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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876608
EAN num: 9781416573876
ISBN number: 1416573879
Label: Baen
Manufacturer: Baen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 576
Printing Date: January 01, 2008
Publishing house: Baen
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A mysterious cosmic force—the “Ring of Fire”—has hurled the town of Grantville from 20th century West Virginia back to 17th century Europe, and into the heart of the Thirty Years War. With their seemingly magical technology, and their radical ideas of freedom and justice, the time-lost West Virginians have allied with Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, to form the Confederated Principalities of Europe, changing the course of history—in ways both small and large.
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Edric Flint provides a fine sequel set to 1632 in RING OF FIRE II, a set of new stories surrounding the time-swept town introduced in 1632. From a new story by Flint of a Hungarian officer's theft of new technology and an American agent's search for the missing papers to a cardinal's plot even as civil war threatens France, new scenarios and political encounters fill out the 1632 scenario and create gripping new action plots.
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Ring of Fire II (2008) is the second alternate history anthology in the Assiti Shards series. It contains a novella, fourteen short stories, two maps, and a preface by the editor.
"Horse Thieves" by Karen Bergstrahl tells about the conflicts between downtime mercenaries working for Grantville and some uptimers.
"Second Issue?" by Brad Sinor concerns the aftermath of "Here Comes Santa Claus" in RoF I, when the Grantville Times receives a story from a reporter who has stumbled onto the conspiracy.
"Diving Belle" by Gunnar Dahlin & Dave Freer is about a librarian who will do almost anything to get back some stolen books and the effects of her actions upon Stockholm.
"A Gift from the Duchess" by Virginia DeMarce relates the story of the loan of three plague specialists to the disease ridden city of Kronach.
"Lucky at Cards" by Andrew Dennis describes a high stake card game with the brother of the French king.
"A Trip to Amsterdam" by Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett is a story about high finance and the siege of Amsterdam.
"This'll Be the Day" by Walt Boyles recounts the deeds of Father Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld on the day of his former death.
"Command Performance" by David Carrico illustrates the impact of uptime music on the elite of Magdeburg and Europe.
"Ellis Island" by Russ Rittgers recounts the tribulations of a peasant family immigrating to Grantville.
"Malungu Seed" by Jonathan Cresswell-Jones is about an African Jesuit layman who has an urgent mission in Grantville and elsewhere.
"Trials" by Jay Robison reveals the trials of an Italian artist and a Grantville housewife.
"The Chase" by Iver P. Cooper shows the perils of a teenage crush on a English aristocrat.
"Eddie and the King's Daughter" by K.D. Wentworth tells of the shaky beginning of Eddie's relationship with Anne Cathrine.
"Second Thoughts" by Virginia DeMarce discloses the events leading to marriage between the parents of Noelle Brigitte Murphy.
"The Austro-Hungarian Connection" by Eric Flint is the novella. It describes a very unusual romance between Noelle Brigitte Stull and a Hungarian officer.
Highly recommended for Ring of Fire fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of alternate history and cultural mixing.
-Arthur W. Jordin
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The "Grantville Gazette" and related "Ring of Fire" books always tend to be a bit uneven, since there are many authors involved. On the whole, I enjoy these "snippets" immensely. I especially enjoyed the continuation of the "Sound of Music" story line that features Marla Linder and Franz Sylwester as the major characters. There is not only some excellent musicology research, but some real warmth within the characters. A decent 4-star rating. I eagerly await the subsequent episodes.
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Having been a fan of the "Ring of Fire" series for some time, I can't really recommend this book. As another reader noted, unless you are familiar with some the "freebie" efforts on the internet (and I am not) many of the stories make little sense - and even if they do, the writing quality isn't very good - like the "filler" music included on music CD's or olderstyle LP's.
A major concern as a fan is that we are witnessing the "churning" out of ROF books to maintain the money stream.
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I really enjoy this altiverse. I'm not much of a short story reader, because it's so much work to recreate the world inside my head that I hate to lose the world so quickly. Here, that isn't a problem. I loved seeing how "Eddie and the King's Daughter" began their association. I'm fascinated by the adventures of Mazarin, I liked hearing references to other characters I have learned to love, like Queen Maria Anna and Fernando I, King of the Netherlands. Oh--and like the rest of the series, it's an easy way to learn complicated history. I was already familiar with the Glorious Revolution, but had no clue about 17th century Scandinavia and Central Europe.
However, if you have no idea what the Ring of Fire is, thisis not the place for you to start. Get back to 1632, and don't come here until after 1634!
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