Flint, Eric, David Weber, Andrew Dennis, and Virginia DeMarce. The Assiti Shards
Summary: Cosmic "garbage" striking Earth causes entire pieces of geography (i.e., towns) to be
transported back in time, including a West Virginia coal town shifted from modern times
into 17th century Germany.
Series note: Apparently a never-ending series of related novels and shared-world anthologies. The
published novels are Flint's 1632, Weber and Flint's 1633, Flint and Dennis's
1634: The Galileo Affair, Flint and DeMarce's 1634: The Ram Rebellion, Weber and
Flint's 1634: The Baltic War, Flint and DeMarce's 1634: The Bavarian Crisis, Flint
and Dennis's 1635: Cannon Law, and Flint and DeMarce's 1635: The Dreeson Incident.
The published anthologies include Ring of Fire, Ring of Fire II, The Grantville
Gazette, Grantville Gazette II, Grantville Gazette III, Grantville Gazette
IV, and Grantville Gazette V.
Comments: When this series first started, a related novel called 1781 and involving George
Washington transported to ancient Rome was reportedly planned. It has since been cancelled.
Publication note: The series is also known as the 1632verse or the Ring of Fire series.
Web link: 1632.org
Flint, Eric. 1632
Divergence: 1631 CE
What if: Modern technology was introduced in the middle of the Thirty Years War.
Summary: An entire West Virginia coal town is mysteriously transferred back 370 years in time
and ends up near Breitenfeld, Thuringia, in the middle of the Thirty Years War.
Series note: An Assiti Shard novel with direct sequel 1633.
Published: Baen 2000 (0671578499BUY), 2001 (0671319728BUY), 2009 (1439512957BUY).
Weber, David, and Eric Flint. 1633
Divergence: 1631 CE
Summary: The "up-timers" having made common cause with Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Richelieu's
machinations to restore the European balance of power to France's favor drastically alter
the continent's network of alliances, and the war is carried into the Netherlands and the
German-Danish frontier.
Series note: An Assiti Shard novel and direct sequel to 1632.
Published: Baen 2002 (0743435427BUY), 2003 (0743471555BUY).
Flint, Eric, and Andrew Dennis. 1634: The Galileo Affair
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: An Assiti Shard novel.
Published: Baen 2004 (0743488156BUY), 2008 (1435293312BUY).
Flint, Eric, and Virginia DeMarce. 1634: The Ram Rebellion
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: An Assiti Shard novel.
Published: Baen 2006 (1416520600BUY), 2007 (1416573828BUY), 2008 (1435294823BUY).
Weber, David, and Eric Flint. 1634: The Baltic War
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: An Assiti Shard novel.
Published: Baen 2007 (141652102XBUY), 2008 (1416555889BUY).
Flint, Eric, and Virginia DeMarce. 1634: The Bavarian Crisis
Divergence: 1631 CE
Published: Baen 2007 (1416542531BUY), 2009 (1439132763BUY).
Flint, Eric, and Andrew Dennis. 1635: Cannon Law
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: An Assiti Shard novel.
Published: Baen 2006 (1416509380BUY), 2009 (1439560676BUY).
Flint, Eric, and Virginia DeMarce. 1635: The Dreeson Incident
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: An Assiti Shard novel.
Published: Baen 2008 (1416555897BUY).
Flint, Eric (ed.). Ring of Fire
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: Shared-world anthology set in Flint's Assiti Shard 1632 timeline, including
Deann Allen and Mike Turner's "American Part Time", Andrew Dennis's "Between the Armies,
Jody Dorsett's "The Three R's", Eric Flint's "The Wallenstein Gambit", Dave Freer's "A
Lineman for the Country", Loren Jones's "Power to the People", Mercedes Lackey's "To Dye
For", David Weber's "In the Navy", and K.D. Wentworth's "Here Comes Santa Claus".
Published: Baen 2004 (074347175XBUY).
Flint, Eric (ed.). Ring of Fire II
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: Shared-world anthology set in Flint's Assiti Shard 1632 timeline.
Published: Baen 2008 (1416573879BUY), 2009 (1416591443BUY).
Flint, Eric (ed.). The Grantville Gazette
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: Shared-world anthology set in Flint's Assiti Shard 1632 timeline.
Comments: A collection of "fanfic" stories originally published as the online Grantsville
Gazette on the Baen Books website.
Published: Baen 2004 (0743488601BUY).
Flint, Eric (ed.). Grantville Gazette II
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: Shared-world anthology set in Flint's Assiti Shard 1632 timeline.
Comments: A collection of "fanfic" stories originally published as the online Grantsville
Gazette on the Baen Books website.
Published: Baen 2006 (1416520511BUY).
Flint, Eric (ed.). Grantville Gazette III
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: Shared-world anthology set in Flint's Assiti Shard 1632 timeline.
Comments: A collection of "fanfic" stories originally published as the online Grantsville
Gazette on the Baen Books website.
Published: Baen 2006 (1416509410BUY), 2008 (141655565XBUY).
Flint, Eric (ed.). Grantville Gazette IV
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: Shared-world anthology set in Flint's Assiti Shard 1632 timeline.
Comments: A collection of "fanfic" stories originally published as the online Grantsville
Gazette on the Baen Books website.
Published: Baen 2008 (1416555544BUY).
Flint, Eric (ed.). Grantville Gazette V
Divergence: 1631 CE
Series note: Shared-world anthology set in Flint's Assiti Shard 1632 timeline.
Comments: A collection of "fanfic" stories originally published as the online Grantsville
Gazette on the Baen Books website.
Published: Baen 2009 (1439132798BUY).
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