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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I didn't know that. What happened there? I thought Gettysurg was a bestseller published by one of the Big 5? (I'm not a fan of alternate history and certainly not a fan of Newt, so I'm ignorant of the story.)
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My bad, 1945 was the big flop by Gingrich published by Baen Books and co-written by William R. Forstchen. It came out in 1995. Gettysburg came out later, had a different publisher, but with the same co-writer. Both Gingrich and Forstchen are historians and both are fairly prolific writers, Forstchen is also a SF author as well as being a history professor. Gingrich was a history professor before he got into politics.
Yea, the Civil War series was quite good, IMPO. I have the first three. Apparently there is a fourth, but I haven't read that one and wasn't aware of it until I double check just now. Gettysburg was an alternate history with a Killer Angel feel to it. If you are interested in the Civil War, it's well worth reading.
Like most people (apparently), I haven't read 1945. I just got the two books mixed up. It's been a long while since it was mentioned by Jim Baen on his web board. The sequel to 1945 was never written. Apparently, Baen was expecting it to be a huge hit so he spent big bucks on it and lost a bundle on it. I don't know any of the details beyond that.