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Table of Contents

1. The Anaconda Project, Episode Five Eric Flint

2. The Anaconda Project, Episode Six Eric Flint

3. Bunny B. Goode Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett

4. Silver Age Virginia DeMarce

5. Feng Shui for the Soul Kerryn Offord

6. Ghosts on the Glass Tim Roesch

7. Golden Corn—A Tale of Old Joe on the Mountain Top Terry Howard

8. Lost In Translation Iver Cooper

9. Comedy of Error Mark Huston

Serials

10. Homage to Etruria, Part One: The Patron’s Plight Jay Robison

11. Sonata Part Three David Carrico

Non-fiction

12. The Steam Car Kevin Evans

13. Safety First: Industrial Safety in 1632, Part One, Legal and Social Aspects Iver Cooper

14 . The Importance of Having a Pig: Food and Preservation in 1632 Anette Pedersen

15. Scraps of Fashion Lisa Satterlund

16. BACK TO THE FLASH: The World Turned Upside Down John R. Johnson

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.

Then, two big steps:

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

Y’all Come See Us

Written by Paula Goodlett

What’s Up in the 1632 Universe

In July of 2007 the 1632 crew of writers and fans met, many for the first time, at Conestoga, the Tulsa, Oklahoma science fiction convention. We had a great time and learned a lot. Eric Flint, our fearless leader, snerked a good bit of the upcoming plots, Virginia DeMarce presented a panel called “Time Passed in the Past,” and, oh, lots and lots of stuff.

Lots and lots—piles and piles—of information got exchanged.

But mostly, we just had a great time. It’s always fun to meet like-minded folks, and the 1632 Mini-convention is a great opportunity to meet more of those.

So, in 2008, we’re going to do it again. This year, on October 10 – 12, in Albany, New York.

Here’s the url for Albacon: http://www.albacon.org/hotel.html

Yes, you’ll need to buy a membership to Albacon—at least for the day you’re going to join us.

We’ll be having some more panels, although we haven’t settled our schedule just yet. We work our stuff around the panels that Eric is on, so’s we can all go watch. As well, since the Guests of Honor are Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey, some of us (like me) have every intention of attending those panels. Even with that, there will be plenty of time for 1632. And there’s always dinner and hanging out once the days’ programming is done . . . which is one of the best parts of a convention to my mind.

So herewith an invitation: Y’all come see us.

Assuming nothing gets in the way (and we’re working hard to prevent that) Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce, Rick Boatright, Iver Cooper, Walt Boyes, Gorg Huff and I are planning to attend. So far, grin. We’re working on getting as many of the 1632 writers and fans together as we can. We had great attendance in Tulsa, and I’m betting we’ll do just as well in Albany.

Hope to see you there.

Paula

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