1632 is the great leftist "fuck it, it's magic" alt-history series. A West Virginia mining town gets transported to 1632 in Germany during the 30 Years War, and the UMWA becomes the armed leader of a coalition including the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus (who is saved from his historical death by a pair of eyeglasses).
Sadly, it's not that well written, at least the early books (I bowed out after three of them), and it's very "let's collect every historical figure from that period", including a couple randomly adopting the future Baruch Spinoza. But the main conceit is kinda cool - what if a blue collar town with a strong labor history gets the "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" treatment?
1632 is the great leftist "fuck it, it's magic" alt-history series. A West Virginia mining town gets transported to 1632 in Germany during the 30 Years War, and the UMWA becomes the armed leader of a coalition including the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus (who is saved from his historical death by a pair of eyeglasses).
Sadly, it's not that well written, at least the early books (I bowed out after three of them), and it's very "let's collect every historical figure from that period", including a couple randomly adopting the future Baruch Spinoza. But the main conceit is kinda cool - what if a blue collar town with a strong labor history gets the "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" treatment?