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" Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " , Resident Scholar
""black hole" transports mining town into 17th centry, middle of 30 years war. How to use modern technology to survive even though outnumbered 1000's to 1. " randall pierce, Resident eric flint Scholar
"A modern, coal mining town is transported back in time to Europe in 1632. The efforts of the townspeople banch off a new, alternate future." Michael L. Huston, Resident Eric Flint Scholar
"A modern West Virginia Mining town is transported in time and place to Germany in 1632 (the middle of the 30 Years War.) They join with locals to create a new world that fuses the culture of the time with the technology and political beliefs of the 20th century Americans." Sharon Custer, Resident Eric Flint Scholar

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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - alternate history
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - one culture tries to impose its culture on another group

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
Terrain - Forests
Earth setting: - 17th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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