Eric Flint

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Eric Flint (born California, USA, 1947) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. Some of his main works are alternate history science fiction, but he also writes humorous fantasy adventures.

Flint has a masters in history specializing in West African history. He left his doctoral program over political issues and supported himself from that time until age 50 as a laborer, machinist and labor organizer. A long-time leftist political activist, Flint worked as a member of the Socialist Workers Party. After winning the 1993 Writers of the Future contest, he published his first novel in 1997 and moved to full time writing in 1999. Additionally, he has been editing the works of several classic SF authors, repackaging their short stories into collections and fix-up novels. Although some of his edits have engendered some controversy, the resulting story collections have been commercially successful and have succeeded in returning out-of-print authors to print.

As of 2004 he lives with his wife Lucille (also an ex-labor organizer) in East Chicago, Indiana.

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Electronic Publishing

Eric Flint is noted as the editor of the Baen Free Library. The Free Library is an experiment in electronic publishing where Flint and Jim Baen have convinced authors to post entirely unprotected free copies of various works for free download on the internet as an experiment to see if this increases the sales of their paper or (for-pay) electronic editions. In most cases, the works involved are early volumes in continuing series, where readers might be likely to purchase later works in the same series. So far, the experiment appears to be a success.

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Published works

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Belisarius series

(with David Drake) An alternate history series in which an AI is sent back in time to defeat a plot by others of its kind intent on the destruction of humanity.

  • An Oblique Approach (1998)
  • In the Heart of Darkness (1998)
  • Destiny's Shield (1999)
  • Fortune's Stroke (2000)
  • The Tide of Victory (2001)
  • The Dance of Time (2006)
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Assiti Shards series

(also known as the 163x series). An alternate history series in which the inhabitants of a small town in the USA find themselves transported back to Central Germany ... in the early summer of 1631 with no way back. The first book title results because while the tale builds in 1631, the climax occurs when events in the Thirty Years' War nearly overrun the town in 1632.
(Note: Two to three additional Novels are planned in 1634 alone, including another with David Freer)
The Gazette began as an expermental anthology featuring primarily fan fiction and non-fiction background pertinent to the developing milieu, which was in turn in part being developed on Baen's Bar by those same fans. It is edited by Eric Flint, who along and a volunteer editorial board, many who have been assisting him closely in designing the development of the mileau and the research leading to decisions within. The anthologies are also published by Baen, beginning with an initial publication as an ebook (downloadable electronic form) at Webscription.net, but a mass market paper edition of the first issue was published as an experiment in November of 2004. The first printing sold out, and reprintings followed. The second issue was released in a Hardcover Edition in early March 2006.
      • Grantville Gazette Issue 1 (Electronic edition Nov 2003, paper edition November 2004)
      • Grantville Gazette Issue 2 (Electronic edition Mar 2004, hardcover edition March 2006 )
      • Grantville Gazette Issue 3 (Electronic edition October 2004 )
      • Grantville Gazette Issue 4 (Electronic edition mid April 2005 )
      • Grantville Gazette Issue 5 (Electronic edition August 2005)
      • Grantville Gazette Issue 6 (Electronic edition March 2006)
      • Grantville Gazette Issue 7 (Electronic edition April 2006)

Other "Assiti Shards" universes which share only the time travel mechanism, but not the setting of the 1632 universe include two planned novels:

  • By Any Other Name (Publication date unknown) — being co-authored by Sarah Hoyt.
  • Timespike (Publication date unknown) — being co-authored by Marilyn Kosmatka.
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Heirs of Alexandria series

(with Dave Freer and Mercedes Lackey) Set in an alternate "Venetian Empire" in which magic thrives. (Note, a significant amount of text, and a couple of major characters in this work are adapted from stories written by Lackey in the Merovingin Nights shared universe series. That series was started, and those characters created, by C. J. Cherryh in her novel Angel with the Sword.)

  • The Shadow of the Lion (2002)
  • This Rough Magic (2003)
  • A Mankind Witch (July 2005)
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Joe's World series

  • The Philosophical Strangler (2001)
  • Forward the Mage (2002 with Richard Roach)
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Rats, Bats and Vats series

  • Rats, Bats and Vats (2000 with Dave Freer)
  • The Rats, The Bats and The Ugly (Sept. 2004 with Dave Freer)
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Further Collaborations

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Solo Novels

  • Mother of Demons (1997)
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Trail of Glory series

  • Rivers of War (May 2005)
  • 1824: The Arkansas War (forthcoming 2006)
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Short Fiction

  • In the Honor Harrington Universe
    • From the Highlands (short novel), in More than Honor #3: Changer of Worlds with David Weber 2001
    • Fanatic (novella) in The Service of the Sword, 2003
  • Other Stories
    • The Islands (novella) in Warmasters, an anthology, 2002
    • Entropy and the Strangler (short story), in Writers of the Future Volume IX, edited by Dave Wolverton September 1993
    • The Thief and the Roller Derby Queen (short story), in 'The Chick is in the Mail', edited by Esther Friesner, 2000
    • The Truth about the Gotterdammerung (short story), in 'Turn the Other Chick', edited by Esther Friesner, 2004
    • Carthago Delenda Est (novella), in Foreign Legions, edited by David Drake, 2001
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Classic SF Reissues edited by Eric Flint

  • Works of Christopher Anvil
    • Pandora's Legions (2002)
    • Interstellar Patrol (2003)
    • Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity (2005)
  • Works of Randall Garrett
    • Lord Darcy (2002)
  • Works of Tom Godwin
  • Works of Keith Laumer
    • Retief (2002)
    • Odyssey (2002)
    • Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side (2002)
    • Future Imperfect (2003)
    • A Plague of Demons (2003)
    • Legions of Space (2004)
    • Imperium (2005)
  • Works of Murray Leinster
    • Med Ship: The Complete Stories (2002)
    • Planets of Adventure (2003)
    • A Logic Named Joe (2005)
  • Works of Howard L. Myers
    • The Creatures of Man (2003, with Guy Gordon)
  • Works of James H. Schmitz (Co-edited with Guy Gordon)
    • Telzey Amberdon (2000)
    • TnT: Telzey & Trigger Together (2000)
    • Trigger & Friends (2001)
    • The Hub: Dangerous Territory (2001)
    • Agent of Vega & Other Stories (2001)
    • The Witches of Karres (2003)
    • The Eternal Frontiers (2002)
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External links

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