1632
by Eric Flint · first published 2000
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A small West Virginia town is permanently transplanted to 1632 Germany, in the middle of the 30-years war.
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Online fiction - http://www.scpwiki.com/ Offline alternative history - 1632 by Eric Flint, the first in a long series of really engrossing books.
on “Ask HN: How to get back into reading fiction/long form content?” ↗1632 by Eric Flint - Very interesting alternative history, which really gets you thinking about what it takes to run civilization. It's a series, and 1632 is the first book.
on “Ask HN: Which books would you recommend to me that had a big impact on you” ↗1632 by Eric Flint, an alternate history which spawned a series of books. A small town in present day (2000) West Virginia is transported back in time to 1632 in Germany, and the middle of the 30 years war.
on “Ask HN: Non-sci-fi fiction recommendations?” ↗1632 by Eric Flint, it's a fascinating look into how modern infrastructure works by telling a story of a town transported from the year 2000 back to 1631 in the middle of the 30 years war in Germany. It became…
on “Ask HN: Recommend a book that would cure my boredom” ↗1632 by Eric Flint - it became a series. I can read them over and over. - Alternate history, contemplative of everything that makes modern civilization possible and keeps it going. The Art of Electronics…
on “Ask HN: What are the best books you've ever read?” ↗1632 by Eric Flint - It's an alternative history in which the real town of Mannington, Virginia is fictionalized as "Grantville" and thrown back in time to 1631 Germany, causing it's citizens to band together,…
on “Ask HN: What's your favorite book you've read?” ↗1632 by Eric Flint is an interesting exercise in alternative history. He extensively studied the real town of Mannington, West Virginia and used it as the basis of Grantville, a town that is transported from…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗…first book in his Bobiverse series. Gust Front by John Ringo is the first book in his Legacy of Aldenata / Posleen series. Live free or dies by John Ringo is the first book in his Troy Rising series. 1632 by Eric Flint is the first book in his Ring of Fire series.
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