citizen In The CountryLancelot SchaubertVincenzo Tanara was currently stuck in a tree trying to not get caught stealing said tree. He liked growing wealth through stealth, preferably long-term stealth wealth. So he was stuck in the tree he was stealing, waiting for a couple of lovebirds […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #3: Clan MacDonald

Previous / NextThis story follows “Bremen or Bust,” in 1632 & Beyond Issue 9. It originally appeared in The Legend of Jimmy Dick from Ring of Fire Press.Clan MacDonaldTerry HowardA Tale of Charles and Charles March 1635Lyndon Johnson entered Club 250, the most infamous bar in Grantville, across the street from the Thuringen Gardens, the […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #2: The Play’s the Thing

Previous / NextThe Quiney brothers have previously appeared in:“Franconia! Part 1,” Grantville Gazette 10“Franconia! Parts 2 and 3,” Grantville Gazette 25“Ya’ Gets Yer Money and Ya’ Gets Yer Choice,” Grantville Gazette 26“Et Docere Et Rerum Exquirere Causas,” Grantville Gazette 92“One To A Customer,” Grantville Gazette 95“If You Want To Write A Play With Witches,” Grantville […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #1: Waving Goodbye

Previous / NextRural Grantville October 1636George McClenannan GrantIt was a cool day for October. Of course, October days tended to be cool since the Ring of Fire. That was fine with Curtis Maggard. He was used to being outdoors in worse. He spent as much time hunting, fishing, and trapping as he could, regardless of […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #011

Volume 12 #17: Aircraft in the 1632 Universe

Previous Aircraft in the 1632 UniverseWritten by Gorg HuffThe essence of the Ring of Fire was the knowledge, ideas and information that it provided to the Early Modern period. Perhaps the least predictable aspect of the Ring of Fire was the order of inventing. In our own history the railroad (1804) came a century before the […]

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Volume 12 #16: My Name is Legion

Previous / NextMy Name is Legion:Copying the Books of GrantvilleWritten by Iver P. CooperNo down-time visitor can fail to be amazed by the libraries of Grantville. In 1633, Maestro Giacomo Carissimi, writes that the high school has “a library that seems to come out of long-forgotten myths. A fabulous place for the number and for the […]

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Volume 12 #15: Flying the Virtual Skies

Previous / Next Flying the Virtual Skies:A Brief History and 1632 Perspective on Flight SimulationWritten by Sean MasseyFor almost as long as there has been flight, there have been simulators to assist in training would-be pilots in the art of flying. They have evolved from primitive mechanical trainers to electronic cockpits.With Grantville leading the creation of […]

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Volume 12 #14: Grantville Police Department

Previous / Next Grantville Police DepartmentWritten by John ZeekIn 2000, the Grantville Police Department was a typical small town police department. It consisted of a chief and five patrolmen, and a sworn juvenile officer. A study of the books 1632 and 1633 and a visit to the Grid reveals their names and ages.Police:Dan Frost (47; chief of police)Ralph Onofrio, Jr. […]

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Volume 12 #13: So You Want to Build the Internet

Previous / Next So You Want to Build the Internet:IP Communicatons in 1633Written by Charles PraelThe internet, as we all know, is a complex beast. It depends on a wide variety of technologies to deliver a wide variety of information over a large number of different computing devices. So, how feasible is it to build an […]

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Volume 12 #12: Stretching Out, Part Two

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part Two, Amazon AdventureWritten by Iver P. CooperBelem do Para, Estado do Maranhão (northern Brazil), Late 1632Like an arrow falling from heaven, the cormorant plunged into the waters of the Para. For a few seconds it was lost from sight. Then it emerged triumphantly, a fish in its mouth. Two gulls […]

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Volume 12 #11: Letters from France

Previous / NextLetters From FranceWritten by Kerryn OffordJena , Winter 1631-32Henri Beaubriand-Lévesque watched the strange vehicle drive past. It was one of the up-timer horseless carriages everyone called an “APC.” It was simply enormous, and noisy. Henri concentrated on absorbing all the details of the machine so he could draw it later.The vehicle had all but […]

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Volume 12 #10: Through a Glass, Darkly

Previous / Next Through A Glass, DarklyWritten by David CarricoMagdeburgMarch 1635Lieutenant Byron Chieske dropped into the visitor’s chair in Captain Bill Reilly’s office with a grunt. Reilly looked up from his paperwork with his eyebrows raised in a mild question. “The day that bad?”“No, just long. We had to bring Annie Grimmigwald in on assault charges.”“Old […]

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Volume 12 #9: Domestic Violence

Previous / Next Domestic ViolenceWritten by John ZeekJürgen Neubert was not a happy man. His promotion to patrolman first class at the end of last year had just added to his responsibilities. Now the grass was turning green and the flowers were starting to bloom and here he was, stuck in the office doing paper work. […]

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Volume 12 #7: Mrs. December, 1636

Previous / NextMrs. December, 1636Written by Chet GottfriedJustus Corneliszoon van Liede’s smile was all teeth. Big teeth. Broad teeth. Dazzling teeth. Many men would have wanted to punch in his teeth at first sight. Many women would have been tempted to do the same. Flo Richards was different.“Have another piece of cake, Herr van Liede.” She […]

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