1632
By: Eric Flint
From: Baen
An advanced alien artifact causes a rupture in time and space and a chunk of mid-America (West Virginia) finds itsself in 17th century Germany.
This is an interesting spin on the time traveller from the future meets the savages from the past theme. The story rips along at a merry pace, mainly, I think, to distract you from the fact that the characters are not deep and stereotypes abound.
There are crusty old codgers who have the missing ingredient, foolish teenagers who develop into upright citizens, the beauty who turns out to have a talent beyond her looks, .... you get the idea.
I found it amazing that local 17th century people could be so accepting of future tech and morals, and with a dollop of ice-cream and blue jeans, throw off their entire existence and embrace the American way of life
I am not knocking this novel in the slightest, merely saying that this is a fun and cloud free read. The baddies are bad and the goodies good, and the moral ambiguities are left aside.
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