1634 The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint

leebase · 01-18-2011, 12:35 PM

1634: The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint (and others) - is a collection of short stories with a common theme and plot build up with resolution. Confusing? Well, it's not a typical book with plot lines, and it's not simply a collection of short stories.

Eric Flint remarks that he doesn't subscribe to the "Big Man" view of history. So, this book is kind of the answer to that -- it's many stories of "normal, ordinary" people who together make history.

The book is set in Flint's "1632" universe where a 1990 mining town in West Virginia is transposed to 1630's Germany smack in the middle of the 30 year's war. From that "science fiction" setting, the rest of the book is written without further impossibilities. It's a fascinating alternate history setting with the mixture of contemparary (to us) people's with limited amounts of their technology and historical characters and people's.

Good portions of this book are laugh out loud funny. In all, though, I prefer a more traditionally plotted book. There is plenty of good material that make this a worthy read for those who have read the previous books in the series.

The book's publisher is Baen, so the ebook costs $6 and is DRM free, or from the Fifth Imperium Site.

http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/2...asternFrontCD/ is the link to the contents of the cd that has this book.

http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/2...ernFrontCD.zip is the link to the files on the CD.

The CD is distributed with Baen's blessing.

Lee

JoelArnold · 01-18-2011, 12:52 PM

That sounds pretty cool. Thanks for posting.

RolandD · 01-18-2011, 07:25 PM

Haven't made it to Ram Rebellion, yet, but 1632, Ring of Fire, and 1633 should be read first. They are very good. Flint also selects the best fan fiction submitted and publishes it in the Grantville Gazette along with essays written by the series fact finders.

01-18-2011, 12:35 PM	#1
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,953 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	1634 The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint 1634: The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint (and others) - is a collection of short stories with a common theme and plot build up with resolution. Confusing? Well, it's not a typical book with plot lines, and it's not simply a collection of short stories. Eric Flint remarks that he doesn't subscribe to the "Big Man" view of history. So, this book is kind of the answer to that -- it's many stories of "normal, ordinary" people who together make history. The book is set in Flint's "1632" universe where a 1990 mining town in West Virginia is transposed to 1630's Germany smack in the middle of the 30 year's war. From that "science fiction" setting, the rest of the book is written without further impossibilities. It's a fascinating alternate history setting with the mixture of contemparary (to us) people's with limited amounts of their technology and historical characters and people's. Good portions of this book are laugh out loud funny. In all, though, I prefer a more traditionally plotted book. There is plenty of good material that make this a worthy read for those who have read the previous books in the series. The book's publisher is Baen, so the ebook costs $6 and is DRM free, or from the Fifth Imperium Site. http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/2...asternFrontCD/ is the link to the contents of the cd that has this book. http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/2...ernFrontCD.zip is the link to the files on the CD. The CD is distributed with Baen's blessing. Lee

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01-18-2011, 12:52 PM	#2
JoelArnold Fanatic Posts: 544 Karma: 1036914 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Savage, MN Device: Kindle 3	That sounds pretty cool. Thanks for posting.

01-18-2011, 07:25 PM	#3
RolandD Fanatic Posts: 561 Karma: 3228980 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Branson, MO, USA Device: Kindle Touch is now my main eReader.	Haven't made it to Ram Rebellion, yet, but 1632, Ring of Fire, and 1633 should be read first. They are very good. Flint also selects the best fan fiction submitted and publishes it in the Grantville Gazette along with essays written by the series fact finders.

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