tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post3020081743959829079..comments2024-03-17T14:31:27.014-04:00Comments on Fantasy Book Critic: "1636:The Saxon Uprising" by Eric Flint + 163* Series Overview (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu)Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-86275397684205684822011-03-29T01:00:57.792-04:002011-03-29T01:00:57.792-04:00Some more tidbits for people unfamiliar with 1632:...Some more tidbits for people unfamiliar with 1632:<br /><br />- Grantville is in the 5k range of people from what I remember to start with and while most stay loyal to the USE, a bunch "defect" to various powers as time goes;<br />also despite ceding an immediate tactical advantage, Mike Stearns fundamental open door policy allowed for example anyone to access all the available modern books - maybe except the very few dealing with modern weapons - so they get copied and spread everywhere fast and this has lots of repercussions - eg Cromwell is arrested and imprisoned by Charles II, Richelieu makes the 22 or so Turenne marshal of France on the spot and promotes Mazarin too, Wallenstein breaks with the Habspurgs, Lutzen does not happen so Gustav Adolf survives...<br /><br />- the Ring of Fire occurs just after Mike's younger sister marries Tom Simpson, so a bunch of people from the outside are in Grantville for the wedding, including his dad John Simpson (whom Mike puts in charge to build the USE navy after he defeats him politically) or Caroline Platzer, the future "governess" of Kristina, who was a friend of the bride, but most people were local so they get "transported" to 1631 with their families and that's a big help so to speakLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-74836960187922790022011-03-29T00:32:14.178-04:002011-03-29T00:32:14.178-04:00Sure:
1632, 1633, 1634 The Baltic War, 1634 The B...Sure:<br /><br />1632, 1633, 1634 The Baltic War, 1634 The Bavarian Crisis, 1635 The Dreeson Incident, 1635: The Eastern War, 1636: The Saxon Uprising<br /><br />These follow one another and while the 4th and 5th book are less Mike Stearns centric than the rest, they cover the elections, the Dutch settlement and a lot of other in-between stuff.<br /><br />The anthologies Ring of Fire I and II have some main stories too - Wallenstein in Bohemia, the Siege of Amsterdam, the Austrian/Turkish stuff, but all are recollected in the booksLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-56714322500079870922011-03-29T00:23:33.821-04:002011-03-29T00:23:33.821-04:00Can you please post the reading order for what you...Can you please post the reading order for what you consider to be the "core" books and stories for the series? Thanks!Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756263900553410305noreply@blogger.com