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Volume 22 #10: The Wind is Free

Previous The Wind is Free: Sailing Ship Design, Part 2, Seaworthiness Written by Iver P. Cooper Part II: Goals of Sailing Ship Design The designer of a sailing ship must give it sufficient capacity and speed to carry out its mission, yet without unduly compromising its seaworthiness. And seaworthiness itself is a complex concept, embracing […]

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Volume 22 #9: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Previous / Next Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: Gardening and Growing Food in 1632 Written by Anette PedersenIntroduction The benefits of growing usable plants near your sleeping place—as opposed to having to search for them whenever you need them—are so obvious that people must have started the first gardens as soon as they discovered that […]

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Volume 22 #8: Special Edition!

Previous / Next Special Edition! Written by Markus Becker Frankfurt Main, late May 1631, just another street corner: “Special Edition! Special Edition! Town from the future in Thuringia! Read everything about the year 2000: horseless carriages, lights with no flames, guns that shoot ten times without reloading. Only in the Allgemeine Zeitung. Don’t miss the woodcuts […]

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Volume 22 #7: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Four

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Four Written by Wood Hughes Chapter Ten Marc Kronzburg pushed the overlapping canvas flaps out of the way as he made his way into the Thuringen Gardens outside patio. Or formerly outside patio. The original patio had been outside. Now, a massive roof was supported by four […]

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Volume 22 #6: Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Eight

Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Eight: As the Bear Turns Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Sheremetev laughed. “Leontii is a fine man, but not nearly subtle enough for this. The new political officer for the Dacha is . . . Anya.” * * * It was all Anya could do to keep her […]

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Volume 22 #5: Elegy

Previous / Next Elegy Written by David Carrico Magdeburg, April 1635 Andrea Abati moved down the hallway with a light step. This was one of Marla Linder’s lesson days, and he didn’t want to be late. Working with Marla was such a joy to him. As a gentilhuomo—or castrato, as he and those like him were […]

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Volume 22 #4: Deep Water

Previous / Next Deep Water Written by Kerryn Offord In October of 1633 Al and Sam Morton became instant heroes when they sank six enemy ships at anchor in the River Trave just down river from the city of Luebeck. But that was then. It took all of a couple of weeks before the city […]

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Volume 22 #3: Northwest Passage, Part One

Previous / Next Northwest Passage, Part One Written by Herbert and William Sakalaucks Part I November 1633 A bright sun and a cool breeze made Copenhagen the best place in the world as far as Sergeant Karl Andersen was concerned. He strolled with the three members of his city watch patrol through the open air […]

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Volume 22 #1: Arsenic and Old Italians

Previous / Next Arsenic and Old Italians Written by Iver P. Cooper The liquid in the shallow dish ignited, releasing a burst of yellow-green fire. The audience, a curious mix of Tuscan scholars and glitterati, applauded. Lewis Philip Bartolli acknowledged the applause with a briefly lifted hand. “This lovely green reveals the presence of the […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 16 #1: House of Verbannen

Previous / Next The House of VerbannenMarc Tyrrell Klempf Warehouse, ZülpichWednesday, June 11, 1631, 2:45 p.m. Alphons Verbannen looked at the bodies scattered on the floor like broken, discarded dolls. Shaking his head in disgust, he cleaned his blade on the clothes that Meester Klempf would no longer need before sheathing it. “Did you find […]

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Volume 21 #12: Hyperinflation: Who Is Going To Do It?

Previous / Next Hyperinflation: Who Is Going To Do It? Written by Gorg Huff The 16th century was a period of massive inflation. European silver production increased as gold and silver came from the Americas. The growing importance of credit transactions plus population growth and the expansion of European economies and trade were all factors. […]

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Volume 21 #11: Home on the Grange

Previous / Next Home On the Grange Written by Kevin H. Evans Take Europe . . . The state of agriculture in the 1600s is unique. Nothing approaching the modern standardization of methods existed. One can find farming practices ranging from the ancient to the modern. This is mostly because of the large number of diverse political systems […]

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Volume 21 #10: Stretching Out, Part Six: King of the Jungle

Previous / Next Stretching Out,Part Six: King of the Jungle Written by Iver P. Cooper Paramaribo (Gustavus), SurinameShort Dry Season (February-March, 1635) “My children. Help find?” The Dutch words were painfully enunciated, clearly learned by rote. Maria Vorst put down the chalk with which she had been drawing, and studied the questioner. The tall black […]

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Volume 21 #9: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Three

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Three Written by Wood Hughes Chapter SevenDecember 1633, Grantville,State of Thuringia,United States of Europe It never got easier, Dr. Nichols thought as he welcomed John Chalker and his helper Georg Fleitner into his private office. The best way was just to go ahead and give the patient […]

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Volume 21 #8: Motifs

Previous / Next Motifs Written by David Carrico To the most revered and accomplished Maestro Girolamo Frescobaldi,City of Florence Maestro It is with the utmost presumption that I write to you. All the world knows of your skill, of your art, of your place as the musical jewel in the setting of Florence and the […]

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Volume 21 #7: Nobody Wants To Be a Pirate in the Baltic

Previous / Next Nobody Wants To Be a Pirate in the Baltic Written by Anette Pedersen and Kerryn Offord Kolberg, Pomerania, March 1635 “Viktor not have all day” Hans Johansson jumped and nearly dropped the musket he gingerly held in his soft, white hands when the gravelly voice broke the silence. He’d been so busy […]

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Volume 21 #6: An Irish Sitter

Previous / Next An Irish Sitter Written by Terry Howard Augsburg, September 1634 “Horatio Alger Burston, this is totally unlike you!” a rather exasperated Catharina said. She would very much have preferred for her new husband to leave the hiring of staff completely up to her as he always had before. Well, almost always, anyway. […]

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Volume 21 #5: Signs

Previous / Next Signs Written by Gorg Huff “God damned piece of shit.” The words came from under the automated money changer in the First National Bank of Grantville. And Reva Pridmore suddenly knew it was going to be a bad day. The AMC, or Simon Legree as the bank employees called it, was the […]

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Volume 21 #4: The Pitch

Previous / Next The Pitch Written by Domenic and DJ diCiacca Today the road was perfect, dry enough for wagon wheels but not yet dusty. Ian, who had sold a few of the up-time plows that were in the fields, was delighted. He had a new product in the wagon that he said was a […]

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Volume 21 #3: The Pessimist’s Daughter

Previous / Next The Pessimist’s Daughter Written by Mark H. Huston The Gardens, December, 1634 “I found every last one of those sons-of-bitches. Every last one. Do you have any idea how much money that son-of-a-bitch spends on those sons-of-bitches?” Staunton Bell took a deep swig of pilsner beer, emptied the mug, and slammed it […]

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Volume 21 #2: The Anaconda Project, Episode Ten

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Ten Written by Eric Flint Chapter 10 “You’re not asking for much, are you, Morris?” said Bernard Fodor. The older of the two Fodor brothers was doing his best to grumble, but the effort was being undercut by the other members of his family. Not only was his […]

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Volume 21 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Nine

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Nine Written by Eric Flint Chapter 9 “I have news,” Lukasz Opalinski announced, as soon as his friend Jozef Wojtowicz entered the room which served Opalinski as a combination library and small salon. Jozef closed the door behind him. “What could be so urgent that I had to […]

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Volume 20 #11: Better Foundations, Part 2: Putting Concrete to Work

Previous / Next Better Foundations, Part 2: Putting Concrete to Work Written by Iver P. Cooper In the world the up-timers left behind, the most widely consumed substance on Earth was water. What came second? Concrete. Indeed, concrete can be said to be, quite literally, the foundation of modern society. We depend upon it for […]

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Volume 20 #10: An Analysis of the Effect of Evangelical Missions on the 1632verse

Previous / Next An Analysis of the Effect of Evangelical Missions on the 1632verse Written by John Davis Technology is usually thought of in terms of understanding of the physical world and the ability to manipulate it. However, ideas and methodology can also be thought of as a form of technology in which society is […]

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Volume 20 #9: Turn Your Radio On, Episode Two

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode Two Written by Wood Hughes Chapter Four “Good morning, Europe. Guten Morgen, Europa! You’re listening to Voice of America as we begin another broadcast day from our studios on Mountaineer Lane in Grantville, New United States. Today is September tenth, Gregorian; August thirty-first Julian and at the […]

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Volume 20 #9: Hallelujah, Part Two

Previous / Next Hallelujah, Part Two Written by David Carrico November 1634 “Thus saith the Lord . . .” “Stop.” Andrea Abati closed his eyes. When he opened them again, Dietrich Fischer was still looking at him with that same placid but confused expression he’d been wearing all evening. Andrea scrubbed his hands over his face, then took […]

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Volume 20 #12: Fire Breathing Hogs

Previous Fire Breathing Hogs Written by Kevin H. Evans Prologue Engineer Lothar Schneider walked into the crew office. Glancing up he checked out the assignment boards and spotted his name. Yeah, there it was. He had received the first run. He turned and saw his fireman hang up his time card. “Otto, are you ready?” […]

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Volume 20 #7: In the Army Now

i Previous / Next In the Army Now Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett David Bartley and Johan Kipper got off the train at Camp Saale and looked around. It wasn’t the first time they had been here, but it was their first time as regular army instead of weekend warriors. The camp was […]

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Volume 20 #6: Dafydd and Goliath

Previous / Next Dafydd and Goliath Written by Terry Howard North Anglesey Coast of Wales, August 1635 Squire Dafydd Jones sat at dinner wearing a new velvet jacket over a shirt of the finest linen. The silver on the table sparkled from having been polished and repolished. The finest of everything he had graced the […]

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Volume 20 #5: Daedalus’ New Wings

i Previous / Next Daedalus’ New Wings Written by Kerryn Offord Magdeburg, September, 1634 Tracy Kubiak stared at the shop window, not really seeing anything. She was in Magdeburg to inspect the local division of her company, Grantville Canvas and Outdoor, but she was finding it hard to stay motivated. Maybe it was just because […]

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Volume 20 #4: A Bell for St. Vasili’s

Previous / Next A Bell for St. Vasili’s Written by Keith Robertsson November, 1633 “Ux Te!” Kseniya hadn’t at all expected what she was seeing. When Princess Natalia Petrovna hired Father Gavril to come to Grantville and set up a church for the people who were coming to study, she’d mentioned that her brother Vladimir […]

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Volume 20 #3: One Fine Day

Previous / Next One Fine Day Written By John Zeek Dec. 23, 1633 “Where is it? It’s late,” Heinrich muttered under his breath as he waited impatiently for the tram. Soon he would be out of this nest of heretics. Soon he would far away from this cursed city, this Grantville, the so-called city from […]

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Volume 20 #2: An Electrifying Experience

Previous / Next An Electrifying Experience Written By Jack Carroll Somewhere in the eastern Harz mountains, 1635 Something’s burning! Stefan Leichtfuss stopped in his tracks to sniff, and began slowly scanning his eyes all around. There! A wisp of smoke was rising out of that new wooden cabinet mounted on the post! Before he could move, there was […]

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Volume 20 #1: By Hook or By Crook

Previous / Next By Hook or By Crook By Victoria L’Ecuyer Hamburg, January 1633 Someone grabbed Annabet Nutsch and covered her eyes. “Guess who!” Annabet stiffened. She recognized the voice and jabbed her elbow into her brother’s ribs. “Grow up, Johann.” She wrestled free and shook her finger at the tall, gangly young man with […]

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Volume 19 #12: Wingless Wonders

Previous Wingless Wonders Written by Kevin H. Evans Lighter-than-air technology is a lot like the game Go. It is easy to learn, but very hard to master. Many countries tried the technology, but only a few managed to master it. By far the largest number of rigid airships were built by Germany. On the other […]

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Volume 19 #11: Plausibility Denial or Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

Previous / Next Plausibility Denial or Truth is Stranger Than Fiction Written by Gorg Huff Predictions and Reality Some years ago the barflies who frequent the 1632 Tech Manual, after much debate, came up with the number of computers in Mannington, West Virginia. Which was also the number of computers in Grantville. At the most […]

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Volume 19 #10: Better Foundations, Part 1: An Introduction to Concrete

Previous / Next Better Foundations, Part 1: An Introduction to Concrete Written by Iver P. Cooper Concrete—”Liquid Stone”—has made possible many innovations in architecture. Yet concrete is no Space Age wunderkind; it has its roots in antiquity. Concrete, albeit of a kind inferior to the modern product, was used by the Romans in the construction of […]

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Volume 19 #9: Hallelujah, Part One

Previous / Next Hallelujah, Part One Written by David Carrico Magdeburg – July, 1634 “It’s here! It’s here!” The three men looked around as Marla Linder burst through the door. Next moment, she laid an oblong package on the table in front of them. “What is here?” Franz Sylwester asked his wife. The inevitable smile […]

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Volume 19 #8: Turn Your Radio On, Episode One

Previous / Next Turn Your Radio On, Episode One Written by Wood Hughes Prologue April 1634, Grantville, State of Thuringia-Franconia, United States of Europe “Der Kronz” was in an exuberant mood as he walked into the Voice of America offices, whistling an up-timer tune by the name of “Do the Hustle” and without a care […]

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