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Volume 13 #15: Supply and Demand

Previous / Next Supply and Demand Written by Rick Boatright Tink 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 […]

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Volume 9 #28: Radio in 1632, Part 3

Previous / Next Radio in 1632, Part 3 by Rick Boatright In our two previous discussions of telecommunications in the 1632 series, we focused on radio communications uniquely available to up-timers (“Radio in the 1632 Universe,” Grantville Gazette, Volume One) , and to wired communications (“So You Want to do Telecommunications in 1633,” Grantville Gazette, Volume Two). In this […]

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Volume 9 #6: Those Not So Daring

Previous / Next Those Not So Daring by Rick Boatright BANG!!! Karen leaned her head towards the cellar. No more explosions were forthcoming. “The boards worked.” “Yes. It appears that one doesn’t shatter another now.” “Four dozen bottles all at once. But now that we’ve got a better judge of the amount of sugar to […]

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Volume 9 #4: Those Daring Not So Young Men

Previous / Next Those Daring Not So Young Men by Rick Boatright “Thank you for coming.” “Of course we came, lass.” “At least it’s over now.” “Over? What’s over?” “This steam nonsense.” “Tisn’t nonsense, lass. Your grandfather died because he got the last bit working.” “It’s still nonsense, Mr Iverson.” She pointed at the “monster” in […]

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Volume 9 #2: Those Daring Young Men

Previous / Next Those Daring Young Men by Rick Boatright The door into the building opened, spilling young men and sunlight into the space. “Rotgut, Henrich, all around. And the paint.” “We’re out of the Grantville Rotgut. You’ll have to make do with the Italian version.” “As long as it’s corn liquor, and burns, it […]

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Volume 7 #9:The Dr. Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 2

Previous / Next The Dr. Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 2Dr. Phil’s Amazing Essence Of Fire Tablets By Kerryn Offord and Rick Boatright 1633, Jena, Dr. Gribbleflotz’s office Dr. Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz took another look at the bill. He was spending that much on candles? Surely not. “Frau Mittelhausen. This bill for candles. Who has been using wax candles […]

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Volume 3 #9: Iron

Previous / Next Iron Rick Boatright The most dangerous mammal in North America kills over 130 people each year, and seriously injures another twenty-nine thousand. The most recycled material in North America was dumped in landfills until the late 1970s, but now, nearly 100 percent of that material contains recycled content. The animal? The white-tailed […]

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Grantville Gazette #003

Volume 2 #10: So You Want To Do Telecommunications In 1633?

Previous / Next So You Want To Do Telecommunications In 1633? (non-fiction) Rick Boatright Introduction David Freer’s story, “Lineman for the Country” in the Ring of Fire anthology, described the beginnings of wired telecommunications in the 1632 universe and the founding of AT&L. Like any good story, much of the technology was mentioned, but not […]

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Volume 1 #6: Radio in the 1632 Universe

Radio in the 1632 Universe by Rich Boatright Previous / Next Introduction The military and diplomatic radio situation in Europe at the end of the novel 1633 is a result of a unique combination of the authors’ needs in the story line, the limitations imposed by the authors’ choice of town to base Grantville on, […]

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Grantville Gazette #001

Next Table of Contents Grantville Gazette, Volume 1 Editor-in-Chief ~ Eric Flint Baen’s Bar Editor’s Preface 1. Portraits by Eric Flint 2. Anna’s Story by Loren Jones 3. Curio and Relic by Tom Van Natta 4. The Sewing Circle by Gorg Huff 5. The Rudolstadt Colloquy by Virginia DeMarce 6. Radio in the 1632 Universe […]

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