1632 (novel)

1632 is a science fiction novel written by Eric Flint. Originally intended to be a single story, it is now the first of an open-ended series (1632 series, also known as 163x series) in which the fictional town of Grantville, West Virginia (modeled on the real town of Mannington) is, through a side effect of an alien technology, transported back in time into the middle of the Thirty Years' War, in the German province of Thuringia .

It was first published in New York by Baen Books in 2001 with ISBN 0671319728 . The full text of the novel is available from the the Baen Free Library (see below).

As of June 2004, the following sequels have been published by Baen Books:

• 1633 (with David Weber)
• Ring of Fire (a collection of short stories by a variety of authors, set in the universe initially created by 1632)
  • In the Navy: David Weber
  • To Dye For: Mercedes Lackey
  • A Lineman For the Country: Jonathan Cresswell and Deann Allen and K. D. Wentworth
  • The Wallenstein Gambit: Eric Flint
• Grantville Gazette (volumes 1 and 2) (Each volume contains short stories by various authors, as well as various nonfiction pieces describing aspects of the 1632 universe. As of June 2004, these are only available electronically.)
• Mike Spehar
• Several other as-yet-unnamed books, with Virginia DeMarce and Mike Spehar