The ''1632'' series, also known as the 1632-verse or ''Ring of Fire'' series, is an alternate history

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and sub-series created, primarily co-written, and coordinated by American author

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and published by

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. The series is set in 17th-century Europe, in which the small fictional town of Grantville,

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, was sent to the past from the year 2000 to central Germany in the year 1631, during the

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. As of 2019, the series has seven published novels propelling the main plot and over ten published novels moving several subplots and threads forward. The series also includes fan-written, but professionally edited, collaborative material which are published in a bi-monthly magazine titled ''

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'' and some collaborative short fictions. In terms of the history of

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literature, the ''1632'' series can be considered an extension and modification of Mark Twain's ''

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'', in which a 19th-century American engineer, finding himself in 5th-century England, is able, all by himself, to introduce into the past society the full range of his time's technologies. In Flint's version, a whole modern community is transplanted into the past, in possession of a considerable amount of the material and written resources of modern society, making their success in changing the past more plausible. Since both ''The Grantville Gazette'' and the ''Ring of Fire Press'' had ceased operations just shortly after Eric Flint's death in 2022, the series is expected to be concluded after manuscripts that had already been submitted to Baen prior to Flint's death are published in the upcoming year or so.

Series overview

The ''1632'' series began with Flint's stand alone novel ''

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'' (released February 2000). It is, excepting the lead novel and the serialized e-novel ''The Anaconda Project'' (2007), virtually all collaboratively written, including some "main works" with multiple co-authors. However, Flint has mentioned contracts with the publisher for at least two additional solo novels he has in planning on his website. Flint, whose bibliography was dominated by collaborative work, claims that this approach encourages the cross-fertilization of ideas and styles, stimulating the creative process and preventing stale, formulaic works. As stated in the first ''Grantville Gazette'' and on his site, Flint's novel ''

'' was an experiment wherein he explores the effect of transporting a mass of people through time. ''1632'' occurs in the midst of the

(1618–1648). The plot situation allows pragmatic, American, union-oriented, political thought to grind against the authoritarian, religion-driven societies of an unconsolidated

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barely out of the

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. Flint explores examples of suffering due to the petty politics of self-aggrandizement and self-interest on the one hand, and the irreconcilable differences of the schism in Christianity such as the

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and the Counter-Reformation on the other. Despite the fact that the shift puts Grantville in May 1631 initially, because of the ongoing war and the primitive transportation networks of the day Grantville's arrival has something of a delayed impact, so the bulk of the book's action takes place in 1632, hence the name. The series was initially continued with two collaborative works that were more or less written concurrently: ''

1633 Events January–March * January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, w ...

'' (with best selling novelist

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) and an anthology called ''

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'' (with other established science-fiction writers, including long, "deep background" stories by both Weber and Flint). Overall, the narratives are not oriented on one group of protagonists with a strong lead character, but instead are carried by an ensemble cast—though most books or short stories do have several strong characters who carry the action and plot forward. Flint had intended from the outset that the whole town would be the collective protagonist; a reflection of his philosophy that historic forces are not centered in the main on the actions of one or two key individuals, but on the many small independent actions of the many going about their daily lives and coping as best they can. By late in ''1632'', the New United States-led coalition of the Confederated Principalities of Europe had become the arsenal and financier (through Jewish connections of real historical interest) for Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus (the displaced Americans' intervention in history already had the effect of preventing Gustavus from being killed in the Battle of Lützen, as happened in the "original" history). This leads the scheming Cardinal Richelieu, who'd been previously financing him to spite and weaken the Habsburgs, to turn on the Swedes. Various books from up-time Grantville, especially history books, had found avid readers amongst Europe's ruling elites, changing the plans and strategies of major players of the time. The readers, not understanding the chaotic nature of events (i.e., trivial-seeming changes can have large effects, and vice versa), often believe that these histories give them a strong idea of how they can guide events in a different direction. The "players" sent back through time have no intention of strongly guiding events, but understand how key forces (democracy, sanitation, medicine, egalitarianism, etc.) affect things in the long run to the betterment of mankind, and intend to promote and spread those even if they themselves are not "in control" of what results. Richelieu forms a four-way alliance, the League of Ostend, to oppose the New United States, Gustavus' expeditionary army, and allied princes of the German states. After the first book, the series begins multiple plot lines or story threads reflecting this independence of action by a multitude of characters. The sequel ''1633'' spreads the Americans out geographically over Central Europe. Next, the novel '' 1634: The Galileo Affair'', and the first of the anthologies called the '' Grantville Gazettes'' introduced new strong characters. The former begins what is called the ''South European thread'', and some of the stories in the latter and ''

'' began the Eastern European thread (Austria-Hungary northwards to Poland). Co-author of ''1633'', ''New York Times'' best-selling author

was contracted for no less than five books in the series in what is called the ''Central European thread'' or ''Main thread'' of the series, but there was a delay before the two authors synchronized their schedules to write that next mainline sequel, '' 1634: The Baltic War'', released in May 2007. Without waiting for Weber, other sequels such as '' 1634: The Ram Rebellion'', '' 1635: The Cannon Law'', and the ''Grantville Gazettes'' continue in one thread or another with in-depth looks at societal ramifications from technology, religion, and social unrest as Europe deals with the outlandish ideas of Grantville's influential presence, to machinations of Europe's elites trying to maintain their hold on power, or leverage off of Grantville-triggered events or knowledge for reasons of self-interest.

Collective collaborative effort

When the novel ''

'' was written, Flint did not intend to write an immediate sequel. However, following popular demand for a sequel Flint (a relatively new writer, but an experienced editor) invited other authors contracted to Baen to share the universe to rapidly develop its potential. As a result, while the first long sequel was being written, Flint concurrently put together the ''Ring of Fire'' anthology of short fiction by a wide range of authors. In parallel, the online message board Baen's Bar received a strong response from fans following the release of the digital advance copy of ''1632''. The forum rapidly evolved into several sub-communities, some act as technical consultant to Flint - for example on how modern technology could be implemented within the series. The high quality of fan fiction submitted to the message board prompted to creation of the official ''Grantville Gazette'' magazine that publishes short stories and factual articles as part of the official 1632 series

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, reviewed by Flint. Originally released sporadically, the ''Gazette'' has since evolved to become an online subscription magazine, published every 2 months, with authors paid for their submissions. Several volumes of the ''Gazette'' were released in print form by

, and serialized stories that were originally published in multiple issues of the ''Gazette'' have been released in print form by The Ring of Fire Press. The ''Ring of Fire'' anthologies of commissioned short fiction also continue, with one volume approximately every 4–5 years. The end result is a collaborative alternative history series consisting of interlinked novels and short stories, that can be regarded as adding additional layers of depth into the canon - the first level consisting of the "mainline" novels; the second level consisting of novels that take place in parallel "threads" (usually representing events in separate geographic regions); the third level consisting short fiction that has been published in print form (either drawn from the ''Grantville Gazette'', or commissioned separately as part of the ''Ring of Fire'' anthology series); and the fourth level consisting of the stories published in the ''Grantville Gazette''. The third and fourth levels frequently provide more in-depth background, and show the impact of the events in the novels on the ordinary population. The entire series canon is maintained by Flint.

''1632'' plot threads

The "mainline" novels (many of which are written by Flint alone) focus on the principal political developments within the series, along with several key characters. However, the opening of the canon to other writers allows for plot threads in other geographical regions to be explored in more details. As with real history, none of these are in isolation, and plot threads converge and diverge according to the needs of the story.

Main thread

*Novel: ''

'' (2000) * Novel: ''

'' (2002) with

* Novel: '' 1634: The Baltic War'' (2007) with David Weber, the direct main thread novel sequel to ''1633''. * Novel: '' 1635: The Eastern Front'' (2010) * Novel: '' 1636: The Saxon Uprising'' (2011) * Novel: '' 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught'' (2017) *Novel: '' 1637: The Polish Maelstrom'' (2019)

North-Central and Western European thread

The Central European thread or more correctly, the Central and Southwest Central European thread, is the main plot thread of the series. It concerns events in the region from west to east of the

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and

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, Northern France, the

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, and the

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, and the whole of western Germany eastwards to

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and the Electorate of Saxony, and southerly to the northern reaches of

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. Bavaria proper, Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia, and points easterly and north are properly geographically part of the Eastern European thread. * Anthology: ''

'' (2004), includes "The Wallenstein Gambit" with Mike Spehar which begins the Eastern Europe thread, "In the Navy" by David Weber, and other stories antedating ''1633'' in the neohistory. * Novel: '' 1634: The Ram Rebellion'' (2006) with Virginia DeMarce, crafted as a collection of related "key developmental events". This is structured more as an anthology and includes substantial material from Paula Goodlett and other authors, but classed as a novel by the publishing trade since the stories all come together as having a related overall story arc. * Novel: '' 1634: The Bavarian Crisis'' (2007) with Virginia DeMarce, chronological sequel to ''1632'', but continues the Eastern European thread. * Anthology: '' Ring of Fire II'' (2008) * Novel: '' 1635: The Dreeson Incident'' (2008) with Virginia DeMarce * Novel: '' 1635: The Tangled Web'' (2009) by Virginia DeMarce * Novel: '' 1635: Music and Murder'' (2013) by David Carrico * Novel: '' 1636: The Devil's Opera'' (2013) by David Carrico

South European thread

The Southern European thread, or Western South Europe and South Central European thread, or perhaps more appropriately, the South-Central and Southwestern European thread, involves characters introduced in the short story " To Dye For" by

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but the thread plot action proper continued in the second published novel sequel of the series, the best-selling '' 1634: The Galileo Affair'' and its direct sequel, '' 1635: The Cannon Law'', both co-written by Flint and

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. The main characters are, in part, Lackey's The Stone Family, combined with Flint's Sharon Nichols and Larry Mazzare. * Novel: '' 1634: The Galileo Affair'' (2004) with

* Novel: '' 1635: The Cannon Law'' (2006) * Novel: '' 1635: The Papal Stakes'' (2012) with Charles E. Gannon * Novel: '' 1636: The Vatican Sanction'' (2017) with Charles E. Gannon

Eastern European thread

The Eastern European thread is taken to be east of modern-day Germany, Austria, and western Hungary, to include mainly modern-day Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and parts of Ukraine and Belarus, but not Russia. The first fiction written within this thread was the novelette " The Wallenstein Gambit" and the prequel short stories leading up to it, all published in the 2004 anthology ''

''. * Novelette: " The Wallenstein Gambit", continues from two plot lines suggested in "

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" and " A Lineman for the Country" in the same anthology. * Serialized novel (discontinued): ''The Anaconda Project'' by Eric Flint, directly continues "The Wallenstein Gambit" and follows the establishment of a new empire with its capital at Prague. The serial was interrupted (and ultimately discontinued) in late 2009 due to the author having an unscheduled medical procedure that caused serious problems to his writing schedule. Ultimately, only 10 episodes were published in the ''Gazette'' with episodes 5–6 being incorporated into '' 1635: The Eastern Front'', and episodes 1–4, and 7–8 incorporated into '' 1637: The Polish Maelstrom''. Episodes 9–10 were abandoned and not incorporated in any printed novels.

Russian thread

The Russian thread was started by authors Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff in the eighth issue of the ''Grantville Gazette'' with their introduction of the serial ''Butterflies in the Kremlin'', which later became the novel '' 1636: The Kremlin Games''. Goodlett and Huff has since written at least 5 novels within this thread with more on the way. As of December 3, 2022 Paula Goodlett has posted to Baen's Bar that the next Russian novel is now named 1638: The Sovereign States and publication is expected to take place in September 2023. * Novel: '' 1636: The Kremlin Games'' (2012) by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, and Paula Goodlett * Novel: '' 1637: The Volga Rules'' (2018) by Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, and Gorg Huff * RoFP Novel: ''A Holmes For the Czar'' (2020) by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett * RoFP Novel: ''Two Cases for the Czar'' (2020) by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett * RoFP Novel: ''A Mission for the Czar'' (2021) by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett * Novel: ''1638: The Sovereign States'' (2023) by Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff

Naval thread

This line of stories begins with the naval actions in the English Channel, North Sea and Baltic Sea and the connecting straits between the bodies of water in 1633. With the conclusion of the northern European sea actions at the end of the novel ''1634: The Baltic War'', the action moves to the Caribbean Sea and Western Atlantic coast of North America. At the conclusion of ''1637: No Peace Beyond the Line'', the naval forces are recalled to serve in the conflict with the Ottoman Empire in a forthcoming ''1638'' novel about the naval battles in that war. * Novel: ''

'' (2012) by Eric Flint, David Weber * Anthology: ''

'' (2002) by Eric Flint et al. * Novel: '' 1634: The Baltic War'' (2007) by Eric Flint, David Weber * Novel: '' 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies'' (2014) by Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon * Novel: '' 1636: The Atlantic Encounter'' (August 2020) by Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt * Novel: '' 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line'' (2020) by Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon

The Americas thread

This agreement for Weber to leave aside European threads likely will follow up foreshadowings of overt dislike evinced by various Grantville natives for both the African slave trade and the Amerindian encounters with colonizing Europeans—and Flint has already written a very sympathetic, two-volume alternate history from the American Native's viewpoint in his ''Arkansas Wars'' series—and he'd written similar foreshadowings into the series' earlier works that were spun into

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and anti-anti-Semitic social themes now manifesting in the series in the Eastern Europe thread in particular, as well as an overall, muted sub-theme. This revised author's decision released a logjam of backup of other novels in the series, so that since rehashing their arrangement, ''1632'' series books have been released regularly every four to six months. Stories in ''1632'' Slushpile regarding obtaining strategically important materials, and some that have reached publication in regard to the Essen Steel Corporation and Essen Chemical, are foreshadowing activities (mining chromium for one) in North America, and others are pursuing

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rubber in South America. In addition, the three books contracted between Flint and David Weber will in part involve expeditions sent by Gustavus and Mike Stearns to American shores. * Ring of Fire Press (RoFP) novel: ''The Danish Scheme'' (June 2013) by Herbert Sakalaucks and Eric Flint * Two novellas in one book: '' 1636: Seas of Fortune'' (December 2013) by Iver Cooper ** ''Stretching Out'': the United States of Europe seeks out oil, rubber and aluminum ore. Pioneers cross the Atlantic and found a new colony in South America. ** ''Rising Sun'': the changes caused by the Ring of Fire are reaching Japan. The Shogun, impressed by samples of up-time technology and influenced by information about Japan's possible future, decides to end a policy of isolation and change his country's fate forever. * Novel: '' 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies'' (June 2014) by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon * RoFP novel: ''1635: The Battle for Newfoundland'' (January 2018) by Herbert Sakalaucks * RoFP novel: ''A Red Son Rises in the West'' (September 2019) by John Deakins and Herbert Sakalaucks * RoFP novel: ''Fire on the Rio Grande'' (March 2020) by Kevin H. Evans and Karen C. Evans * RoFP novel: ''A Red Son: Not Without Honor'' (July 2020) by John Deakins * Novel: '' 1636: The Atlantic Encounter'' (August 2020) by Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt * Novel: '' 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line'' (November 2020) by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon * Novel: '' 1636: Calabar's War'' (April 2021) by Charles E. Gannon and Robert E. Waters * Novel: '' 1637: The Coast of Chaos'' (December 2021) by Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, and Gorg Huff, plus authors of seven related and intertwining short stories.

East Asia thread

* RoFP Novel: ''The Chrysanthemum, the Cross, and the Dragon'' (August 2018) by Iver P. Cooper * Novel: '' 1636: The China Venture'' (September 2019) by Eric Flint and Iver Cooper

South Asian Indian thread

* '' 1636: Mission to the Mughals'' (2017) by Eric Flint and Griffin Barber * '' 1637: The Peacock Throne'' (2021) by Eric Flint and Griffin Barber

Books in the ''1632'' Series

The Ring of Fire Press

In June 2013, Ring of Fire Press was created to reissue certain materials originally published online in the ''Grantville Gazette''. First, it would publish certain stories that were serialized across several issues of the ''Gazette'', so they can be read without hunting through the various ''Gazette'' issues. Second, it would publish several themed collections of fact articles. In 2018, the scope of Ring of Fire Press expanded, with the hiring of managing editor Walt Boyes and Joy Ward, and graphic artist Laura Givens. The release schedule was increased to two books per month, including original novels in the ''1632'' series (the first being ''1635: The Battle for Newfoundland''), collections of serialized ''1632'' stories, and non-''1632'' related novels - both new and reprinted. The initial volumes were made available through Amazon as Kindle editions or print on demand paperback books. Later Baen began distributing selected titles for Ring of Fire Press through their web store and their other distribution channels. On August 16, 2022, Lucille Robbins, the widow of Eric Flint, officially announced the immediate shutdown of both ''The Grantville Gazette'' and the ''Ring of Fire Press''. Without a huge infusion of new cash, it was determined that both business ventures would not be economically viable without Flint's participation.

''Assiti Shards'' novels

Following the success of the ''1632'' series, two other alternative history series were started by Eric Flint, following the same concept as ''1632''—that there was a time displacement caused by an "Assiti Shard".

Literary significance and reception

As of 2014, four books in the series had significantly large number of sales of hardcover editions to become eligible for

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. '' 1634: The Galileo Affair'' was on the best seller list for hardcover fiction for two weeks during April 2004 while reaching number 27. '' 1634: The Baltic War'' was on the same list for two weeks during May 2007, peaking at number 19. '' 1634: The Bavarian Crisis'' was on this list for a week in October 2007 at number 29. '' 1636: The Kremlin Games'' was on the ''NY Times'' list for a week during June 2012 at number 30. Almost all of the books in the series sold well enough to get listed on the various ''

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'' Bestsellers Lists, with some titles listed multiple times, and a few even reached the top spot for the month. '' 1635: The Papal Stakes'' is the first book in the series to get listed on the ''Wall Street Journal'' Best-Selling Books list. A few titles were nominated for the

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. '' 1635: A Parcel of Rogues'' and '' 1636: The Cardinal Virtues'' were finalists in 2016; '' 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught'' was a finalist in 2017; and ''Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice'' was a finalist for the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel for 2020 while '' 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line'' has been awarded the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel for 2021. In 2022, 1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner was a finalist for Best Alternate History Novel.

''1632''-verse glossary of terminology