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III
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface
STORIES:
Pastor Kastenmayer's Revenge
The Sound Of Music
Other People's Money
If the Demons Will Sleep
Hobson's Choice
Hell Fighters
CONTINUING SERIALS
Euterpe, Episode 2
An
Invisible War (Conclusion)
FACT ARTICLES
Iron
The
Impact Of Mechanization On German Farms
Flint's Lock
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Editor's Preface
By Eric Flint
First, I need to apologize for the long delay between the publication of Volumes 2 and 3 of the
magazine. That was due to several factors, only one of which—my own heavy writing schedule this past
summer and early fall—was predictable. The others involved illnesses to two key people involved in the
work, and the recent decision by Baen Books to issue a paper anthology which will contain about
one-third of the material that had originally been planned for this volume. That decision, while it was one I
welcomed, required us to do another round of story selection and editing. (The current working title for
the anthology, by the way, is
1634: The Ram Rebellion
. I hope to have it turned in by the middle of next
year, in which case it should be published sometime in 2006.)
Fortunately, however, the material for Volume 4 is already put together and needs only the final rounds
of editing and copy-editing. So there shouldn't be the same long delay between publication of this volume
and the next. It should be available sometime in late January or February.
People who've read the first two volumes of the
Grantville Gazette
will notice that I've added a section
entitled "Continuing Serials." In this section, I'm placing those stories whose episodes are clearly and
definitely not stand-alone stories. In this issue, we conclude the short novel "An Invisible War," which
was begun in Volume 2, and we continued the episodes of Enrico Toro's "Euterpe." (Episode 3 will
appear in Volume 4 or 5.)
I readily admit that there's a very gray area involved here, because some of the "stand alone" stories in
this issue either continue a story thread begun in an earlier story—as, in this issue, Gorg Huff's "Other
People's Money" continues with the story begun in "The Sewing Circle," which appeared in Volume
1—or are beginning a new one. An example of the latter is David Carrico's "The Sound of Music." The
story that David begins here will continue. The immediate sequel is entitled "Heavy Metal Music" and will
appear in Volume 4, and he's at work on yet another...
Just to make things more complicated, a number of the stories in the magazine do and will continue to
intersect and overlap with other stories. That's been happening since the very beginning of this series,
starting with
Ring of Fire.
So, determining exactly where one story "ends" and another "begins" is awfully
tricky.
Still, there's a basic difference between a story like "An Invisible War" and "The Sound of Music."
David's story does work as a stand alone, and while "Heavy Metal Music" will be a sequel, it can also be
read on its own terms. Whereas Part II (the conclusion) of Danita's short novel is not a "sequel," it's the
second half of the same story.
* * *
Finally, I need to make an announcement. Beginning with the next volume of the magazine—actually, she
picked up halfway through this one—Paula Goodlett is replacing Cheryl Daetwyler as the assistant editor
of the magazine. This is a sad announcement for me to make, not because I don't think Paula won't do an
excellent job, but because the reason I had to make the change was because Cheryl suffered a stroke a
few months ago. Those of us involved with the 1632 series have all been hoping that she'd recover soon,
but unfortunately it's now become clear that her recovery is going to take a lot of time and effort.
As I said earlier, part of the reason for the long stretch between the publication of this volume and the
last volume was the uncertainty concerning Cheryl's condition after her stroke. Finally—and
reluctantly—I decided to find a new assistant editor, once it became clear that Cheryl would not be
recovering quickly. I simply can't manage this work without an assistant editor, and Paula was the
obvious choice as Cheryl's replacement. I'll ask all of you who are friends and fans of this series to wish
Cheryl the best and give her your prayers if you are religiously inclined. And please welcome Paula
Goodlett.
Eric Flint
October, 2004
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STORIES:
Pastor Kastenmayer's Revenge
By Virginia DeMarce
April, 1635
Ludwig Kastenmayer would never forget the day.April 11, 1634 , by the reckoning of these up-timers,
who had adopted the pope'scalendar.The day that one of them had stolen his daughter. It was the worst
thing that had happened to him since Count Ludwig Guenther assigned him to the new parish ofSt. Martin
's in the Fields after the Rudolstadt Colloquy.
The man should not even have been in Grantville. He was an officer in the military of the New United
States and should have been inErfurt , where he was assigned.
Jonas—Jonas Justinus Muselius, the youngest teacher at the Lutheran elementary school attached to the
church and a friend of several of the up-timers—had said that he was on "R and R." Even after Jonas had
explained it to him, Pastor Kastenmayer found it peculiar. There was far more to do inErfurt than in
Grantville. Theological lectures by guest professors.Organ concerts.Choral performances.Sermons by
visiting pastors. The man should have stayed inErfurt for his holiday.Erfurt was a magnificent city.
Kastenmayer had greatly enjoyed all four of his visits there.
That man should not have come to Grantville and, within less than two weeks, seen Andrea on the
street, walked up to her, introduced himself, persuaded her to accompany him to a public restaurant for a
meal, and—married her! Six weeks before the end of the school term at Countess Katharina
theHeroicSchool next toSt. Martin 's, leaving her younger sister Maria Blandina to manage all of the
youngest children by herself. Still, there were only eighty-three of them, after all. There had been little
reason for Maria Blandina to complain so bitterly.
Barbaric, this idea that couples could marry in three days' time and without the consent of the parents.
Especially when anyone who thought about it should have realized that the parents would not consent.
The man was—well, ultimately, to put it plainly—
Catholic.
At least he hadn't insisted that Andrea convert to his church. That would have been the final
embarrassment. Nonetheless, it had been difficult to explain to the consistory in Rudolstadt.Extremely
difficult, to say the least. Better yet, they had not married in the Grantville Catholic church. Pastor
Kastenmayer had derived some minimal satisfaction from discovering that St. Mary's forbade such an
absurdity as manifestly disastrous mixed-confessional matrimony on three days' notice, even if the civil
laws did not. They had married before the mayor at the
Rathaus
, the man saying casually (Pastor
Kastenmayer had heard second hand; he had not been there in person) that they "could get the religious
stuff sorted out when they had time."
Additionally, Salome, his second wife, suggested that it was his own fault for not having arranged
marriages for the daughters of his first marriage in amore timely manner. Indeed, she had commented that
it would not be entirely surprising if Maria Blandina chose an equally unsuitable spouse. She hadn't
quite
said that the girls were both self-centered young snips with pretty faces... not... quite.
Pastor Kastenmayer had duly sounded out Jonas about Maria Blandina. It would have been quite
suitable; the father of young Muselius had been his second wife's half-brother. But he had received a
courteous refusal.Too bad. God had blessed Pastor Kastenmayer greatly—five children from his first
wife, all surviving (and the two oldest earning salaries, one as a city clerk and one as a junior pastor,
which was also a great blessing).Eight children from his second wife, seven surviving. And, ah, of all
those, currently, three sets of board, room, and tuition at the university in Jena; two sets of board, room,
and tuition at the Latin school in Rudolstadt, and two boys still not old enough for Countess Katharina the
Heroic. All on the salary of a parish pastor, with a bit of tutoring here and there. Salome had recently
informed him that they were to be blessed again.
I am supposed to find a dowry for Maria Blandina
just where?
he asked himself. He sighed most gloomily and considered lengthening his morning prayers.
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Grantville Gazette-Volume
III
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface
STORIES:
Pastor Kastenmayer's Revenge
The Sound Of Music
Other People's Money
If the Demons Will Sleep
Hobson's Choice
Hell Fighters
CONTINUING SERIALS
Euterpe, Episode 2
An
Invisible War (Conclusion)
FACT ARTICLES
Iron
The
Impact Of Mechanization On German Farms
Flint's Lock
Images
Submissions to the magazine
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Contents
Editor's Preface
By Eric Flint
First, I need to apologize for the long delay between the publication of Volumes 2 and 3 of the
magazine. That was due to several factors, only one of which—my own heavy writing schedule this past
summer and early fall—was predictable. The others involved illnesses to two key people involved in the
work, and the recent decision by Baen Books to issue a paper anthology which will contain about
one-third of the material that had originally been planned for this volume. That decision, while it was one I
welcomed, required us to do another round of story selection and editing. (The current working title for
the anthology, by the way, is
1634: The Ram Rebellion
. I hope to have it turned in by the middle of next
year, in which case it should be published sometime in 2006.)
Fortunately, however, the material for Volume 4 is already put together and needs only the final rounds
of editing and copy-editing. So there shouldn't be the same long delay between publication of this volume
and the next. It should be available sometime in late January or February.
People who've read the first two volumes of the
Grantville Gazette
will notice that I've added a section
entitled "Continuing Serials." In this section, I'm placing those stories whose episodes are clearly and
definitely not stand-alone stories. In this issue, we conclude the short novel "An Invisible War," which
was begun in Volume 2, and we continued the episodes of Enrico Toro's "Euterpe." (Episode 3 will
appear in Volume 4 or 5.)
I readily admit that there's a very gray area involved here, because some of the "stand alone" stories in
this issue either continue a story thread begun in an earlier story—as, in this issue, Gorg Huff's "Other
People's Money" continues with the story begun in "The Sewing Circle," which appeared in Volume
1—or are beginning a new one. An example of the latter is David Carrico's "The Sound of Music." The
story that David begins here will continue. The immediate sequel is entitled "Heavy Metal Music" and will
appear in Volume 4, and he's at work on yet another...
Just to make things more complicated, a number of the stories in the magazine do and will continue to
intersect and overlap with other stories. That's been happening since the very beginning of this series,
starting with
Ring of Fire.
So, determining exactly where one story "ends" and another "begins" is awfully
tricky.
Still, there's a basic difference between a story like "An Invisible War" and "The Sound of Music."
David's story does work as a stand alone, and while "Heavy Metal Music" will be a sequel, it can also be
read on its own terms. Whereas Part II (the conclusion) of Danita's short novel is not a "sequel," it's the
second half of the same story.
* * *
Finally, I need to make an announcement. Beginning with the next volume of the magazine—actually, she
picked up halfway through this one—Paula Goodlett is replacing Cheryl Daetwyler as the assistant editor
of the magazine. This is a sad announcement for me to make, not because I don't think Paula won't do an
excellent job, but because the reason I had to make the change was because Cheryl suffered a stroke a
few months ago. Those of us involved with the 1632 series have all been hoping that she'd recover soon,
but unfortunately it's now become clear that her recovery is going to take a lot of time and effort.
As I said earlier, part of the reason for the long stretch between the publication of this volume and the
last volume was the uncertainty concerning Cheryl's condition after her stroke. Finally—and
reluctantly—I decided to find a new assistant editor, once it became clear that Cheryl would not be
recovering quickly. I simply can't manage this work without an assistant editor, and Paula was the
obvious choice as Cheryl's replacement. I'll ask all of you who are friends and fans of this series to wish
Cheryl the best and give her your prayers if you are religiously inclined. And please welcome Paula
Goodlett.
Eric Flint
October, 2004
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Framed
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STORIES:
Pastor Kastenmayer's Revenge
By Virginia DeMarce
April, 1635
Ludwig Kastenmayer would never forget the day.April 11, 1634 , by the reckoning of these up-timers,
who had adopted the pope'scalendar.The day that one of them had stolen his daughter. It was the worst
thing that had happened to him since Count Ludwig Guenther assigned him to the new parish ofSt. Martin
's in the Fields after the Rudolstadt Colloquy.
The man should not even have been in Grantville. He was an officer in the military of the New United
States and should have been inErfurt , where he was assigned.
Jonas—Jonas Justinus Muselius, the youngest teacher at the Lutheran elementary school attached to the
church and a friend of several of the up-timers—had said that he was on "R and R." Even after Jonas had
explained it to him, Pastor Kastenmayer found it peculiar. There was far more to do inErfurt than in
Grantville. Theological lectures by guest professors.Organ concerts.Choral performances.Sermons by
visiting pastors. The man should have stayed inErfurt for his holiday.Erfurt was a magnificent city.
Kastenmayer had greatly enjoyed all four of his visits there.
That man should not have come to Grantville and, within less than two weeks, seen Andrea on the
street, walked up to her, introduced himself, persuaded her to accompany him to a public restaurant for a
meal, and—married her! Six weeks before the end of the school term at Countess Katharina
theHeroicSchool next toSt. Martin 's, leaving her younger sister Maria Blandina to manage all of the
youngest children by herself. Still, there were only eighty-three of them, after all. There had been little
reason for Maria Blandina to complain so bitterly.
Barbaric, this idea that couples could marry in three days' time and without the consent of the parents.
Especially when anyone who thought about it should have realized that the parents would not consent.
The man was—well, ultimately, to put it plainly—
Catholic.
At least he hadn't insisted that Andrea convert to his church. That would have been the final
embarrassment. Nonetheless, it had been difficult to explain to the consistory in Rudolstadt.Extremely
difficult, to say the least. Better yet, they had not married in the Grantville Catholic church. Pastor
Kastenmayer had derived some minimal satisfaction from discovering that St. Mary's forbade such an
absurdity as manifestly disastrous mixed-confessional matrimony on three days' notice, even if the civil
laws did not. They had married before the mayor at the
Rathaus
, the man saying casually (Pastor
Kastenmayer had heard second hand; he had not been there in person) that they "could get the religious
stuff sorted out when they had time."
Additionally, Salome, his second wife, suggested that it was his own fault for not having arranged
marriages for the daughters of his first marriage in amore timely manner. Indeed, she had commented that
it would not be entirely surprising if Maria Blandina chose an equally unsuitable spouse. She hadn't
quite
said that the girls were both self-centered young snips with pretty faces... not... quite.
Pastor Kastenmayer had duly sounded out Jonas about Maria Blandina. It would have been quite
suitable; the father of young Muselius had been his second wife's half-brother. But he had received a
courteous refusal.Too bad. God had blessed Pastor Kastenmayer greatly—five children from his first
wife, all surviving (and the two oldest earning salaries, one as a city clerk and one as a junior pastor,
which was also a great blessing).Eight children from his second wife, seven surviving. And, ah, of all
those, currently, three sets of board, room, and tuition at the university in Jena; two sets of board, room,
and tuition at the Latin school in Rudolstadt, and two boys still not old enough for Countess Katharina the
Heroic. All on the salary of a parish pastor, with a bit of tutoring here and there. Salome had recently
informed him that they were to be blessed again.
I am supposed to find a dowry for Maria Blandina
just where?
he asked himself. He sighed most gloomily and considered lengthening his morning prayers.
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