title: 1634: The Galileo Affair (The Ring of Fire)
author:  Eric Flint 
description: <b>Eric Flint's</b> impressive first novel, <i>Mother of Demons</i> (Baen), was selected by <i>SF Chronicle</i> as one of the best novels of 1997. With with David Drake he has written five popular novels in the Belisarius series, and begun a new fantasy adventure series, so far comprising <i>The Philosophical Strangler</i> and <i>Forward the Mage</i>. Flint received his masters degree in history from UCLA and was for many years a labor union activist. He lives in East Chicago, IL, with his wife and is working on still more books in the Ring of Fire series. <br /> <b>Andrew Dennis</b> has a story included in the upcoming Baen volume <i>The Ring of Fire</i>, and has had many non-fiction pieces published on the subjects of law and the paranormal. By way of a day job, he's a lawyer and lives in Preston, England with his wife and children.
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  JIM BAEN'S UNIVERSE  
  Grantville Gazette, Volume 24
  
  > Grantville Gazette, Volume 24, 1 July 2009  
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  > This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this
  > magazine are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is
  > purely coincidental.  
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  > Copyright © 2009 by Grantville Gazette  
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  > A 1632, Inc. Publication  
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  What is this? About the Grantville Gazette
  
  Written by Grantville Gazette Staff
  
  The Grantville Gazette originated as a by-product of the ongoing and very
  active discussions which take place concerning the 1632 universe Eric Flint
  created in the novels 1632, 1633 and 1634: The Galileo Affair (the latter two
  books co-authored by David Weber and Andrew Dennis, respectively). This
  discussion is centered in three of the conferences in Baen's Bar, the
  discussion area of Baen Books' web site. The conferences are entitled "1632
  Slush," "163