1636: The Devil's Opera

2013 novel by David Carrico and Eric Flint August 2015 1636: The Devil's Opera Book cover 1636 The Devil's Opera.jpg Eric Flint and David Carrico Tom Kidd United States English 1632 series Alternate history, science fiction Baen Books October 1, 2013 Print (hardback & paperback) 528 (hardback) 978-1-4516-3928-5 (hardback) 830352082 1636: The Devil's Opera is a stand-alone novel in the alternative history 1632 series with minor character overlaps.http://www.uchronia.net/label/flinassiti.html Uchronia: The Assiti Shards (1632) Series www.uchronia.net Published on October 1, 2013, the book was written by David Carrico and Eric Flint. It is a semi-detective novel set in a growing industrial city. It is a continuation of two series of stories that David Carrico had originally published in the electronic versions of the Grantville Gazette, which were serializedhttp://davidcarricofiction.com/?page_id=10 Bibliography David Carrico Fiction David Carrico December 13, 2011 over several issues and later compiled into the compilation 1635: Music and Murder, one series involving criminal investigation and crime fighting, and the other involving music and social revolution. Plot The novel starts with the discovery of a body floating in a river by a new character, but things are not as simple as they first appear to be since more unsolved crimes begin to occur. Later, detectives Byron Chieske and Gotthilf Hoch of the recently formed Magdeburg Police, formerly the city watch, are called in to investigate. These two characters were first introduced in the story "None So Blind", published in the tenth issue of the Grantville Gazette. Some of the criminals involved in this novel were also developed in these serials. The other main storyline involves musician Marla Linder and her husband Franz Sylwester and how they used music to motivate the common people to resist the conservative forces that were trying to take over and return the world to medieval way of doing things after the emperor was incapacitated during battle. These two characters were first introduced in the story "The Sound of Music" that was published in the third issue of the Grantville Gazette. Literary significance and reception The reviewer for Booklist wrote that the book is "Another engaging alternate history from a master of the genre."http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/90578612/1636-devils-opera https://web.archive.org/web/20140525232634/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/90578612/1636-devils-opera dead May 25, 2014 1636: The Devil's Opera Booklist October 1, 2013 110 3 43 0006-7385 Pitt David Alternate Link via EBSCO (institutional library access) However, he does warn readers that "familiarity with previous stories is, if not essential, at least strongly recommended." The reviewer for SFRevu wrote "This is a later book in a well-established world and is not the best entry point."http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=14742 1636: The Devil's Opera (Ring of Fire) SFRevu 1 October 2013 Bill Lawhorn Mark Lardas of the Galveston Daily News called it "an old-style police-procedural mystery, set in 17th century Germany."http://www.galvestondailynews.com/lifestyle/article_d330655e-3938-11e3-9c4b-0019bb30f31a.html 'Devil's Opera' is strong addition to fun series Galveston Daily News October 20, 2013 Mark Lardas subscription Two separate reviews were published in the Midwest Book Review. One called the book "a powerful and fast-paced story"http://www.midwestbookreview.com/bw/dec_13.htm The Bookwatch Midwest Book Review December 2013 8 12 while the other called it "an engaging for the most part low key tale".http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/dec_13.htm MBR Bookwatch Midwest Book Review December 2013 12 12 The Fistful of Wits reviewer admired "the pacing and denouement" of the novel.http://fistfulofwits.com/2013/09/23/1636-the-devils-opera-by-david-carrico-and-eric-flint 1636: The Devil's Opera, by David Carrico and Eric Flint Fistful of Wits September 23, 2013 Henry White 1636: The Devil's Opera barely missed being listed on the Locus Hardcovers Bestsellers List in 2014, but did well enough to be labeled as a runner-up.http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2014/01/locus-bestsellers-january/ Locus Bestsellers, January 2014 Locus January 2014 References 30em External links 1632015 1636: The Devil's Opera collapsed Category:1632 series Category:2013 American novels Category:2013 English-language novels Category:American science fiction novels Category:Baen Books books Category:Books by Eric Flint Category:Collaborative novels Category:Novels by David Weber Category:Works set in 1636 Category:Novels set in the 1630s