Grantville Gazette IX

Grantville Gazette #9

by Eric Flint, Walt Boyes, Joy Ward

This edition of the Grantville Gazette Volume 9 is derived directly from the online edition at http://www.grantvillegazette.com.

Stories include:
* Young Love Lost by Jose J. Clavell
* Mail Stop by Virginia DeMarce
* Those Daring Young Men by Rick Boatright
* Those Daring Not So Young Men by Rick Boatright
* A Matter Of Taste by Kerryn Offord
* Those Not So Daring by Rick Boatright
* Anna the Baptist by Terry Howard
* Fly Like a Bird by Loren Jones
* Gearhead by Mark H. Huston
* Water Wings by Terry Howard
* Under the Tuscan Son by Iver P. Cooper
* Wings on the Mountain by Terry Howard
* Pocket Money by John and Patti Friend
* Moonraker by Karen Bergstralh
* The Minstrel Boy by John Zeek
* Ultralight by Sean Massey
* Tool or Die by Karen Bergstralh
* If at First You Don't Succeed . . . by Paula Goodlett
* Waves of Change by Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff
* Try, Try Again by Paula Goodlett
* Little Jammer Boys by Kim Mackey
* Safe at First Base by Mark H. Huston
* The Order of the Foot by Richard Evans
* Trip to Paris by Kim Mackey
* At the Cliff's Edge by Iver P. Cooper
* A 'Merican in Moscow by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett
* Radio in 1632, Part 3 by Rick Boatright
* The Sound of Mica by Iver P. Cooper
* A Tempest In a Baptistry by Terry Howard
* The Daily Beer Anette Pedersen
* White Gold by Kerryn Offord

Genres: Alternate History, Science Fiction, Anthologies, Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Ebooks, Fiction

459 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Eric Flint was a New York Times bestselling American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works were alternate history science fiction, but he also wrote humorous fantasy adventures.

Reviews

[Lancelot Schaubert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Again just read this for the Kudzu Werke stories. Again think this should be marketed as historical fiction and would sell better.

[Redsteve · Rating 2 out of 5]

Decent, but not nearly the best edition of the Grantville Gazettes. Like the previous installments, this collection of short stories is a mix of alternate history, humor, adventure, mystery, specific science/technological problems dressed up as short stories, and tales that revolve entirely about the effects of "future" historical information and its effects on 17th Century "Downtimers" (like "The Bad Seed," in which the Prefect of Paris discovers that his beloved three-year old daughter will one day murder him and her brothers and be indicted in what would be known as The Affair of the Poisons). With such a large body of work to draw on (the published Grandville Gazettes take their stories from the colossal online "Grantville Gazette" collection)* I would hope that there would be more winners in this batch. I did like some of them ("Letters from Inchon" (Robert Waters), "No, John No!" (Jack Carroll and Terry Howard), "The Marshall Comes to Suhl" (Mike Watson), and "Doctor Phil Rules the Waves" (Kerryn Offord and Rick Boatright), but those were just enjoyable, not great; and about half the stories in this collection were mediocre at best. Includes one short story that later became part of the novel 1636: MISSION TO THE MUGHALS ("Hunter, My Huntress") and a new Dr. Gribbleflotz story. 2.5 stars.

* with the exception of one original story that Eric Flint writes for each volume.

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

new to me stories

Often, Grantville Gazette stories are versions of stories embedded in full novels that I have read. In this case, I have read only one of the stories, although the people and situations are often familiar.
Whether that is because I haven't managed to keep up, or because the stories are new doesn't matter to me. I was welcomed into new places by this book. And am very happy with the places I have gone.

[Kevin K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full disclosure, I'm a 1632 fan in a large way.

I love these anthology books, collecting the best of the 'zines that release all the time (that I can't keep up with). This issue didn't disappoint, some nice "colour" in universe with some surprisingly touching stories (I'm looking at you "Letters from Inchon"!).

All in all, would recommend.

[Allen McDonnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent Anthology

Top not stories set in the 1632 Ring Of Fire universe. While these were all published before here they are gathered as the best of the best. Recommended to any casual or serious fan of the series.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, an excellent collection of short stories filling in the bits between novels in the series. As a short story lover, I really enjoy these volumes.

[Ronald Spitzer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fine anthology. It helps to have many of the 1632 series so you are fully oriented when it comes to this book. Good stories on the whole and the one I did not like was the topic of the story, not the writing. Hopefully, some of the people featured in this book end up with a novel from Ring of Fire press: Trent Haygood in "Queen's Gearhead" by Mark Huston is such a possibility. Kunigunde in"Good German Axes" by Tom Roesch would be another.

[Michael Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with most of these collections from the Grantville Gazette online magazine, some are very good, some are good and some do not really mean much to the Ring of Fire series. They are nice stories but are basically stand alone short tales that fit in someplace but are not critical to the overall series. Others have been expanded into full novels or tie parts of novels together by filling in little gaps. Always a good read and add to the enjoyment of the whole Ring concept.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still working my way forward via the Gazette volumes. Recognized some of the stories from the 1635: The Tangled Web. Interesting discussion in the non-fiction portion on the role of mica in the 1632 universe.

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

As usual the nonfiction was best

Many of the stories here were bits that I had already read. The how-to articles, however, were from the Baen's website. Not available outside of that web-magazine until now. Fascinating.

[LinHigley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet stories!

More pieces of the complex puzzle to present the scene displayed to the fans of 1632. I have reading for years and expect to continue for many years to come. Ya! For the writers that GWT untangled in the series.

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

most interesting: The Daily Beer by Anette Pedersen

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best of Grantville Gazette Volumes 46-64; of course, all 5-stars!! I would recommend ALL the stories in those volumes.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

None of the stories were downright bad, but some were meh. It's kind of hit or miss compared to the earlier Gazettes. The good stories tend to be towards the end of the book.

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75