November 19, 2011
Newt Gingrich Is an Author of Alternative Histories. What If He Wrote an Alternative History of Himself?
Before he was the frontrunner for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich had gained acclaim as the author of a number of “alternate histories,” a genre of literature that speculates how important events in the past might have turned out differently. A high-brow genre this is not. One could say that “alternate history” is to “history” what “science-fiction” is to actual “science.” READ MORE >>
