Aluminum: Will O’ the Wisp?

by Iver P. Cooper | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

There is no doubt that aluminum is a wonder metal. Pure aluminum has a density only about one-third of iron, it is as reflective as silver, and it is a good conductor of heat and electricity. When exposed to air, it quickly acquires a protective coating of aluminum...

New France in 1634 and the Fate of North America

by Michael Varhola | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

1634 was a pivotal year for the indigenous peoples of North America. It was in that year that the French Jesuit missionaries, in spite of their highest motives, set in motion a series of events that led ultimately to the destruction of those whom they came to both...

Refrigeration and the 1632 World: Opportunities and Challenges

by Mark Huston | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

Barflies have an amazing working knowledge on a lot of subjects. They are, on the whole, a bunch of pretty bright people, having great fun playing at this "what-if" exercise that is Eric Flint's 1632 universe. Hanging out in cyberspace, and in real life with some of...

Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 1: A Russian Noble

by Gorg Huff | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

Spring, 1632   Boris Ivanovich Petrov pulled the horse to a stop and looked around. "This place is almost worth the trip. See the cuts in the earth where the land was changed. Look at these hills. The structure is different from those outside the ring. Everything...

The Essen Steel Chronicles, Part 2: Louis de Geer

by Kim Mackey | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

July, 1631 Louis de Geer refolded the letters from his niece in Grantville. Interesting information, he thought. But he was a powerful and busy man, much like a four-masted battleship. Battleships do not change course easily or on a whim. Verification of...

The Doctor Gribbleflotz Chronicles, Part 3: Doctor Phil’s Distraction

by Kerryn Offord | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

April 1635, The rectory, St. Martin's in the Fields. South of Rudolstadt Yesterday I helped Stepmama turn Papa's old Geneva gown. We unpicked the seams, darned threads to reinforce the worst worn spots and re-dyed the fabric before hand sewing it back together, with...

Three Innocuous Words

by Russ Rittgers | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

White vapor was blowing out of Hudson's nostrils that frosty mid-morning in late December. Chip Jenkins rode his horse around the small snow-covered copse of trees and saw the von Ruppersdorf manor that Katerina had finally finished building this year. He'd...

Rolling On

by Karen Bergstralh | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

January 1632 "Master Ritterhof, Master Eisenbach, may I present my staff?" Martin asked, conscious of the scuffling sounds behind him. He heard Max hiss something at Jakob followed by a 'thwack.' "Certainly, Master Schmidt. Certainly." Master Blacksmith Bruno...

Flight 19 to Magdeburg

by Jose Clavell | Jun 10, 2007 | 0 comments

Prologue Living Room Captain and Frau McIntosh's quarters Formerly 1SGT and Mrs. Hudson's residence Grantville, SoTF, USE Spring 1635, 0955 hours local Britt Strausswirt was bored. A day after being released from the Leahy Medical Center, she rested her badly...