Title: My favorite novel!
Review: I found this book as a "freebie" on the Baen website, printed it, read it, then ran out and bought it. I've since bought and given away several copies. Then I bought a first edition and socked it away on a high shelf. It's the book I take with me on trips to read because I never get tired of it and every time I read it I find something new. I was at the bookstore the day 1633 was released and, sadly, it was not as good. The subsequent books have what I call "franchise-itis" because they have gotten caught up in the franchise, blown their focus and lost the wonderful character development of the original. However, the Grantville Gazette books do keep a character focus, most of the time, and I buy and read them regularly. WARNING! Stratfordians and history buffs beware, Eric Flint gave one of his characters an Oxfordian claim in 1632 to please his publisher. In a later book he recants, sorta, but it's still a jarring note in an otherwise outstanding alternative history.
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