My name is Mike J Nagle. I have been creating political maps of the world related to the 1632/Ring of Fire series since December, 2016. Some of the maps show the political situation at the Time of the Ring of Fire; that is, on May 25, 1631. These maps are historically accurate for the Original […]
Why Airships Make Sense for France/Spain/England And why they make NO sense for the USE or The Airship FAQ v1.2 By Charles Prael Quite a few people (myself included) have brought up the question of “why doesn’t Grantville/the USE/etc. build airships?” This essay is an attempt to answer that question – as well as the […]
Recommended reading order for the 1632 series (aka the Ring of Fire series) By Eric Flint Updated from January 21, 2016 Skip to the Flowchart Whenever someone asks me “what’s the right order?” for reading the 1632 series, I’m always tempted to respond: “I have no idea. What’s the right order for studying the Thirty […]
Grantville has a public library, and each of the schools (high, middle, and elementary) has its own library. These libraries are modeled on those of Mannington, West Virginia, and if you can prove that one of the Mannington’s libraries had a particular book before May 2000, then Ed Board will assume that the comparable library […]
These photos show the shelves in the science and technology section of the Mannington Middle School Library (Dewey 500s and 600s). Each thumbnail links to a page showing a larger picture of the bookcase and a tabular listing of the books in the picture. Photos by Iver Cooper. Iver Cooper, the photographer and editor for […]
31 December 2003 The Dictionary Who knows what all those acronyms mean? Now you do. To add a definition, email them to me. ACRs and DEFs pertaining to the ROF are CLT. 10Q Thank You (Ten Q) AFAIC As Far As I’m Concerned AFAIK As Far As I Know AFK Away From Keyboard AKA Also […]
Here is the initial inventory with one change. We determined downline that some of the 2 1/2 foot gauge cars could be adjusted to either 2 or 2 1/2 foot gauge. Subject: The ROF area narrow gage inventory–October 1, 1632 From: Ernest Lutz Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 This is based on information gained during […]
To understand what a seventeenth century farm village looked like think about a fried egg on a plate. The yoke represents the village and the white represents the fields around the farming village (Gemeinde). Rid you mind of the picture of neatly laid out individual farms of rectangular fields bounded by straight roads crossing at […]
From: “Virginia DeMarce” <virginiademarce@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Sep 13, 2002 03:05:01 PM US/Pacific Subject: Re: Strategic Situation It follows, with some of the correspondence between Eric and myself while I was working it up. The function of this Article of the Constitution of the NewUS was to achieve a balance between granting the House of Lords […]