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"The emperor is dead; long live the emperors! The assassinated Shah Jahan lies entombed beside his beloved wife in the Taj Mahal, while their progeny drag the Mughal Empire into a three-sided struggle over the succession to the Peacock Throne. The diplomatic and trade mission from the United States of Europe is openly siding with Princess Jahanara and her brother Dara Shikoh. The mission, made up largely of Americans transplanted in time by the Ring...
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"A cosmic accident sets the modern West Virginia town of Grantville down in war-torn 17th century Europe. It will take all the gumption of the resourceful, freedom loving uptimers to find a way to flourish. Here are stories that fill in the pieces of the Ring of fire political, social and cultural puzzle as supporting characters we meet in the novels get their own lives, loves, and life-changing stories"--
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Cultures clash as seventeenth-century Europe encounters modern America in Grantville, the modern-day West Virginia town hurtled back in time, as teenage girls form an investment group, a linotype operator gains new status, a sit-down mower doubling as a locomotive transforms military transportation, and heavy metal music comes to the pre-Bach era.
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The masque / by Eric Flint -- The monster / by Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett -- Birdwatching / by Garrett W. Vance -- Suite for four hands / by David Carrico -- Lost in translation / by Iver P. Cooper -- Sailing upwind / by Kevin H. & Karen C. Evans -- A tinker's progress / by Terry Howard -- Jenny and the king's men / by Mark Huston -- Cinco de Mayo / by Edith Wild -- A matter of unehrlichkeit / by Kim Mackey -- Letters of trade / by David Dingwall...
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"When a cosmic disturbance hurls your town from twentieth-century West Virginia back to seventeenth-century Europe-and into the middle of the Thirty Years War-you have to adapt to survive. And the natives of that time period, faced with American technology and politics, need to be equally adaptable. Here's a generous helping of more stories of Grantville, the American town lost in time, and its impact on the people and societies of a tumultuous age....
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When a cosmic disturbance hurls your town from 20th century West Virginia back to 17th century Europe--and into the middle of the Thirty Years War--you have to adapt to survive. And the natives of that time period, faced with American technology and politics, need to be equally adaptable. Here's a generous helping of more stories of Grantville, the American town lost in time, and its impact on the people and societies of a tumultous age.
14) Ring of fire IV
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"A cosmic accident--the "Ring of Fire"--has transported the 20th century West Virginia town of Grantville through both time and space, into the heart of Germany during the Thirty Years War. After fending off attacks from various hostile European powers, the time-lost Americans have allied themselves with the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus to form the United States of Europe. For better or worse, the course of history has been radically altered. Now...