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[Stephen Speicher 0]

Book suggested for rating by JMeganSnow.

[JMeganSnow 0]

I thought there would be a good chance that no one on this forum had read this book, so my suggestion to rate it was more out of a desire to recommend it than anything else.

It is, I think, one of Eric Flint's better books. The overall premise is ripped straight out of science fiction, but the actual genre of the book is historical/philosophical.

A small Appalachian town is ripped out of the twentieth century and transported into the middle of Germany during the Thirty Years War, taking with them modern weapons and modern attitudes. The book is overall light and cheerful, and the author does not identify explicitly many of the philosophical principles at work, however he projects their necessary results with a kind of cheerful optimism rare in modern literature.

Oh, and the book also contains many fun military details, so it's good for war buffs, too. Excellent light reading.

Enjoy!

[Joss Delage 0]

I always like alternate history, and I enjoyed this book and the sequel.

One thing I disliked in this book is that it is always propping up the unions. It's just a small thing, but it reduced my enjoyment of the book.

There's a series of 3 books by S. M. Stirling where the island of Nantucket is sent back to the bronze age. It's a very fun read too.

[JMeganSnow 0]

One thing I disliked in this book is that it is always propping up the unions.  It's just a small thing, but it reduced my enjoyment of the book.

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Unions aren't necessarily bad; they can be a useful means of, say, interdisciplinary communication. Coercive unions are a nightmare, though.

There's a third sequel out, and a compilation of related short stories but I don't really recommend them unless you are a die-hard fan; Eric Flint opened an internet "discourse" about the books so everything after the second one reads as if it were written by a committee.