1633 (novel)
First edition cover
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| Author | David Weber & Eric Flint |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | 1632 series |
| Genre | Alternate History, Novel |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
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Publication date
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August 2002 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) & ebook |
| Pages | 608 pp (1st ed, HC) 673 pp (1st ed, PB) |
| ISBN | (1st ed, HC) (1st ed, PB) |
| OCLC | 49525790 |
| 813/.5 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3573.E217 A615 2002 |
| Preceded by | 1632 |
| Followed by |
Ring of Fire (anthology) and 1634: The Galileo Affair In the Central European thread: (direct sequel) 1634: The Baltic War |
1633 is an alternate history novel co-written by American authors Eric Flint and David Weber published in 2002, and sequel to 1632 in the 1632 series. 1633 is the second major novel in the series and together with the anthology Ring of Fire, the two sequels begin the series hallmarks of being a shared universe with collaborative writing being very common, as well as one—far more unusual— which mixes many canonical anthologies with its works of novel length. This in part is because Flint wrote 1632 as a stand-alone novel, though with enough "story hooks" for an eventual sequel, and because Flint feels "history is messy", and the books reflect that real life is not a smooth polished linear narrative flow from the pen of some historian, but is instead clumps of semi-related or unrelated happenings that somehow sum together where different people act in their own self-interests.
The series begins in the Modern era on May 31, 2000, during a small town wedding when the small West Virginia town of Grantville trades places in both time and geographic location with a nearly unpopulated countryside region within the Holy Roman Empire during the convulsions of the Thirty Years' War.
Flint's goal was to explore the short- and long-term effects of placing a single American town, complete with modern culture, technology and modes of thought, in certain periods of history.
The town elects the charismatic former pro-boxer Mike Stearns as president, and he quickly decides to provide refuge for those displaced as a result of the constant fighting, to branch out and grow as quickly as possible—to launch the American Revolution "150 years early", and found a "New United States". The Grantvillers undertake to defend south central Thuringia with the aid of a cavalry detachment from king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden's Green Regiment, and fights several battles which convince various polities to join the NUS.
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