Grantville Gazette XVIII by Eric Flint

Author:Eric Flint [Flint, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science fiction; American, Fantasy, Seventeenth century, Space Opera, Alternative histories (Fiction); American, General, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy fiction; American, Fiction, Short Stories
Published: 2011-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

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The music faltered. The dozen or so Surinamese Indians, resplendent in body paint and not much else, stirred uneasily. Until then, they had been an excellent audience.

"Don't stop!" Maria whispered sharply to her assistant, and made a circular motion with her hands.

The English settler who had been given the honor of turning the crank on her mechanical phonograph

nodded sheepishly, and brought the player back up to speed.

The violins, viola and cello played by the musicians of another universe went back to work, and

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik once again overrode the clicking and chirping of

the insects of the rainforest.

Later that night, Maria tried putting on a Louis Armstrong record. Louis Armstrong had given the world

such titles as "Alligator Crawl," "Trees," and "Rain, Rain." Despite this evidence of affinity, the Indians of

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