The Heirloom

Gazette Singles

By: Robert E. Waters

Narrated by: Lee Strayer

Take a town full of West Virginia coal miners, 17th century nobility, one of the longest and bloodiest wars in history, d'Artagnan (without the three musketeers), Blaise Pascal, Rene Decartes, Galileo, Oliver Cromwell and Gustav II Adolph. Shake well and simmer for thirteen years.

Eric Flint's world of 1632 is an amazing and complex alternate history universe that split off from ours one spring day in 2000 and 1631.

The Grantville Singles provide listeners with the opportunity to sample some of our favorite stories from the semi-monthly magazine devoted to the series, The Grantville Gazette. We hope you enjoy them.

In this story Robert Waters braids two tales of family and war, in the 17th century and the Thirty Years war, and in the 20th century and World War Two, Throughout both tales run the ties of family that bind us. Robert provides another unique eye into the creation of the new world of 1632.

©2013 Robert E. Waters, Ring of Fire Press (P)2013 Ring of Fire Press

Grantville comes to Audible and boy am I chuffed.

The Grantville Gaette is and object of reverence anoung 1632 Ring of Fire fans. Although there are over 50 full electronic issues avaialble with up to 12 stories in each this is a single story that is abstracted from the Gazette for Amazon print sale. It is pricey and i hope that full issues become available so we get a real book credit worth of story.

Having said that, this is a good cultural juxaposition story set in the 1632 universe, very well written especially given it is from a fanzine. The narration and recording is par with all of the the other ROF titles not outstanding by any stretch, especially compared to the 5 recorded for the Library of Congress NLS program (of course unless you are blind you wont hear them), however the recordings are workmanlike and you can warm to initial and repeated listenings.

Audio books are still in their infancy compared to other recorded media, the best, most experienced producers and narrators toil in the non commerical world and haven't crossed over yet save for a few, that is something to hope for.

Grantville Rocks.

Everyone and Everything Returns

A young men go off too war leaving behind there love promising to return and then in the end they do ny way of the Ringbof Fire.

Touching story

A touching story that requires only minimal knowledge of the 1632 universe to appreciate by the always excellent Robert Waters. AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY