the series milieu and fictional canon and began putting together the anthology Ring of Fire. The market for anthologies in fiction is but a small percentage of the market for novels, and the alternate history genre is a smallish niche to begin with—leading publisher Jim Baen to "hold up" the Ring of Fire collection to see if the series would get a boost from New York Times best selling author David Weber, who had just contracted to do five novels with Flint. Flint had to set aside several planned projects (the Assiti Shards novels were in outline form at the time) and do some additional co-writing with Weber as Ring of Fire gestated. Release details 2000, USA, Baen Books (), February 2000, hardcover (First edition) 2001, USA, Baen Books (), February 2001, paperback 2001, ?, Rebound by Sagebrush (), October 2001, hardback (library binding) 2006, USA, Baen Books (), 30 June 2006, paperback 2014, USA, Baen Books (), February 2014, hardcover (Leatherbound Edition) 2012, USA, Baen Books (), February 2013, electronic (Second edition), includes major rewrite of prologue to include more information about the world that the disappearance of both Grantville and Alexander Correctional (from Time Spike) had left behind, a new afterword that explained the changes since the first edition, plus very minor changes in the novel itself to correct minor discrepancies that were uncovered when the stand-alone novel involved into a larger series. References External links 1632 free e-book Baen Books Teacher's Guide to 1632 1632 series books 2000 American novels 2000 science fiction novels Alternate history novels American alternate history novels Baen Books available as e-books Books by Eric Flint Free ebooks Novels set in West Virginia Fiction set in 1632 American science fiction novels Novels about time travel Novels set in the 1630s