Grantville Gazette IV

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COVER NOTE: The illustration on the cover is “Musicians” by Dirck Hals (1591-1656). It was painted in 1623.

The Grantville Gazette IV (Main article: The Grantville Gazettes) is the sixth collaborative mixed-work set in the '1632verse' in what is best regarded as a canonical sub-series of the popular Alternate history that began with the February 2000 publication of the hardcover novel 1632 (novel) by author-historian Eric Flint. Overall it is the fifth anthology in the atypical series which consists of a mish-mash of main novels and anthologies produced under popular demand after publication of the initial novel which was written as a stand-alone work. 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 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 main article. The series as a whole, and this sub-series in particular are an example of internet-age Collaborative writing in the literary field.

1 Grantville Gazette Volume IV-Splash
2 Publishing History
3 eBook Table of Contents
4 External links

[edit] Grantville Gazette Volume IV-Splash

In Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff’s “Poor Little Rich Girls,” we follow the continuing adventures of the teenage tycoons begun by Huff in “The Sewing Circle” (Gazette #1) and “Other People’s Money” (Gazette #3). The focus in this story, however, is on the younger siblings—the so-called Barbie Consortium—and their down-timer associates and enemies.

Jose Clavell’s “Magdeburg Marines” and Ernest Lutz and John Zeek’s “Elizabeth” depict the early days of two military units after the Ring of Fire: a reborn U.S. Marine Corps trying to adapt to new circumstances, and the First Railway Company, formed to provide logistics using a combination of up-time and down-time methods and technology.

David Carrico’s “Heavy Metal Music” continues the story of the interaction between up-time and down-time musicians that he began in last issue’s “The Sound of Music.”

In other stories:

—A German craftsman blackballed by guild masters gets a new start in Karen Bergstralh’s “One Man’s Junk.”

—Grantville has to deal with the tragic accidental deaths of several high school graduates in Kerryn Offord’s “The Class of ’34.”

—In Virginia DeMarce’s “’Til We Meet Again,” a widowed up-timer responds to her husband’s death by joining the faculty in the newly-established women’s college in Quedlinburg.

—Julie Sims’ ex-boyfriend finds a new romance in Russ Rittgers’ “Chip’s Christmas Gift.”

—in Dan Robinson’s “Dice’s Drawings,” an American retiree finds a new life and maybe a new love in seventeenth century Germany.

The fourth volume of the Gazette also contains factual articles dealing with the development of an oil industry, advances in textile and garment manufacture, possible uses of biodiesel technology, and differing views on the prospects of creating a machine gun using the resources and technology available after the Ring of Fire.

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First printing, April 2005

Distributed by Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020

Printed in the United States of America

DOI: 1011250008

A Baen Books Original Baen Publishing Enterprises P.O. Box 1403 Riverdale, NY 10471 http://www.baen.com

Production by Windhaven Press Auburn, NH

Electronic version by WebWrights http://www.webwrights.com

[edit] eBook Table of Contents

Note: In the earliest two Grantville Gazettes, there were differences between the print published version and the original serialized eMagazine, and then again the intermediate eBook as the 'kinks' were worked out of the experiment. Should additional published works differ, it will be noted in the pertinent article.

EDITOR'S PREFACE

Fiction
- “Poor Little Rich Girls” by Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff
- “Magdeburg Marines” by Jose Clavell
- “Elizabeth” by Ernest Lutz and John Zeek
- “Heavy Metal Music” by David Carrico
- “One Man’s Junk” by Karen Bergstralh
- “The Class of ’34” by Kerryn Offord
- “’Til We Meet Again” by Virginia DeMarce
- “Chip’s Christmas Gift” by Russ Rittgers
- “Dice’s Drawings” by Dan Robinson

Nonfiction

[edit] External links

Web page links:	Comments and Content notes
edit 1632 series
Baen Books in the 1632 series	List of 1632 Series Books grouped by the series by Baen Books. Includes the first few chapters of each.
1632 full text	Full text of the novel 1632 from the Baen Free Library.
Baen Books catalog for Eric Flint	List of Eric Flint books published by Baen Books. Includes the first few chapters of each.
baen.com/library/eflint.htm	List of Eric Flint books available in toto in the Baen Free Library.
http://bar.baen.com/	Baen's Bar is an official fan-forum with several specific sections (sub-forums) dedicated to the 1632 universe. These are: 1632 Tech Manual, and 1632 Slush for manuscript submission (Slushpile in publishing: Stack of manuscripts for vetting) and 1632 Comments where Peer review feedback, suggestions, and comments on the slushpile submissions are posted. The two together form a collective collaborative workshop for wannabe authors.
http://ericflint.net/	Eric Flint's website, which has much about his work currently in progress or upcoming (in publication, in planning, under contract, in process) matters in the publication cycle.
http://www.1632.org	The official web site by Eric Flint's 1632.org on and about the 1632 universe and related matters. It is run by the 1632 Research Committee in conjunction with the 1632 Editorial Board. It includes the canonical references for the entire book series available for browsing and download by any participating in the collaborative writing process in the series. Eric's partners that are also professional writers use the same data. If you want to write a contribution to The Grantville Gazettes, this is a must-visit site. Additional Technical articles resulting from 1632 Tech Manual discussions and the Research Committee are also posted here.
klaus-leiss.de/1632Tech	1632 universe dedicated German Wikiproject organized to cross reference and encyclopediatize matters and characters pertaining to the 1632verse. Another must-browse site for would-be contributors to The Grantville Gazettes and students of Collaborative writing projects.
Fan Page collecting 1632 research	1632verse Commonwealth of Two Nations Resource Page - a webpage about Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 1632 universe, but especially valuable for 1632 fans for its many period maps and links to other resources.