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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780743471558
ISBN number: 0743471555
Label: Baen
Manufacturer: Baen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 688
Printing Date: July 01, 2003
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American Freedom and Justice vs. The Tyrannies of the Seventeenth Century
The new government in central Europe, called the Confederated Principalities of Europe, was formed by an alliance between Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians led by Mike Stearns who were transplanted into 17th-century Germany by a mysterious cosmic accident. The new regime is shaky. Outside its borders, the Thirty Years War continues to rage. Within, it is beset by financial crisis as well as the political and social tensions between the democratic ideals of the 20th-century Americans and the aristocracy which continues to rule the roost in the CPE as everywhere in Europe.
Worst of all, the CPE has aroused the implacable hostility of Cardinal Richelieu, the effective ruler of France. Richelieu has created the League of Ostend in order to strike at the weakest link in the CPE's armorits dependence on the Baltic as the lifeline between Gustav Adolf's Sweden and the rest of his realm.
The greatest naval war in European history is about to erupt. Like it or not, Gustavus Adolphus will have to rely on Mike Stearns and the technical wizardry of his obstreperous Americans to save the King of Sweden from ruin.
Caught in the conflagration are two American diplomatic missions abroad: Rebecca Stearns' mission to France and Holland, and the embassy which Mike Stearns sent to King Charles of England headed by his sister Rita and Melissa Mailey. Rebecca finds herself trapped in war-torn Amsterdam; Rita and Melissa, imprisoned in the Tower of London.
And much as Mike wants to transport 20th-century values into war-torn 17th-century Europe by Sweet Reason, still he finds comfort in the fact that Julie, who once trained to be an Olympic marksman, still has her rifle...
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David Drake does it again with this superb alternate history. He is certainly the premier SF writer today!
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1632 had serious problems, starting with the many long-winded characters and their inconsequential rambling conversations. While Weber's people in the Harrington books can talk too much, also, I had hoped that in 1633 he would have kept Flint a bit more to the point. Alas, not so. 1633 is one long wait for the very few things that actually happen, to happen. And once they happen, everyone and his foil have to yack that over, as well, and the problem is that much of their yacking doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Three stars only because these guys have a better mastery of language than Flint alone demonstrates, 2 stars missing for everything this story could have been. Highly recommended as a soporific.
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A quality sequel to it's predecessors, and one of the rare occasions that a sequel beats the original in some aspects, although not all.
As with 1632, the characters while still somewhat cliche, have started to become more fleshed out. Several new or minor characters get much larger roles, and thankful these get started from the ground up without the piles of cliche. The dialog is still a bit forced at times, and people spend long period s of time explaining things to each other. There is also a lot of what I call trailer lines. That is, if this were a movie, those lines were written to be in the trailer. That's not terrible, but it should occur in every chapter, which it does in this book.
What really makes this book shine is the way the author deals with politics and foreign relations. In most books the main characters and their allies are the good guys, most everyone else is victims that have to be saved or grey hats. The good guys save the day and control the world, but no specifics on what happens after. Flint takes the events from the previous book, and starts to show why American style democracy would have difficulty integrating into 1600 monarchy driven politics. There is even tension between allies as the Americans try to bring them into the democratic fold while at the same time allowing their monarchical ways.
The action, while very limited in this book, is also good. Because of all the political battling, the action is really saved for near the end, and feels a bit tacked on.
Overall this book continues the series and moves it forward in a way few sequels achieve.
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Eric Flint is a genius and his world of th Ring of Fire is incredible.
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I was substantially disappointed by this second installment of Flint's brilliant 1632. About two thirds of the way through this very viscous novel I began to ask myself when the payoff would happen. It never did. The material was dense, probably historically accurate, but BORING. Like it was written by a committee.
Most novels have some flat spots, but the author(s) usually reward your persistence and patience. Not so here IMHO.
And the afterward is a curious thing... Flint waxes enthusiastically about his committee approach to 1633 and further installments of his original 1632 novel. But its almost as if he's attempting to deflect criticism of this approach in advance.
To me, novels are mostly entertainment. 1633 reads like a history text. Instead of an afterward by the author, 1633 should have provided a bibliography.
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