> ...a fictional coal mining town called Grantville, in West Virginia, that gets transported to 1631 Thuringia, Germany, in the middle of the 30 years war. > E

> ...a fictional coal mining town called Grantville, in West Virginia, that gets transported to 1631 Thuringia, Germany, in the middle of the 30 years war. > Eric studied the actual town of Mannington... One got the overall feeling he spent those union-organizing years in towns like that. He will be missed (at least by me) not only for the 1632 series but also (perhaps more so) for his anti-DRM work and the Baen Free Library.