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==Plot threads==
No matter what approach one takes to classifying a plot sequence in the series—be it geographical or character based—the key element of the series to comprehend is that the events depicted in its now voluminous works are not taking place in a vacuum, but in most cases are concurrent with developments in other parts of the European center. Indeed, in an October 2007 announcement on his web site, Flint announced an agreement that the three joint books (under contract since 2002) with best selling author [[David Weber]] will take place in a '''Naval thread''', indicating the Eurocentric focus of the series, at least taken with some expressed interest by [[Michael Stearns]] to curtail slave trading before it builds up steam, will likely create settings well outside Europe as the technologically advanced naval capabilities of the
===Geographical threads===
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Other works that can be characterized in the setting are parts of the novel {{34TBC}} and the forthcoming sequels {{35SoB}} (long delayed while resolving the demanding schedules of Flint and [[David Weber]]— which delayed the whole series for several years as the {{34TBW}} sequel would have been adversely affected.) and {{35TEF}} are also believed to be set in the Eastern or East Central threads. Beginning in September 2007 Flint began the ongoing serialization of the [[The Anaconda Project]] novel which continues from where ''The Wallenstein Gambit'' left off beginning in the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]] in [[Prague]] with discussions in the early chapters about acting militarily and politically (by local [[1632 institutions#Committees of Correspondence|CoCs]]) in the east ([[Silesia]] and other outlying areas of southern [[Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth]]).
The original "working title" of ''Soldier of Bohemia'' was ''1635: King of Bohemia'', and that title and clues revealed in {{34TBC}}, which in the most part geographically can be laid in this regional setting. The solo Flint novel, [[The Anaconda Project]] (Serialized to date solely in [[the Grantville Gazettes]]) is also in the setting, and is believed to be the prequel to Soldier of Bohemia which it is speculated, will center its action on the reactions of the new king of Austria-Hungary, Ferdinand III of Austria, and his attack on Wallenstein even as he makes peace with Gustavus and the
====Southern European thread====
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The basic rule is: NO CHEATING. There will not be any "convenient" stuff that wouldn't likely be in a small town. (No military convoys which just "happen" to be parading through town, for instance). On the other hand, the population of the town (which includes a lot of coal miners from the area who are in town that day for a wedding) are the type of blue-collar folks who can jury-rig damn near anything if the stuff is either there or can be obtained.{{I2}}
Finally, a TIP. Alternate history novels have a tendency (for obvious dramatic reasons) to focus too narrowly on the military dimension of the problem. I want to cast a broader net. ... (more)}}</ref>, the two decided to alter their original planning and spin off a new thread—one based on the
====The Americas thread====
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