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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 1632 is one of Flint's best works. His theme that a community in trouble must not let go of their values is inspiring. His concept of a down to earth, West Virginia town, transported back in time to Thuringia, Germany is entertaining, humorous and exciting. A few of his characters suffer from being two dimensional, but his collaboration with David Weber in 1633 corrects that. If you are into optimism, you will not be disappointed. (  )morriss003 | Jun 4, 2009 |   Not a bad story overall. Once you accept the premise that the towns people will stay calm and be willing to slaughter roving bands of mercenaries, take in refugees of the Thirty Years War. And those people don't panic and adapt to the 21 st Century. Some of the plot twists are a little far fetched, but overall I enjoyed the book What made the book good is that Eric Flint started out as a history major. So he has a good grasp on the real history and can incorporate it into the story without boring the reader. (  )usnmm2 | May 11, 2009 | Hate to admit it, but I couldn't force myself to finish the last 100 pages of this sci-fi historical reimagining. What would happen if a parcel of West Virginia and its inhabitants were plopped in the middle of Germany during the Thirty Year's War? Well, according to Eric Flint two things would happen: first, the W. Virginians would shoot a whole lot of the local people; second, they'd also marry a whole lot of them. It happened this way four of five times before I gave up. (  )mikewick | Apr 22, 2009 | An interesting piece of alternative history, yet still a fairly well crafted story. The other books available in the series add to its value, this is the 'start here' book. The plot is based on one science fiction option, aliens displace a West Virginia mining and rural town of 2000 into the Thirty Years War west central Europe. The comparison on modern with 17th century technology, politics, religion, and attitudes is fascinating and makes up for any shortcomings (few) in plot or character development. ( )ServusLibri | Nov 7, 2008 | 1  In this fantasy of rah-rah-America libertarianism a town of West Virginian miners gets sent back to 1632 where they prove their superiority to the feudal European locals. meersan | Sep 20, 2008 | 0.027 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0671578499, Hardcover)1632 is an alternate history written by Eric Flint, the author of Mother of Demons, which was selected by Science Fiction Chronicle as one of the best novels of 1997. Flint is also the co-author, with David Drake, of the acclaimed Belisarius series: An Oblique Approach, In the Heart of Darkness, Destiny's Shield and Fortune's Stroke (forthcoming in June, 2000). The bestselling SF author David Weber says of Destiny's Shield: "It isn't often you come across a book or series you recommend to everyone. This one is an exception. But all three books. Read them. Now!"(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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