Grantville Gazette II

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Title Grantville Gazette II

Grantville Gazette II hardcover cover. The cover art by Tom Kidd is adapted from Rembrandt's famous Night Watch (1642).
Author	Eric Flint, et al.
Cover artist	Tom Kidd
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	1632 series
Genre(s)	Science fiction
Publisher	Baen Books
Released	March 7, 2006
Media type	E-book & Print (Hardback)
Pages	336 pages
ISBN	ISBN 978-1416520511
Preceded by	Grantville Gazette I
Followed by	Grantville Gazette III

Main articles: 1632 series and The Grantville Gazettes

Note: The two main articles covering this large rapidly growing book series and this specific sub-series are kept up to date before publication as new titles are added to this rapidly growing milieu oriented body of works.

Grantville Gazette II (Main article: The Grantville Gazettes)  is the third collaborative anthology 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 also the third anthology in printed publication* 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. The internet forum Baen's Bar in the Eric Flint oriented sub-forums 1632 Tech Manual and 1632 Slush figure prominently in the background of these works as is covered in the The Grantville Gazettes main article and are an example of the internet-age Collaborative writing in the literary field.

Contents 1 Table of Contents 2 See also 3 List of Gazettes 4 Publishing History 5 External links

* The main article The Grantville Gazettes delineates the series books by order 'first published' whether in print as an eBook, or printed book, and so chronologically fixes publication order for the overall series. This work, like the fourth anthology, 1634: The Ram Rebellion which followed close on its heels is published in hardcover. Most Gazettes articles as a result differ in the two numbers cited in this paragraph. For the sake of clarity, the same format of the paragraph has been retained article to article. Overall, as in the 1632 series article, publication order by printed publication date will be maintained, where a printed version has been released.

[edit] 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.

• PREFACE by Eric Flint

• FICTION
  • "Steps in the Dance", by Eric Flint
  • "Collateral Damage", by Mike Spehar
  • "Euterpe", Episode 1, by Enrico M. Toro
  • "The Company Men", by Christopher James Weber
  • "Just One Of Those Days", by Leonard Hollar
  • "God's Gifts", by Gorg Huff
  • "Bottom-Feeders", by John Zeek
  • "An Invisible War", by Danita Ewing

• FACT
  • "A Quick and Dirty Treatise on Historical Fencing" by Enrico M. Toro
  • "So You Want To Do Telecommunications In 1633?" by Rick Boatright
  • "Mente Et Malleo : Practical Mineralogy And Minerals Exploration In 1632" by Laura Runkle
  • "The Secret Book Of Zink" by Andrew Clark

• AFTERWORD
  • "GRANTVILLE GAZETTE — How to submit and get published."

[edit] See also

• The Grantville Gazettes -- This article covers various common matters on the sub-series in depth, in particular the Phase II experiments with an eMagazine and Phase III (on going) maturation of the milieu using collaborative fiction. All the Gazettes are edited by Eric Flint.
• 1632-verse multiverse —1632 universe 'neohistory' after Point of divergence, i.e. key historical events as the works unfold it in the new timeline.
• 1632 universe background history — sub-article expanding on the historic forces loose in Europe before Grantville, WV arrived creating the Point of Departure.
• 1632-verse character list — Historical and fictional characters
• Development history of the 1632 series

[edit] List of Gazettes

The Grantville Gazettes are all edited by Eric Flint who maintains editorial control over the canon for the series on the 1632.org website in conjunction with the 1632 Editorial Board, and the various 1632 Research Committees, all being regular participants to the Baen's Bar forum 1632 Tech Manual. Gazettes include fact articles (see the research committee) and stories which are initially vetted through a tough peer review on the forum 1632 slush, typically requiring several rewrites then are subsequently nominated by the editorial board, whereupon Flint chooses the stories for inclusion in the Canon and for each volume based in part how it leads into or integrates with the ongoing main storyline 'threads' in the various novels.

[edit] Publishing History

Printed in the United States of America

• Anthology, Various authors (October 2003). in Ed. by Eric Flint: Grantville Gazette II, Electronic version by WebWrights (in English), Baen. DOI:1416520511. ISBN 1-4165-2051-1. 

• Eric Flint (March 2006). in Ed. by Eric Flint: Grantville Gazette II, hardcover, Distributed by Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 (in English), Baen. ISBN-13 978-0-4165-2051-1. 

[edit] External links

edit 1632 series
Web page links:	Comments and Content notes
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.
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.

1632 parallel universe (1632-verse) series by Eric Flint, et.al.

Main threads: | 1632 | 1633 | Ring of Fire | The Galileo Affair | The Ram Rebellion | The Cannon Law | The Baltic War | The Bavarian Crisis The Grantville Gazettes: | Grantville Gazette I | Gazette II | Gazette III | Gazette IV | Gazette V | Gazette VI | Gazette VII |