Grantville Gazette X
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In the Ring of Fire series, Grantville Gazette X, orGrantville Gazette, Volume 10, is the tenth Grantville Gazette anthology published since February 2003 in the atypical series which consists of a mish-mash of main novels (currently ) and a greater number of anthologies (a total of )produced under popular demand after publication of the initial novel which was written as a stand-alone work. Overall it is the eleventh anthology, counting the the first of two eponymously named fiction only anthologies (and of January 2008). The Gazettes and Ring of Fire collections are, like most of the series works, including nearly all the longer fiction, collaborative efforts by more than one author set in the same shared universe—a parallel universe (fiction) split from our past during the year 1631 which was created by historian-editor-author Eric Flint who controls the series canon. A gazette story, or Ring of Fire (ROF) story, or novel chapter (ROF series) all have equal weight in the series and universe canon, and while one can read the longer series and follow major events and neglect the shorter fiction, the richest detail and the research behind the big stories can only be found in the short fiction—which by word count is larger than the main series. Since , the Grantville Gazettes alone, at six volumes per year, are averaging over 800,000 words per year, 120,000–150,000 words per volume, or mid-length novel length per release; with the initial size increases beginning with in 2005 when the project hired permanent staff.
The 1632 series in brief
Eric Flint's novel concept was simple—take a small American town typical of his youth limited in population, stockpiled goods, and manufacturing capabilities— swap them across time and space with an equal volume of real estate in emerging Early Modern Europe in a critical formative time (during the religious strife of the Thirty Years' War)— and extrapolate what a new history might result as the American ("up-timer") capabilities and ideas of democracy, labor, religion, equality of the sexes, etcetera mix with "down-time" European attitudes dominated by established State churches, religion, authoritarianism, and class structures and a nascent university structure. The Gazettes and much of the main series as it has developed, are the results of the nearly quarter of a million posts to the webboard chat forum 1632 Tech Manual on publisher Baen Books website Baen's Bar seriously exploring that premise.
This particular sub-series, the various Grantville Gazettes include encyclopedia grade fact articles by members of the 1632 Research Committee which cover the technological issues faced in fitting 21st century knowledge and base technology to the 17th Century setting of the parallel universe milieu. The internet forum Baen's Bar hosts the 1632verse oriented sub-forums 1632 Tech and 1632 Slush and both forums figure prominently in the background of these works as is covered in the The Grantville Gazettes and 1632 Editorial Board main articles. The series as a whole, and this sub-series in particular are an example of internet-age collaborative writing in the literary field.
Consequently, the Gazettes are mixed-works which include many fact articles initially published in online e-zine format, all set in the '1632verse' parallel universe created by the departure point established in the February 2000 hardcover novel 1632 by author-historian Eric Flint, who serves as editor of the overall mass of works, or co-author of the series. In one volume at least, he managed both roles at once.
E-book Table of Contents
Note: In the earliest three Grantville Gazettes, there were differences between the print published version and the original serialized eMagazine, and then again the intermediate e-book as the 'kinks' were worked out of the experiment. Should additional published works differ, it will be noted in the pertinent article.
Synopses
E-book Preface
1632-verse Fiction
"Duty Calls"
"E. Coli: A Tale of Redemption"
"Wedding Daze"
"Doc""
"The Galloping Goose"
"Sure Thing"
"Hunting Traditions"
Continuing Serials
"Stretching Out, Part Four: Beyond the Line"
"Sonata, Part Two"
Nonfiction
"Tell Me What You Eat, and I'll Tell You Who You Are"
"The High-Stepping Beauties"
"Scraps of Fashion"
"Seeing the Heavens"
References and notes
External links
Publishing history
Published in the United States of America
- First electronic printing (E-ARC), September 1st, 2007
- Electronic version by WebWrights, November 1st, 2007, <ref
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(forthcoming)
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