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Summary: Excellent
Review: I have read all of Mr Flint's Prior work, and I have to say his writing gets stronger and stronger. This book has everything, primarily a damn good author behind it, but an excellent setting, good historical accuracy historically, battles, technical and political challenges, humor, more humor, romance and more, Definite must read.
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Summary: A wonderful read.
Review: Thank you Eric Flint for another wonderful book to read. You have become one of the few authors whose books I buy no matter what. This book is at turns funny and sad, thought provoking and moving, and all around wonderful. I am looking forward to your next effort. Keep up the good work!
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Summary: Great for Historical Military and Romance addicts
Review: A West Virginian town gets whisked back in time to 1632 and in space to the Germany of the 30 Years War, so we get Americans back in time (like Steve Stirling's Nantucket triology, also recommended) and an emergency committee headed by the local Mineworkers leader tries to bootstrap local technology, bring the American Bill of Rights 150 years early and help Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, prevent destruction of Germany by Imperialist mercenaries. Thrill to the Battle of Breitenfeld, see two Americans try to live up to what Gretchen and Rebecca expect of them and guess where world history will go in the newly created time branch. Accurate but not obtrusive historical detail, plenty of food for thought.
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Summary: First-Rate!
Review: I love time-travel stories... particularly when they're done well. In "1632" Eric Flint shows solid research, believable characters and gripping action, all combining in a tasty stew. He makes his people -- both 21st-century West Virginians and 17th-century Germans -- live and breathe. The plight of the castaways will keep you glued to the page, and the action will bring you to the edge of your seat. Bravo! Buy this book!
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Summary: Wonderful book from start to finish
Review: What if...a modern West Virginia mining town ended up in the middle of Germany during the Thirty-Years war? That's what happens in this well-written, well plotted book by Eric Flint.Eric Flint has taken well-drawn characters, an excellent plot, and a good understanding of human nature to create what is going to be one of my all-time favorite books. He is now on my "automatic buy everything he writes" list. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to read.
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Summary: Excellent book and Fantastic Series Opener
Review: This is an extremely good book that is a lot of fun to read. Very hard to put down. The premise of a West Virginia town being sent back to the year 1632 in the middle of Germany and the 30 years war is just TOO good! Mr. Flint develops fine, rich characters and great plot twists. The book has now become a series with 1633 and others... the canvas created by this first work is so broad that there could potentially be dozens of follow-on books. One word of caution - there is one single sex scene in the book that may be a bit strong for younger readers. Too bad, I always look for good books for my kids, but that one scene precludes this one from the list. Especially too bad since a much softer scene could have accomplished the same plot objectives.
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Summary: UMWA vs. Germany (1632) Let the fun begin!
Review: 1632 is not my favorite "alternate history" "time travel" novel but it is one of my top 10! Mr. Flint does an excellent job getting the feel of the age onto the pages and a more than passable job of dealing with the language issue. (Dropping a small town full of modern day West Virginians into 17th century Europe causes many Language barriers!) The introduction of the United Mine Workers and having the Main character as the local Union Leader is a nice twist. Moreover, the author's treatment of History is excellent and his integration of "real world" historical figures into the story a pleasure to read! His battle scenes are clean and engrossing and the pace of the book is excellent. If I could voice one gripe about this book, I would ask it to be longer. (I tend to like more background story and deeper character development!) I recommend this novel if you are at all entertained by this sub-genre for Mr. Flint definitely delivers the goods! If you enjoyed S.M. Stirling's "Island in the Sea of Time," you will enjoy this book!
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Summary: Engaging!
Review: A unique story premise. The characters are strong and well written. There were times I laughed out loud and found myself unable to put it down. One of the best books I've read in years even though I tended to just scan over the battle scenes to get back to the characters I came to adore. I would LOVE to see this as a mini-series or motion picture!
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Summary: A fun and entertaining read
Review: The first book in the Assiti Shards series (also known amongst some as the 163x or Ring of Fire series) is a humdinger of a book. The characters are very well realized and the situation they are put in, although far-fetched, is intruiging. Love how the townsfolk eventually overcome the hardships and eventually begin to spread the best of 20th century America to 17th century Germany and beyond. While being a good sci-fi time travel story, 1632 is also an entertaining adventure novel with elements of philosophy sprinkled within. I, for one, simply enjoyed this and have read it over and over again. I highly recommend you take the time to discover it's joys for yourself
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Summary: very poorly written
Review: Both my wife and I tried reading this book. Niether of us liked it. Though extremely far from original, the premise is a good enough one on which to base a novel.
This was my introduction to Flint, and I didn't like his style at all. Very sophomoric. I don't think that he used a single word that was longer than six letters, and even those were very unprofound.
This is definitely a junior high school level book. I would insult the intelligence of high-schoolers the world over if I would call it high-school level.
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