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Автор Эрик Флинт
Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey, Tim Roesch, Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett, Mark Huston, Bradley H. Sinor, Terry Howard,Walter H. Hunt, Kim Mackey,
Preface
Dye Another Day
Falser Messiah
Royal Dutch Airlines
Milton’s Choice
To End the Evening
Cap and Gown
A Relation of the Late Siege and Taking of the City of Yerevan by the Turk Including an Authentic Narrative of the Death of the Persian Commander and an Account of the Destruction Wrought by Terrible New Engines of War
Frying Pan
Part 1
Part 2
All God’s Children in the Burning East
Do It Once and Do It Again
Les Ailes du Papillon
1
2
3
4
5
6
Salonica
The Sound of Sweet Strings: A Serenade in One Movement
Coda
Charles William Battenberg, B. A. , M. A. , Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, Schwarzberg Chair of Musicology, Oxford University 1979, Oxford University Press
Stone Harvest
An Eye Opener
Make Mine Macrame
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Epilogue
Upward Mobility
Four Days on the Danube
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey, Tim Roesch, Gorg Huff,Paula Goodlett, Mark Huston, Bradley H. Sinor, Terry Howard,Walter H. Hunt, Kim Mackey,
Ring of Fire III
Preface
Short fiction has always been an integral part of the 1632 series. The third volume in the series was an anthology of short fiction: Ring of Fire, which came out after 1632 and 1633. More than a decade has gone by since 1632 was published in February of 2000, and seven years since the first Ring of Fire anthology was published in 2004. Over the course of that time, to date, nine novels have appeared in the series and the same number of anthologies.
The anthologies fall into three categories: the Ring of Fire volumes; the paper editions of the Grantville Gazette, whose stories are taken from the electronic magazine by that name; and braided-story anthologies. Only one volume has so far appeared in that last category, 1634: The Ram Rebellion.
The second one, 1636: The Wars on the Rhine, is being put together at the moment.Roughly, the distinction between the three types of anthologies is as follows:
The Gazette volumes represent the traditional type of anthologies connected with popular series. The stories are all set in the 1632 universe, but have no particular relationship to each other and may or may not have much impact on the series as a whole. Some do, but they are not chosen for that reason. They are included simply because Paula Goodlett and I think they’re good stories. (Paula is the editor of the magazine from which the stories are selected. )
The braided-story anthologies like 1634: The Ram Rebellion are collections of short fiction that share a common story arc. The “short” fiction involved always includes at least one short novel.
The Ring of Fire anthologies are more loosely organized. But, with a few exceptions, every story in the anthology is either closely connected to existing story lines in the series or opens up new story lines for later development. And each volume ends with a short novel written by me.
