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1632 Discussion Forums

Baen's Bar WebBoard
Baen publishing runs the Bar, a lively WebBoard for readers and fans of all the Baen publications. The fans and authors of the 1632 series hang out in 1632Tech, submit new stories in 1632Slush and talk about the stories in 1632SlushComments.
Baen's Bar by NNTP
There is an NNTP mirror of Baen's Bar complete since September of 2002 which can be viewed at news://news.sector14.net (Note: this link doesn't work automatically on a Mac, but Netscape's news reader can be set up for news.sector14.net )
Baen's Bar Archive
Rick Boatright has an archive of messages from the 1632 conferences on Baen's Bar at <http://1632archive.dnsalias.org/search.htm> . Included are 1632Slush, 1632SlushComments and 1632Tech as well as Buships and MutterOfDemons.
EricFlint.Net Forums
Eric Flint's website also has a forum for 1632 discussion.

Other 1632 resources

1632 Search Engine
Mike Watson has created a search engine with the full text of 1632, 1633, Ring of Fire, 1634: The Galileo Affair and the Grantville Gazette (Volumes 1 through 4) at <http://www.crucis.net/1632search/>. This site solves many problems in researching 1632 canon.
1632 FAQ
Mike Barthelemy <msbidiom.com> has posted a creat deal of content at <http://homepage.mac.com/msb/163x/faqs/>
1632 Wiki
Klauss-Guner Leiss <LeissKGWeb.de> has established an extensive Wiki site at <http://www.klaus-leiss.de/1632Tech/>. His site contains many pages of information contributed in the Wiki format (visitors are encouraged to contribute content through an online editor)
1632 Timeline
John Bogan has a timeline of the events across all the stories in the 1632: <http://geocities.com/emperorkalan/1632/>. As of 1 September 2005, the timeline is complete through 1634: The Galileo Affair, with Grantville Gazette III-V still in progress.
Story Snippets
At the Collected Driblets of Baen Joe Buckley collects the story snippets posted to Baens Bar by various authors. He has parts of drafts of several 1632 universe novels, including the long anticipated 1634: The Bavarian Crisis.
Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> has a collection of snippets of stories posted on the Bar.
1632 Roleplaying Game
Check out the 1632 Roleplaying Game from Battlefield Press. You can also join to their Discussion Group.

Non-1632 Sites

Checking Period Names
  • To find names and check location and period go to the WorldConnect Project <http://worldconnect .rootsweb.com/>
  • In the advanced search (left column) enter any surname and given name.
  • In the next "page" go to the bottom and clear everything, then input the name you want to check, and enter the date(s) you want to check...
(This information brought to you courtesy of Virginia)
Translation
Can't sprechen Sie mit die Völkern? Try Babelfish. Paste in text and it gives a rough transliteration into and from common European languages as well as Chinese and Japanese. It also will display a translated web page.
1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
Among the books that made it through the Ring of Fire, the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, stands out as the ultimate premodern resource. Peter Klancic has written a FAQ listing online sources for the 1911EB.
Mannington, WV
Visit the Mannington web site. Mannington, of course is the town upon which Grantville is based. If it wasn't in Mannington in May of 2000, it missed the Ring of Fire.
View Mannington From Space
Microsoft TerraServer Imagery has both picture and topographic data down to one-meter resolution.

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