Now, in this extraordinary new alternate history, flint begins a dramatic saga of the north american continent at a dire. The galileo affair was a national bestseller from one of the most talkedabout voices in his field. The baltic war, two novels in the ring of fire series, and on crown of slaves, a best of the year pick. The 1632 series, also known as the ring of fire series, is an alternate history book series, created, primarily cowritten, and coordinated by historian eric flint. Hes the authorcreator of the multiple new york times bestselling. Eric flint isnt a goodreads author, but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed. I think the idea for this book was great, and that the story was very good.
Below is a reading order list taken from eric flint s website to help you navigate this universe. Hes the authorcreator of the multiple new york times bestselling ring of fire series starting with first novel 1632. Freedom and justice american style 1632 and in northern germany things couldnt get much worse. The baltic war somewhere along the way, after youve finished 1632, read the stories and articles in the first three paper edition volumes of the gazette. His 1632, the first book in the series, was a smash hit, with over 95,000 copies sold and an 89% sell through. The first book was rather adventurefilled as the americans attempted first to survive and then to bring something of democracy to 17th century europe. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2000, and was written by eric flint. His alternate history novel 1632 was published in 2000, and has led to a longrunning series with many novels and anthologies in print. The galileo affair with andrew dennisa novel in his topselling ring of fire alternate history series. A parcel of rogues are coauthored by andrew dennis. Publishers weekly called it gripping and expertly detailed. With david drake he has written six popular novels in the belisarius series, and with david weber collaborated on 1633, and 1634. Eric flint is the author of the new york times best seller 1634.
His first novel, mother of demons, was picked by science. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. His first novel, mother of demons, was picked by science fiction chronicle as a best novel of the year. His 1632, prequel to 1633, received lavish critical praise from all directions and enjoyed high sales.
And the consequences of that knowledge would be truly incalculable. Eric flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction, with over three million books in print. Only the aristocrats remained relatively unscathed. The 1632 series began with flints stand alone novel 1632 released in february 1, 2000 and currently includes twentysix works of all kinds including epublished only works ebooks, of which twelve are standard trade printed. Welcome to 1632 in april of the year 2000, a sixmile sphere centered on grantville, west virginia was displaced in space and time to germany and may, 1631. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. That is the foundation novel for the entire series and the only one whose place in the sequence is definitely fixed. Pdf 1632 book by eric flint free download 597 pages. The flagship novel kicked off a collaborative writing effort that has involved hundreds of contributors and dozens of authors.
Any ruler or political figure in the world, in the summer of the year 1633, would eagerly want to see what lay in store for them in the immediate years to come. The tangled web are coauthored by virginia demarce. No more spoilers here 1633 was the next book in the series. If a king knows what will happen a year or two from now, after all, he will take measures to make sure that it either. Buy a cheap copy of eric flints 1632 resource guide and. The ultimate y2k glitch 1632 in the year 1632 in northern germany a reasonable person might conclude that things couldnt get much worse. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read 1633. Eric flint has 200 books on goodreads with 194623 ratings. A continuation of the saga that began in 1632 describes life for the inhabitants of grantville, an american town from west virginia that finds itself hurtled back in time and into the middle of the thirty years war, as they. Eric flints writing career began with the science fiction novel mother of demons.
The baltic war will be released on a promotional cd like this, but in a different book. Return to the alternate world of 1632 and 1633 as top writers join forces in the shareduniverse book of the year a cosmic accident has shifted a. Below is a reading order list taken from eric flints website to help you navigate this universe. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 597 pages and is available in paperback format. Hes the authorcreator of the multiple new york times bestselling ring of fire series starting with the novel 1632. The best of jim baens universe, edited by eric flint, to be released only in its first printing, available july 2007. The baltic war and latest honorverse series entry cauldron of ghosts.
With david drake, he has collaborated on the sixvolume belisarius series, as well as a novel entitled the tyrant. Flint also works as an editor and as an epublisher for the baen free library. His first novel for baen, mother of demons, was picked by science fiction chronicle as a best novel of the year. The main characters of this science fiction, alternate history story are frank jackson, mike stearns. Eric flint collaborated with david weber to produce this excellent continuation of the alternate history begun in 1632 this sequel is very nearly as good as 1632, which is outstanding. The shaman of karres snippet 36 this book should be available now, so this is the last snippet. His first novel for baen, mother of demons, was picked by science fiction chronicle as. Harry sidebottom warrior of rome series book 1 fire in the east audiobook part 1.
A wikipedia article about this author is available flint, eric. Bestselling author eric flint has a large and still growing audience. Some content is based on isfdb data which is available under a creative commons license if you encounter any errors or dead links, please email me comments and new links are always appreciated, but see my link policy. Eric flint is an american author of science fiction, alternate history and fantasy novels and short stories.
For over a decade religious war had ravaged the land and the people. Flint got his phd in history, but left the program due to political issues. Eric flint hes the authorcreator of the multiple new york times bestselling ring of fire series starting with first novel 1632. In the first novel, most characters where stereotyped but in the second novel, we find these characters being smoothed out thanks to weber. Return to the alternate universe of 1632 and 1633 as the top writers of alternate history and military sf join forces in the shareduniverse volume of the year the battle between democracy and tyranny is joined, and the american revolution has begun over a century ahead of schedule. Eric flint is the authorcreator of the new york times bestselling ring of fire series, the most popular alternate history series today. With david drake he has written six popular novels in the belisarius alternate roman history series, and with david weber collaborated on 1633 and 1634. Id categorize 1632, and eric flints resulting book series following 1632, as one of the most unique historical sci fi books out there. With david drake he has written six popular novels in the belisarius alternate roman history series, and with david weber he has collaborated on 1633 and 1634. Thereafter, you should read either the anthology titled ring of fire or the novel 1633, which i coauthored with david weber. Like any middle book in a series, 1633 left many ends unraveled and opened a number of plot devices that are almost certainly intended for use in future novels. The west virginia town of grantville, torn from the twentieth century and. Spoorsurviving crashlandings and monsters and islandeaters was only the beginning. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.