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Volume 13 #4: Nothing’s Ever Simple

Previous / Next Nothing’s Ever Simple Written by Virginia DeMarce Grantville, 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 […]

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Volume 13 #3: A Tinker’s Progress

Previous / Next A Tinker’s Progress Written by Terry Howard Jack 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 […]

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Volume 13 #2: Protected Species

Previous / Next Protected Species Written by Garrett W. Vance Summer 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 […]

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Volume 13 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode Two

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode Two Eric Flint Chapter 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 […]

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Volume 12 #17: Aircraft in the 1632 Universe

Previous Aircraft in the 1632 Universe Written by Gorg Huff The 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 […]

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Volume 12 #16: My Name is Legion

Previous / Next My Name is Legion:Copying the Books of Grantville Written by Iver P. Cooper No 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 […]

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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 Simulation Written by Sean Massey For 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 […]

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Volume 12 #14: Grantville Police Department

Previous / Next Grantville Police Department Written by John Zeek In 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 […]

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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 1633 Written by Charles Prael The 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 […]

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Volume 12 #12: Stretching Out, Part Two

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part Two, Amazon Adventure Written by Iver P. Cooper Belem do Para, Estado do Maranhão (northern Brazil), Late 1632 Like 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 […]

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Volume 12 #11: Letters from France

Previous / Next Letters From France Written by Kerryn Offord Jena , Winter 1631-32 Henri 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. […]

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Volume 12 #10: Through a Glass, Darkly

Previous / Next Through A Glass, Darkly Written by David Carrico MagdeburgMarch 1635 Lieutenant 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 […]

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Volume 12 #9: Domestic Violence

Previous / Next Domestic Violence Written by John Zeek Jürgen 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 […]

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Volume 12 #7: Mrs. December, 1636

Previous / Next Mrs. December, 1636 Written by Chet Gottfried Justus 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, […]

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Volume 12 #6: Thunder in the Mountains

Previous / Next Thunder in the Mountains Written by Richard Evans Bern , Swiss Confederacy, Midwinter, 1634The Inn of the Sleeping Mule “Thomas, are you sure this’ll work? Those illustrated magazines of yours may have been explicit enough for you, but I’ve never seen a cannon with two open ends before. How does it fire and […]

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Volume 12 #5: The Price of Dumplings

Previous / Next The Price of Dumplings Written by Terry Howard “Hey, John Ose, which one of these birds is the scrawniest?” Arch Pennock asked, eying the chickens. Janos Tamas stopped what he was doing and looked up from his place inside the open air market stall. Behind him were crates of live chickens. In front […]

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Volume 12 #4: One Step Toward the Clouds

Previous / Next One Step Toward the Clouds Written by Sean Massey Hans Richter FieldNear GrantvilleDecember 1633 Marie Moritz concentrated hard as she lined her plane up for final approach. The drone of the engines poured from the speakers next to the monitor as she fought a thirty mile-per-hour crosswind within a simulated Cessna. Although she […]

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Volume 12 #3: The Monster

Previous / Next The Monster Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett The Eagle Flies Magdalena van de Passe stood outside the building and stared. She paid not the slightest attention to what was going on around her; she had eyes only for the plane that was flying overhead. She had seen airplanes on TV, but […]

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Volume 12 #2: Birdwatching

Previous / Next Birdwatching Written by Garrett W. Vance Prelude The flash was so bright it pierced her closed eyelids, waking her from her nap. A thunderclap followed, Pam Miller felt the deep vibration even in bed. Spring storm, maybe I’ll get up and watch the show. After a few minutes with no further drama offered by the […]

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Volume 12 #1: The Anaconda Project, Episode One

Previous / Next The Anaconda Project, Episode One Written by Eric Flint Chapter 1. The Map “This is absurd,” said Morris Roth, as forcefully as he could. He had a bad feeling that wasn’t very forceful at all, given that he was wearing an absurd costume—he thought it was absurd, anyway, although it was just standard […]

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Volume 11 #15: Adventures in Transportation

Previous Adventures in Transportation: An Examination of Drags, Carts, Wagons and Carriages Available in the 17th century Written by Karen Bergstralh The intention of this piece is to acquaint the 1632 aficionados with the types of wheeled and non-wheeled land transport available for moving heavy and bulky items. Considering that the up-timers will have a […]

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Volume 11 #14: Steam: Taming the Demon

Previous / Next Steam: Taming the Demon Written by Kevin H. Evans DISCLAIMER This article is not intended to provide all the information needed to design and build actual boilers. Many skills and cross checks are needed to ensure the safe design and construction of pressure vessels. This article is to promote the understanding of […]

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Volume 11 #13: Transportation Modes

Previous / Next Hither and Yon: Transportation Modes, Costs and Infrastructure in 1632 and after Written by Iver P. Cooper “If a man . . . make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.” If Emerson really said […]

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Volume 11 #12: Butterflies in the Kremlin Part Four

Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Four Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Yaroslavich Dacha, outside of Moscow A Dissertation on the Valueof Freedom and Security “Those that give up their freedom for a little temporary security deserve neither freedom or security and ultimately will lose both.” So goes an up-time quote. […]

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Volume 11 #11: Stretching Out, Part One: Second Starts

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part One: Second Starts Written by Iver P. Cooper Grantville, May 2, 1632 “Race time ten minutes,” blared the speaker. The murmur of the fairground crowd rose, and then subsided. “I can’t believe you talked me into this,” Maria Vorst said. Maria had come to Grantville with her brother Adolph, […]

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Volume 11 #10: Trommler Records

Previous / Next Trommler Records Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “Just sign right there.” The blond man, Contz Beckenbauer, indicated the space for her signature and handed her the pen. “Right there, as I said. Then we’ll talk about what you will sing for the record.” Els hesitated a moment. She was just […]

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Volume 11 #10: Wish Book

Previous / Next Wish Book Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “Gary Jordan!” Gary Jordan Burke flinched. He almost always flinched when Joyce got to screeching. It was an automatic response to her high-pitched, overly-loud voice. You’d think the woman thought everyone was deaf. “Gary Jordan!” “Yes, dear?” “Go downtown and get some more paper […]

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Volume 11 #9: Bootstrapping

Previous / Next Bootstrapping Written by Kerryn Offord Winter 1631-32, Jena Catherine Mutschler made her way carefully through the winter mud. She was tired and listless after being kept up most of the night by Maria, her three-year-old daughter. She’d finally managed to settle Maria only by feeding her the last of the bread mixed […]

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Volume 11 #8: Bathing with Coal

Previous / Next Bathing With Coal Written by Russ Rittgers Fall, 1633 “Barnabas Kitchner! Wake up! It’s Tuesday morning and you have to buy wood for the bathhouse fire.” The thirty-eight year-old man rolled over in bed and opened one eye. His wife, Margarete Lutsch, was already dressed and standing in the doorway with her […]

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Volume 11 #7: O For a Muse of Fire

Previous / Next O For a Muse of Fire Written by Jay Robison O for a muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention! —Shakespeare, Henry V Andreas Gryphius, born Greif, waited outside the door to Amber Higham’s office. He knew he hadn’t done anything wrong, knew that that was not why the high […]

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Volume 11 #6: The Treasure Hunters

Previous / Next The Treasure Hunters Written by Karen Bergstralh March, 2000 The librarian stamped the book and handed it across the desk. “This is a grown-up book, Mikey. It came all the way from a library in Richmond and you can only have one renewal on it. It must be back by April sixteenth.” Michael Arthur […]

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Volume 11 #5: A Gift of Blankets

Previous / Next A Gift of Blankets Written by Kerryn Offord and Vincent Coljee Quarantine House Alpha, Grantville, 1632 “How do we feel today?” Katharina Anna Schrey asked Quarantine House Alpha’s most important patient. John Thompson Sims looked up from his sick bed. “Lousy!” Katharina smiled down at the elderly doctor. He’d been her friend […]

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Volume 11 #4: Land of Ice and Sun

Previous / Next Land of Ice and Sun Written by Kim Mackey The match was tied at four games apiece when I looked up and saw the priest talking to Esteban’s navigator, Luke Foxe. He was a strange looking fellow. Oh, he wore the clothing of a priest, but his face was too dark and […]

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Volume 11 #3: Azrael’s Bargain

Previous / Next Azrael’s Bargain Written by Terry Howard Download this Podcast Episodehttp://www.grantvillegazette.com/img/pod/bargain.mp3 “Hey, Jimmy. Why don’t I ever see you down at the rail yard anymore?” It was a cold winter night and Club 250 had its every-night regulars and as many more folks who weren’t. The young man talking to Jimmy Dick was one […]

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Volume 11 #2: Lessons in Astronomy

Previous / Next Lessons in Astronomy Written by Peter Hobson “Your Eminence, I’m fluent in Latin, German and Italian. My French is passable. My Greek is a little weak and I’ve forgotten most of the smattering of Hebrew the seminary inflicted on me.” Father Scheiner knew he shouldn’t be taking that tone with a prince […]

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Volume 11 #1: Pilgrimage of Grace

Previous / Next Pilgrimage of Grace Written by Virginia DeMarce “They’re not taking what happened in Suhl last January out on Johnny Lee’s family because they can’t. His dad’s been dead for thirty years. His mother wasn’t from around here to start with and she moved back to Ohio after a while. Mary Fern–that’s his […]

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Volume 10 #19: The Feast

Previous THE FEAST by Anette Pedersen Guildmaster B in a fair-sized northern European town is giving a party to celebrate his second son’s engagement to the daughter of another guildmaster. Come and let me show you what’s going on. The Street The street leading past the house is not one of the main streets through […]

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Volume 10 #18: All Roads Lead to…

Previous / Next ALL ROADS LEAD. . . . By Iver P. Cooper A seventeenth-century visitor might well think that all roads lead to Grantville, not Rome, because down-time roads pale by comparison. “Captain Gars,” riding on Route 250, noted its “perfect flatness,” and considered it to be “the finest road he had ever seen in his life.” […]

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Volume 10 #17: Herd Immunity

Previous / Next Herd Immunity By Vincent W. Coljee Life, disease and death in the 1630s Imagining life in a small town in Germany in the 1630s is difficult for the average twenty-first century dweller. Picture awaking from an interrupted night’s sleep, courtesy of the local swine brawling in the alley below your bedroom window. […]

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Volume 10 #16: Crude Peniccilin

Previous / Next Crude Penicillin: Potential and Limitations By Kim Mackey “That which we know frequently impedes us in acquiring new knowledge.” Claude Bernard (1813-1878), French physiologist. Background and Early History of Penicillin The Age of Disinfection began with the work of Pasteur and Lister in the 1860s and 1870s. While this initial work focused on […]

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