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69-526: The Grantville Gazettes were a series of anthologies of short stories set in the 1632 universe introduced in Eric Flint 's novel 1632 that was published as a bi-monthly electronic magazine from 2003 until shortly after Flint's death in 2022. The Gazettes started as an experiment: a professionally edited, officially sanctioned "fan magazine" published electronically. Initially released as serialized e-magazines , they were later published as e-books (taking

138-471: A considerable amount of the material and written resources of modern society, making their success in changing the past more plausible. Since both The Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press had ceased operations just shortly after Eric Flint's death in 2022, the series was originally expected to be concluded after manuscripts that had already been submitted to Baen prior to Flint's death were published in

207-563: A forum for librarians throughout Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States to share news, discussions of their libraries' ideas and practices, and reports of professional activities such as meetings and conferences. In an 1878 prospectus, the journal stressed its importance by noting that small libraries, in particular, could gain the "costly experience and practical advice" of the largest libraries. Regular reading of Library Journal ,

276-444: A gamut. There are mysteries, action adventure, and little bit of rewritten history." Some of the stories are quirky and that "the characters have a sense of humor" while some of the other "stories aren't all humorous, they also deal with subjects related to inequality and opportunity. The reviewer also wrote that "Another really good part of the series, is the serious discussion of technology and how old technologies can be recreated until

345-751: A multitude of characters. The sequel 1633 spreads the Americans out geographically over Central Europe. Next, the novel 1634: The Galileo Affair , and the first of the anthologies called the Grantville Gazettes introduced new strong characters. The former begins what is called the South European thread , and some of the stories in the latter and Ring of Fire began the Eastern European thread (Austria-Hungary northwards to Poland). Co-author of 1633 , New York Times best-selling author David Weber

414-576: A new electronic magazine called Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond that will be released bimonthly on the first day of odd-numbered months with Bjorn Hasseler as Editor-in-Chief starting September 2023. Starting in November 2004, the first Gazette was also released experimentally in a paper edition with issue I as a paperback. The second volume was released in hardcover in March 2006, this and subsequent titles use Roman Numerals for titles such as are listed below in

483-470: A new electronic magazine called Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond (colloquially referred to as 1632 & Beyond ) that would specialize in publishing short stories in the 1632 and other Assiti Shards universes on a bimonthly basis. The first issue was released in September 2023 and included short stories by Jody Lynn Nye , S.M. Stirling , Virginia DeMarce , Vance Garrett, and Chuck Thompson that are set in

552-637: A page from the Baen Books experience with E-ARCs—Electronic Advance Reader Copies , which had been instituted several years earlier.) Because the electronic sales were successful, Baen contracted with Flint for more issues, to be published 3-4 times per year (bimonthly, starting in 2007). Each would form part of the canonical background for the other works (novels and anthologies) in the rapidly growing 1632 series . By mid-2012, e-magazines were published bimonthly, and six books had been published (five of those as both hardcover and mass market paperback) excerpted from

621-464: A whole new crop of gifted alternate historians." The reviewer for Observe and See wrote that the printed version of the Grantville Gazette IV is "It is every bit as enjoyable as the other editions" and reviewed each story in this edition. The reviewer for The Billion Light-Year Bookshelf wrote extensive individual reviews for each of the included stories. The reviewer also noted that one of

690-400: A wide range of authors. In parallel, the online message board Baen's Bar received a strong response from fans following the release of the digital advance copy of 1632 . The forum rapidly evolved into several sub-communities, some act as technical consultant to Flint - for example on how modern technology could be implemented within the series. The high quality of fan fiction submitted to

759-456: Is an alternate history book series and sub-series created, primarily co-written, and coordinated by American author Eric Flint and published by Baen Books . The series is set in 17th-century Europe, in which the small fictional town of Grantville, West Virginia , was sent to the past from the year 2000 to central Germany in the year 1631, during the Thirty Years' War . As of 2019,

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828-496: Is taken to be east of modern-day Germany, Austria, and western Hungary, to include mainly modern-day Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and parts of Ukraine and Belarus, but not Russia. The first fiction written within this thread was the novelette " The Wallenstein Gambit " and the prequel short stories leading up to it, all published in the 2004 anthology Ring of Fire . The Russian thread was started by authors Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff in

897-465: The 1632 series can be considered an extension and modification of Mark Twain 's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court , in which a 19th-century American engineer, finding himself in 5th-century England, is able, all by himself, to introduce into the past society the full range of his time's technologies. In Flint's version, a whole modern community is transplanted into the past, in possession of

966-534: The Cutter Expansive Classification system, developed his ideas; and managing editor Dewey made recommendations for early library circulation systems. Initially, Library Journal did not review books unless they related to librarians' professional interests, but then, like now, the journal ran articles on collection development and ads from publishers recommending their forthcoming books for libraries to purchase. Early issues of Library Journal were

1035-789: The Eastern European thread . The Southern European thread, or Western South Europe and South Central European thread, or perhaps more appropriately, the South-Central and Southwestern European thread, involves characters introduced in the short story " To Dye For " by Mercedes Lackey but the thread plot action proper continued in the second published novel sequel of the series, the best-selling 1634: The Galileo Affair and its direct sequel, 1635: The Cannon Law , both co-written by Flint and Andrew Dennis . The main characters are, in part, Lackey's The Stone Family, combined with Flint's Sharon Nichols and Larry Mazzare. The Eastern European thread

1104-469: The Gazette have been released in print form by The Ring of Fire Press. The Ring of Fire anthologies of commissioned short fiction also continue, with one volume approximately every 4–5 years. The result had become a collaborative alternative history series consisting of interlinked novels and short stories, that can be regarded as adding additional layers of depth into the canon - the first level consisting of

1173-499: The Grantville Gazette . First, it would publish certain stories that were serialized across several issues of the Gazette , so they can be read without hunting through the various Gazette issues. Second, it would publish several themed collections of fact articles. In 2018, the scope of Ring of Fire Press expanded, with the hiring of managing editor Walt Boyes and Joy Ward, and graphic artist Laura Givens. The release schedule

1242-416: The Grantville Gazette . The third and fourth levels frequently provided more in-depth background, and showed the impact of the events in the novels on the ordinary population. The entire series canon was maintained by Flint. A year after the demise of the Grantville Gazette , some of Flint's fellow 1632 co-authors got together to form a new company called Flint's Shards Inc., which is dedicated in producing

1311-463: The Grantville Gazettes continue in one thread or another with in-depth looks at societal ramifications from technology, religion, and social unrest as Europe deals with the outlandish ideas of Grantville's influential presence, to machinations of Europe's elites trying to maintain their hold on power, or leverage off of Grantville-triggered events or knowledge for reasons of self-interest. When

1380-599: The Queen of the Seas universe. The fifth issue was released in May 2024 and included short stories by Virginia DeMarce, Natalie Silk, George Grant, Marc Tyrrell, and Robert Finegold set in the 1632 universe, while Iver Cooper contributed a nonfiction article. The sixth issue was released in July 2024 and included short stories by Virginia DeMarce, Terry Howard, Robert E. Waters, and Tim Sayeau set in

1449-420: The "mainline" novels; the second level consisting of novels that take place in parallel "threads" (usually representing events in separate geographic regions); the third level consisting short fiction that has been published in print form (either drawn from the Grantville Gazette , or commissioned separately as part of the Ring of Fire anthology series); and the fourth level consisting of the stories published in

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1518-542: The 1632 universe, while Iver Cooper contributed a nonfiction article. The seventh issue was released in September 2024 and included short stories by Virginia DeMarce, Natalie Silk, George Grant, Marc Tyrrell, and Robert Finegold set in the 1632 universe, while Iver Cooper contributed a nonfiction article. The eighth issue was released in November 2024 and included short stories by Garrett W. Vance, Edith Wild, Bjorn Hasseler, Terry Howard, and Bethanne Kim. This edition also introduces writer Aaron Jamieson Greso's first work in

1587-438: The 1632 universe, while Iver Cooper contributed a short story set in the Queen of the Seas universe and George Grant wrote a non-fiction piece. The second issue was released in November 2023 and included short stories by Sean Little, Marc Tyrrell, George Grant, Iver Cooper plus the writing team of Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett are all set in the 1632 universe with Bethanne Kim contributing a nonfiction article. The third issue

1656-517: The 1632 universe. Also mentioned is the disposition of a few out-of-print Ring of Fire Press titles. The Christmas-themed short stories that were first published in December 2021 in the anthology A 1632 Christmas were re-released in two special issues of 1632 & Beyond as Special Issue #1 and Special Issue #2 that were released in November and December 2024 respectively. The "mainline" novels (many of which were written by Flint alone) focus on

1725-814: The Central and Southwest Central European thread, is the main plot thread of the series. It concerns events in the region from west to east of the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland , Northern France , the Spanish Netherlands , French Netherlands , and the Dutch Republic , and the whole of western Germany eastwards to Brandenburg and the Electorate of Saxony , and southerly to the northern reaches of Bavaria . Bavaria proper, Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia, and points easterly and north are properly geographically part of

1794-625: The Essen Steel Corporation and Essen Chemical, are foreshadowing activities (mining chromium for one) in North America, and others are pursuing latex rubber in South America. In addition, the three books contracted between Flint and David Weber will in part involve expeditions sent by Gustavus and Mike Stearns to American shores. In June 2013, Ring of Fire Press was created to reissue certain materials originally published online in

1863-455: The Journal has assessed public libraries and awarded stars in their Star Libraries program. Its "Library Journal Book Review" does pre-publication reviews of several hundred popular and academic books each month. With a circulation of approximately 100,000, Library Journal has the highest circulation of any librarianship journal, according to Ulrich's . Library Journal's original publisher

1932-640: The authoritarian, religion-driven societies of an unconsolidated Holy Roman Empire barely out of the Middle Ages . Flint explores examples of suffering due to the petty politics of self-aggrandizement and self-interest on the one hand, and the irreconcilable differences of the schism in Christianity such as the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation on the other. Despite the fact that

2001-631: The books in the series sold well enough to get listed on the various Locus Bestsellers Lists, with some titles listed multiple times, and a few even reached the top spot for the month. 1635: The Papal Stakes is the first book in the series to get listed on the Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Books list. A few titles were nominated for the Dragon Awards . 1635: A Parcel of Rogues and 1636: The Cardinal Virtues were finalists in 2016; 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught

2070-400: The chaotic nature of events (i.e., trivial-seeming changes can have large effects, and vice versa), often believe that these histories give them a strong idea of how they can guide events in a different direction. The "players" sent back through time have no intention of strongly guiding events, but understand how key forces (democracy, sanitation, medicine, egalitarianism, etc.) affect things in

2139-577: The connecting straits between the bodies of water in 1633. With the conclusion of the northern European sea actions at the end of the novel 1634: The Baltic War , the action moves to the Caribbean Sea and Western Atlantic coast of North America. At the conclusion of 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line , the naval forces are recalled to serve in the conflict with the Ottoman Empire in a forthcoming 1638 novel about

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2208-530: The creative process and preventing stale, formulaic works. As stated in the first Grantville Gazette and on his site, Flint's novel 1632 was an experiment wherein he explores the effect of transporting a large group of people back in time, in this case an entire American town. 1632 occurs in the midst of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). The modern town of Grantville is transported from West Virginia back to 1632 Europe. The plot allows pragmatic, American, union-oriented, political thought to grind against

2277-466: The defunct Ring of Fire Press (2013–2022) and might be republished later by a different company under contract. H&G Novels are books that was first privately published by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett via Amazon (new company yet to be named). Other novels listed are books published by Baen Books. This line of stories begins with the naval actions in the English Channel, North Sea and Baltic Sea and

2346-582: The effect of saving Gustavus from being killed in the Battle of Lützen ). This leads the scheming Cardinal Richelieu , who had previously been financing him to spite and weaken the Habsburgs , to turn on the Swedes. Various books from up-time Grantville, especially history books, had found avid readers amongst Europe's ruling elites, changing the plans and strategies of major players of the time. The readers, not understanding

2415-523: The eighth issue of the Grantville Gazette with their introduction of the serial Butterflies in the Kremlin , which later became the novel 1636: The Kremlin Games . Goodlett and Huff has since written at least 5 novels within this thread with more on the way. The latest Russian novel, 1638: The Sovereign States , was released in September 2023. Publishing notes: RoFP Novels are books that were first published by

2484-528: The equipment needed to build the modern technology is available." The reviewer also states that "The Gazette has been a pipeline for developing authors." The reviewer for the Midwest Book Review wrote that the book "provides a lively set of vignettes and tales that juxtapose well with the primary books in the series and fill in many gaps with new stories and new information". Many of the continuing serials had been republished as single volume collections by

2553-417: The first 17 issues of the magazine. Grantville Gazette IX was published in July 2021. After two decades of operations, the magazine celebrated the electronic release of its 100th volume in March 2022. On August 16, 2022, Lucille Robbins, the widow of Eric Flint, officially announced the immediate shutdown of both The Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press . Without a huge infusion of new cash, it

2622-580: The following sections: January February March June November In 2008 the journal started awarding public libraries with a star system, grouping libraries into categories by expenditure level. In 2018, the journal award five stars in the over-US$ 30 million expenditures category to five libraries: Cuyahoga County Public Library , Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County , Seattle Public Library , Cleveland Public Library , and King County Library System . A total of 257 libraries nationwide were awarded stars, ranging from 3 stars to 5, in

2691-455: The lead novel and the serialized e-novel The Anaconda Project (2007), virtually all collaboratively written, including some "main works" with multiple co-authors. However, Flint has mentioned contracts with the publisher for at least two additional solo novels he has in planning on his website. Flint, whose bibliography was dominated by collaborative work, claims that this approach encourages the cross-fertilization of ideas and styles, stimulating

2760-565: The library associations of America and of the United Kingdom", according to the journal's self-description in 1878. Indeed, the journal's original title was American Library Journal , though "American" was removed from the title after the first year. Its early issues focused on the growth and development of libraries, with feature articles by such prominent authors as R. R. Bowker , Charles Cutter , and Melvil Dewey, and focusing on cataloging, indexing, and lending schemes. In its early issues, Bowker discussed cataloging principles; Cutter, creator of

2829-585: The long run to the betterment of mankind, and intend to promote and spread those even if they themselves are not "in control" of what results. Richelieu forms a four-way alliance, the League of Ostend, to oppose the New United States, Gustavus' expeditionary army, and allied princes of the German states. After the first book, the series begins multiple plot lines or story threads reflecting this independence of action by

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2898-596: The main on the actions of one or two key individuals, but on the many small independent actions of the many going about their daily lives and coping as best they can. By late in 1632 , the New United States-led coalition of the Confederated Principalities of Europe had become the arsenal and financier (through Jewish connections of real historical interest) for Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus (the displaced Americans' intervention in history already had

2967-533: The message board prompted the creation of the official Grantville Gazette magazine that publishes short stories and factual articles as part of the official 1632 series canon , reviewed by Flint. Originally released sporadically, the Gazette eventually evolved to become an online subscription magazine, published every 2 months, with authors paid for their submissions. Several volumes of the Gazette were released in print form by Baen Books , and serialized stories that were originally published in multiple issues of

3036-406: The narratives are not oriented on one group of protagonists with a strong lead character, but instead are carried by an ensemble cast—though most books or short stories do have several strong characters who carry the action and plot forward. Flint had intended from the outset that the whole town would be the collective protagonist; a reflection of his philosophy that historic forces are not centered in

3105-622: The naval battles in that war. This agreement for Weber to leave aside European threads likely will follow up foreshadowings of overt dislike evinced by various Grantville natives for both the African slave trade and the Amerindian encounters with colonizing Europeans—and Flint has already written a very sympathetic, two-volume alternate history from the American Native's viewpoint in his Arkansas Wars series—and he'd written similar foreshadowings into

3174-761: The nine different expenditure level categories. LibraryJournal.com, the Library Journal website, provides both subscribers and non-subscribers full access to all print content as well as recent archives. Visitors can sign up for email newsletters such as "BookSmack", "Library Hotline", "LJ Academic Newswire", "LJ Review Alert", and "LJXpress". Web articles in the site's "Libraries & Librarians" category are listed by topic, with each topic assigned its own RSS feed so that users can receive articles relevant to their interests. Past and present reviews are archived and organized by type (book, DVD, gaming, magazine, video, etc.); they are also available via RSS feeds. Another feature

3243-429: The novel 1632 was written, Flint did not intend to write an immediate sequel. However, following popular demand for a sequel Flint (a relatively new writer, but an experienced editor) invited other authors contracted to Baen to share the universe to rapidly develop its potential. As a result, while the first long sequel was being written, Flint concurrently put together the Ring of Fire anthology of short fiction by

3312-406: The principal political developments within the series, along with several key characters. However, the opening of the canon to other writers allows for plot threads in other geographical regions to be explored in more details. As with real history, none of these are in isolation, and plot threads converge and diverge according to the needs of the story. The Central European thread or more correctly,

3381-558: The printed versions of the Grantville Gazette I and Grantville Gazette II were high enough to have these issues listed on the Locus (magazine) Bestsellers Lists with Volume I topping at number 9 in 2005 for Paperbacks and Volume II at 10 in 2006 for Hardcovers respectively. Overall, most reviewers wrote favorable reviews while only a small number were negative. A reviewer for Booklist wrote that "Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring

3450-654: The prospectus declared, would make "the librarian worth more to the library, and the library worth more to the people." In the Notes and Queries section, librarians shared reports of how their library managed common problems, and they maintained a constant exchange of questions and answers about authorship and reader's advisory. Two prominent sections, the Bibliography (compiled by Cutter) and Pseudonyms and Antonyms (compiled by James L. Whitney), served as reference resources for librarians. The print edition of Library Journal contains

3519-515: The publishers of the Gazette through their own Ring of Fire Press to make the material easier to access by its readers by not having its readers search through various Gazette back issues to access a previous episode of a particular serial. Starting in 2017, the Gazette began to offer an award for the best short story that was published during the previous calendar year as determined by its readers. Starting with magazine issue #19, another Baen magazine

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3588-517: The reader that at least one story could be incomprehensible unless the reader have already read most of the books in the series. The reviewer for the San Francisco Book Review wrote that "all of the stories are well-written and peopled with fascinating characters." The reviewer for the Library Journal also gave a positive review. The reviewer for the SFRevu wrote that "The stories run quite

3657-464: The section List of Gazettes , as appear on the print publication covers. Each print edition contains an additional story that was not published in any e-magazine. Starting with volume V, each print edition contains stories from several of the magazines, and not all magazine stories are published in the books. The List of Gazettes section below gives the publication dates and a rough guide to which magazines are collected into particular books. Sales of

3726-402: The series has seven published novels propelling the main plot and over ten published novels moving several subplots and threads forward. The series also includes fan-written, but professionally edited, collaborative material which are published in a bi-monthly magazine titled The Grantville Gazettes and some collaborative short fictions. In terms of the history of Time Travel literature,

3795-617: The series' earlier works that were spun into pro-democracy and anti-anti-Semitic social themes now manifesting in the series in the Eastern Europe thread in particular, as well as an overall, muted sub-theme. This revised author's decision released a logjam of backup of other novels in the series, so that since rehashing their arrangement, 1632 series books have been released regularly every four to six months. Stories in 1632 Slushpile regarding obtaining strategically important materials, and some that have reached publication in regard to

3864-586: The shift puts Grantville in May 1631 initially, because of the ongoing war and the primitive transportation networks of the day Grantville's arrival has something of a delayed impact, so the bulk of the book's action takes place in 1632, hence the name. The series was initially continued with two collaborative works that were more or less written concurrently: 1633 (with best selling novelist David Weber ) and an anthology called Ring of Fire (with other established science-fiction writers, including long, "deep background" stories by both Weber and Flint). Overall,

3933-420: The stories from the Gazette was a part of the backstory of one of the novels that she had previously reviewed. The reviewer for Booklist wrote that the printed edition of the Grantville Gazette V "add[s] dimensions to Flint's singular alternate-history creation." The reviewer for The Billion Light-Year Bookshelf wrote individual reviews for each of the included stories. Most were positive, however she did warn

4002-414: The success of the 1632 series, several other alternative history series were started by Eric Flint and his successors, following the same concept as 1632 —that there was a time displacement caused by an "Assiti Shard". As of 2014, four books in the series had significantly large number of sales of hardcover editions to become eligible for The New York Times Best Seller list . 1634: The Galileo Affair

4071-493: The upcoming year or so. In June 2023, it was announced that a new company, Flint's Shards Inc., had signed a contract with Lucille Robbins, Eric Flint's widow and heir, to produce a new electronic magazine called Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond that will be released bimonthly on the first day of odd-numbered months with Bjorn Hasseler as Editor-in-Chief starting September 2023. The 1632 series began with Flint's stand alone novel 1632 (released February 2000). It is, excepting

4140-410: The widow of Eric Flint, officially announced the immediate shutdown of both The Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press . Without a huge infusion of new cash, it was determined that both business ventures would not be economically viable without Flint's participation. In April 2024, Baen announced that they plan to rerelease select books originally published by Ring of Fire Press. Following

4209-473: Was Frederick Leypoldt , whose company became R. R. Bowker . Reed International later merged into Reed Elsevier and purchased Bowker in 1985; they published Library Journal until 2010, when it was sold to Media Source Inc. , owner of the Junior Library Guild and The Horn Book Magazine . Founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey , Library Journal originally declared itself to be the "official organ of

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4278-410: Was a finalist for Best Alternate History Novel. Library Journal Library Journal is an American trade publication for librarians . It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey . It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries , and offers feature articles about aspects of professional practice. It also reviews library-related materials and equipment. Each year since 2008,

4347-572: Was a finalist in 2017; and Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice was a finalist for the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel for 2020 while 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line has been awarded the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel for 2021. In 2022, 1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner was a finalist for Best Alternate History Novel. In 2024, 1638: The Sovereign States

4416-462: Was contracted for no less than five books in the series in what is called the Central European thread or Main thread of the series, but there was a delay before the two authors synchronized their schedules to write that next mainline sequel, 1634: The Baltic War , released in May 2007. Without waiting for Weber, other sequels such as 1634: The Ram Rebellion , 1635: The Cannon Law , and

4485-456: Was determined that both business ventures would not be economically viable without Flint's participation. The final electronic issue, Volume 102, was released in July 2022, while the final hardcopy book version, Grantville Gazette IX ( ISBN   978-1982125455 ), was released in July 2021. In June 2023, it was announced that a new company, Flint's Shards Inc., had signed a contract with Lucille Robbins, Eric Flint's widow and heir, to produce

4554-522: Was increased to two books per month, including original novels in the 1632 series (the first being 1635: The Battle for Newfoundland ), collections of serialized 1632 stories, and non- 1632 related novels - both new and reprinted. The initial volumes were made available through Amazon as Kindle editions or print on demand paperback books. Later Baen began distributing selected titles for Ring of Fire Press through their web store and their other distribution channels. On August 16, 2022, Lucille Robbins,

4623-453: Was merged into the Grantville Gazette. For the next ten issues, there was no change in the Gazettes beyond a dual title on the title page. In magazine issue #30, Eric Flint introduced the "Universe Annex" to the Grantville Gazette featuring a story slot and columns from Jim Baen's Universe . 1632 series The 1632 series , also known as the 1632-verse or Ring of Fire series,

4692-513: Was on the best seller list for hardcover fiction for two weeks during April 2004 while reaching number 27. 1634: The Baltic War was on the same list for two weeks during May 2007, peaking at number 19. 1634: The Bavarian Crisis was on this list for a week in October 2007 at number 29. 1636: The Kremlin Games was on the NY Times list for a week during June 2012 at number 30. Almost all of

4761-463: Was released in January 2024 and included short stories by Robert E. Waters, Bethanne Kim, Marc Tyrrell, and Garrett W. Vance, all set in the 1632 universe, with Iver Cooper contributing a nonfiction article. The fourth issue was released in March 2024 and included short stories by Bjorn Hasseler, Edith Wild, and Jack Carroll set in the 1632 universe, while Iver Cooper contributed another short story set in

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