And we're back! Great issue this one, with two new writers joining us. A. P. Davidson gives us "Stockholm Syndrome," which is not about a hostage situation, and Griffin Barber came up with some interesting characters in his story "Bank On It."
Jack Carroll is back with us this issue with "In Remembrance," and David Carrico contributes "The Evening of the Day." Both stories have some sadness to them, but then, well, life does that, doesn't it? Robert E. Water's brings us "The Great Grantville Gander Pull," and we find out that even in our supposedly enlightened age, sometimes cruel things are gotten away with.
Ever get annoyed with a teenager? Then you'll sympathize with the characters in Kerryn Offord's "Our Man in Grantville" for sure. Bjorn Hasseler was the winner of a challenge to write us a short story of exactly 1,232 words. His winning entry is "Snipe Hunt." And Rainer Prem is back with episode three of "Ein feste Burg," which is getting very colorful these days.
Nonfiction from Iver P. Cooper is more about airships, this one "Airship Propulsion, Part Two: Revving Up." So if you want to build your own, take a look.
R. J. Ortega really means "Outside the Box," but it's not necessarily thinking outside the box that he's talking about. And Kristine Kathryn Rusch's column, Notes From The Buffer Zone, has a title that we've all experienced, "The English Class from Hell." How could you pass that up?
Grantville Gazette, Volume 42, ready and waiting for you now!
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Another great selection of short stories and supporting non-fiction about late 20th century Grantville, WV in 17th century Germany in the 1632 universe. My fiction favorites were: Stockholm Syndrome (Davidson), In Remembrance (Carroll), Bank On It (Barber), Evening of the Day (Carrico), Our Man in Grantville (Offord), and Ein Feste Burg (Prem).
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Product ReviewI agree with edward....good stories but too much non-fiction. I enjoy how the down-timers adapt to the ROF and liked DRILLERS IN DOUBLETS but it looks like ur using lots of the non fiction stuff as 'fillers'.
Since u can see I've bought almost all the GRANTVILLE GAZETTE series, I'm an addict....not to mention I have most of the ROF hardcover & GAZETTE in hardcover. but more stories & less geology, airship, & other lessons.Posted on
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Product ReviewThe stories inside are good, some of them excellent. Really worth the money.
The reason I gave it only a 3 is that the non-fiction part is almost half of the book. In the beginning of the Grantville Series it was only 25% or so, which I thought was ok. But 50% is too much, if I want, I can do my own research. I am paying for stories, fiction not a B.A. thesis and such.Posted on
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Product ReviewThis is one of the strongest issues in recent memory, many good stories.
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