{"product_id":"1637-dr-gribbleflotz-and-the-soul-of-stoner-paperback","title":"1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKerryn Offord\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRick Boatright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 17th-century alchemist confronts modern science with unintended and amusing results. Another sparkling addition to the multiple \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling Ring of Fire alternate history series created by Eric Flint.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSCIENCE AND MEDICINE VS. FLIM-FLAMMERY \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thomas \"the Great Stoner\" Stone once performed miraculous surgery upon Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz, the World's Greatest Alchemist, using his bare hands, no anesthesia, producing no pain, and leaving no scar. It would have been wonderful if it was real. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Dr. Tom Stone, the face of modern medicine, has been engaging in fake treatments--bringing all modern medicine into question. Phillip, who has learned a thing or two about actual science from those uptime elopers from Grantville, West Virginia, decides to go to Padua and turn his problems into Tom Stone's problems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, the wily Bernardo Ponzi has assembled a team to support his evangelical touring roadshow featuring a light show, faith healing and yet more psychic surgery. Now Gribbleflotz and Stone are on a collision course with the Magnificent Ponzi, who has moved beyond showman-like fakery to causing actual harm to many people. It's time for Gribbleflotz and Stone to resolve their differences, debunk one of history's greatest bunko artists, and save the reputation of modern science and medicine from ruin! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This alternate history series is ... a landmark...\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Eric] Flint's \u003ci\u003e1632\u003c\/i\u003e universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \". . . reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicis . . .\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerryn Offord\u003c\/b\u003e stumbled onto the 1632 universe in the beginning of 2003 when his father asked him to look up when \u003ci\u003e1633\u003c\/i\u003e would be released in paperback. He discovered Baen's Bar and has been active in the 1632 conferences ever since. He has had more than 50 stories published in the \u003ci\u003eGrantville Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e and has plans for many more. Although Dr. Gribbleflotz is Rick Boatright's creation, Kerryn lays claim to creating Dr. Phil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Boatright\u003c\/b\u003e is exactly the same age as Bill Gates and, like Bill, has been a software developer since the early 1970s, but in Rick's case, a developer for not-for-profit social service agencies. He's been a moderator of online forums as long as online forums have existed. Since 2001 he's been a writer and editor, as well as the Head Geek, for Eric Flint's 1632 alternate history world. He also held the Head Geek title for Jim Baen's \u003ci\u003eUniverse\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He is the perpetrator of the annual \"Weird Tech\" lectures associated with the 1632 minicon and was the creator of Ring of Fire series character, Dr. Gribbleflotz, the world's greatest alchemist.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767815242016,"sku":"9781982125608","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8a8d1e733554c4179177bd5c1d0a936d.webp?v=1780317865","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/1637-dr-gribbleflotz-and-the-soul-of-stoner-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}