Ring of fire III
Publisher
Baen
Publication Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Collection #3 of rollicking and idea-packed alternate history tales written by today’s hottest science fiction writers and edited by New York Times best-seller Eric Flint. After a cosmic accident sets the modern-day West Virginia town of Grantville down in war-torn seventeenth century Europe, these everyday, resourceful Americans must adapt – or be trod into the dust of the past.Let’s do the “Time Warp” again! Another rollicking, thought-provoking collection of tales by a star-studded array of top writers such as bestseller Mercedes Lackey and Eric Flint himself – all set in Eric Flint’s phenomenal Ring of Fire series. Rock on, Renaissance! A cosmic accident sets the modern West Virginia town of Grantville down in war-torn seventeenth century Europe. It will take all the gumption of the resourceful, freedom-loving up-timers to find a way to flourish in mad and bloody end of medieval times. Are they up for it? You bet they are. The third rollicking and idea-packed collection of Grantville tales edited by Eric Flint, and inspired by his now-legendary 1632.About Eric Flint’s “Ring of Fire” series:“[Eric] Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.” -Booklist “[Eric Flint] can entertain and edify in equal, and major, measure.” -Publishers Weekly
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ISBN
9781451638271
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Dye another day / Mercedes Lackey --
Birds of a feather / Charles E. Gannon --
Falser messiah / Tim Roesch --
Royal Dutch airlines / Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett --
Milton's choice / Mark Huston --
To end the evening / Brad Sinor --
Cap and gown / Jack Carroll --
A relation of the late siege / Panteleimon Roberts --
Frying pan / Anette Pedersen --
All God's children in the burning east / Garrett Vance --
Do it once and do it again / Terry Howard --
Les ailes du papillon / Walter Hunt --
And the devil will drive you under / Walt Boyes --
Salonica / Kim Mackey --
Sweet strings / David Carrico --
Stone harvest / Karen Bergstralh --
An eye opener / Kerryn Offord and Linda Davidson --
Make mine macram / Virginia DeMarce --
Upward mobility / Charles E. Gannon --
Days on the Danube / Eric Flint.
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