title: 1634: The Ram Rebellion (Assiti Shards)
author:  Eric Flint 
description: "[Flint takes] historic speculation to a new level in a tale that combines accurate historical research with bold leaps of the imagination. Fans of alternate history and military sf should enjoy this rousing tale of adventure and intrigue."
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  ## 1634: The Ram Rebellion
  
  
    
  
  
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  ### Eric Flint
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Eric Flint
  
  
  
  
  
  ## 1634: The Ram Rebellion
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This is something of an oddball volume, so it’s perhaps fitting that it has an
  oddball history. Many of the stories contained herein first saw life as
  stories intended to be published in the electronic magazine devoted to the
  1632 series, the _Grantville Gazette._ (Of which, seven volumes are now
  published, and the first two in a paper edition as well.)
  
  
  As I watched these stories being written, however-originally with no
  overarching framework-it occurred to me that, willy-nilly, the writers were in
  fact shaping the way in which the revolution begun by the Ring of Fire was
  starting to have an impact on central Germany.
  
  
  Once I realized that, this volume was born. I had long intended to write a
  companion volume to _1632, 1633_ and _1634: The 