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BP_GG_lead_section:This template is a common lead "article top" for most Grantville Gazettes articles (15 and counting, one every second month) as of the creation date.
Program the text using either place referenced Numeric parameters,
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Note: The numbered parameters will display, but are overridden by the named parameters which have precedence in the template expansion.

Keep in proper synch with Template:1632 series publications count (edit talk links history) shown below, which is referring primarily to the books released in print (with a mention only of the e-publications in passing):

twenty-six works of all kinds including e-published only works (e-books) of which twelve are standard trade printed books (Three [of eighteen of the bi-monthly Gazettes, and counting] are the printed canonical Grantville Gazettes (I , II , and III , the first of which is almost entirely longer fiction Flint couldn't put in the already lengthy Ring of Fire shared universe collection, the de facto first sequel antedating collaborative work on 1633, and of which two have been best sellers)


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Grantville Gazette {{{1}}} or Grantville Gazette, Volume {{{2}}} is the {{{3}}} Ring of Fire series (or "1632 series") collaborative anthology published in the '1632-verse' shared universe in what is best regarded as a canonical sub-series of the popular alternate history  that began with the February  2000 publication in hardcover of the novel 1632 by author-historian Eric Flint. Baen Books and editor-universe creator Flint decline the distinction, counting this book as the {{{4}}} published Canonical work in the series. Overall it is also the {{{5}}} anthology in publication in the atypical series which consists of a mix of main novels and e-zines and "written by invitation" anthologies produced all produced fairly rapidly under popular demand after publication of the initial novel (2000) which was written as a stand-alone work.


Main article: 1632 Editorial Board

The internet forum Baen's Bar figures large in the history of the series overall where 1632 Tech Manual discussions not only convinced Flint to do a sequel, but helped formulate potential story lines in the period early-2000–mid-2001. In fact, the flagship novel's research can be tracked to a post on his first author-fan forum: "Mutter of Demons" (link to request for research help) In the Eric Flint oriented sub-forums 1632 Tech Manual and both 1632 Slush and 1632 Slush Comments all determine the "acceptable" content of these Gazettes, as is covered in depth the The Grantville Gazettes and 1632 Editorial Board articles. Both the shared universe main series and this sub-series are an example of the internet-age Collaborative writing in the literary field in a shared universe tour de force.

Reference and maintenance
  1. Template:GG CURRENT COUNT (edit talk links history)
  2. Template:1632Count series total inprint (edit talk links history)}}
  3. The below Publication order table

The following data presentation courtesy of Template:Publication order table (edit links hist)

Printed
versions
order		   Electronic
version
order		  
Book title
 		   e-version
e-zine and/or
e-ARC date		  
e-version
ebook date		  
hardcover
Rel. date		  
Paperback
Rel. date
01
  
01
   1632   ca 1999-12[1]   2000-02[1]   2000-02[1]   2001-02[1]


02
  
02
   1633   2002-06-29[2]   2002-08[3]
2003-08[4]		   2002-08   2003-07
05
  
03
   Grantville Gazette I   ca 2003-02   2003-04   none   2004-11-01[5][6]


06
  
04
   Grantville Gazette II   ca 2003-08   2003-10[7]   2006-03   2007-10


03
  
05
   Ring of Fire   ca 2003-11[8]   2004-01[8]   2004-01[8]   2005-10[8]


04
  
06
   1634: The Galileo Affair   ca 2004-02[9]   2004-04[9]   2004-04-01[9][10]   2005-07-26[9]


09
  
07
   Grantville Gazette III   2004-08[11]   2004-10 [12][11]
2006-04*[13][11]		   2007-01[14]  
 2008-06[15]
14
  
08
   Grantville Gazette IV   ca 2004-08
or 2004-10[16]		   ? 2004-10
2005-04[16][17][18]		   Sch:
2008-06-08[19][18]		  


 –
  
09
   Grantville Gazette V   2005-07   2005-09[20]    
 —
 –
  
10
   Grantville Gazette VI   2006-01   2006-03[21]    
 —
 –
  
11
   Grantville Gazette VII   ca 2006-02   2006-04[22][23]    
 —
07
  
12
   1634: The Ram Rebellion   ca 2006-03[24]   2006-05[24]   2006-04-25[24]   2007-12[24]


 –
  
13
   Grantville Gazette VIII   ca 2006-04[25][26]   2006-06[25][25]  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
14
   Grantville Gazette IX   2006-04   2006-06
2007-01[27]		  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
15
   Grantville Gazette X   2007-03   2007-05-01[28]  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
16
   Grantville Gazette XI   2007-05-01   2007-07-01[29]  
 —
  
 —
08
  
17
   1635: The Cannon Law   ca 2006-08   2006-10   2006-10-01[30]  
—  
10
  
18
   1634: The Bavarian Crisis   ca 2007-08[31]   2007-10-01   2007-10-01[31][32]  
  —  
 –
  
19
   Grantville Gazette XII   2007-07-01   2007-09-01[28]  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
20
   Grantville Gazette XIII   2007-07-01   2007-09-01[28]  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
21
   Grantville Gazette XIV   2007-09-01   2007-11-01[33]  
 —
  
 —
11
  
22
   Ring of Fire II   2007-11-01[34]  
 —
  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
23
   Grantville Gazette XV   2007-11-01[35][36]   2008-01-01[35][36][37]  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
24
   Grantville Gazette XVI   2008-01-01[38][39]   2008-03-01[40]  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
25
   Grantville Gazette XVII   2008-03-01[41]   2008-05-01[42][43]  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
26
   Grantville Gazette XVIII   2008-05-01[42]   sch: 2008-07-01  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
27
   Grantville Gazette XIX   sch: 2008-07-01   sch: 2008-09-01  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
28
   Grantville Gazette XX   sch: 2008-08-01   sch: 2008-11-01  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
29
   Grantville Gazette XXI   sch: 2008-11-01   sch: 2009-01-01  
 —
  
 —
 –
  
30
   Template:GG22   sch: 2009-01-01   sch: 2009-03-01  
 —
  
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