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Mantyluoto



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Novella or full blown series?

i know what i'd want?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd still like to see King Sol myself.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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already have notes on just such a thing, dear General... no concrete book ideas yet but stacks of potential as you so rightly say. Have even discussed it briefly with my editor so certainly not out of the question.


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is there an idea for what comes after shout for the dead? or is that still top secret?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mayan culture's involved I think... *casts mind back to Alt-Fiction in Derby when I asked the same question in the bar*
Yep, Mayans were mentioned!
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

would be a good area to touch on not many people have ventured intio mayan territory regards a book or series

Im writing a book at the moment...very very slowly, and its mainly based in south america around the mayans, a sort of alternate history / what if? book.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seen as the wish list is growing Wink I would be interested in the history of the protectors - how they started, was it all volunteers etc, or possibly even something set in Xetesk - citizens being dragged off the streets, the politics of the Mount (and the catacombs). It seems one of the murkier parts of Balaia and I suspect there are a lot of stories to tell.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drizzt wrote:
Mayan culture's involved I think... *casts mind back to Alt-Fiction in Derby when I asked the same question in the bar*
Yep, Mayans were mentioned!


Sweet! Another awesome and interesting culture, along with the inevitable question everyone asks, 'What happened to their civilization?'
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well ... people could go to works in grimsby you could probably find a book that tells them.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually it doesn't, it suggests possibilities.

Had a thought earlier... The Encyclopedia of Balaian character histories. I wonder whether that would be bigger than the Britanica. Razz
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mayans may well be involved somewhere but not as themselves, more like transplanting their culture into another world, like with the Ascendants.

So, General, no crossover with you Smile

Was in Mexico recently. The Mayan sites are incredible. Such mystery surrounds them too. Really fascinating.

And sticking with the 'm' letter, Minoan culture is another I'm interested in and want to use. Another great society that fell apart and no one really knows how or why. Plenty of scope there...
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nope james no cross over...with my book that stalls everytime i get busy...still stuck at the 8000 word mark...so a long way to go..

Mine is based on travellers from europe washing up in south america around 300ad ish..

Lots or research to do yet

Didnt the minoans fall apart after the massive earth quake / tsunamidestroyed their main island and temple at knossos?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gen's been on Google again... Razz

Best get your book written sir, Mayan calendar reckons the worold ends in 2012...
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Malop wrote:
Would explain why my food turned up on time Smile

But enough of none thread relative discussions.

And I vote for the tales of Will and Thraun, sort of a Thieves World or Ffarad and Grey Mouser stories. I bet Will has a really good back story.



I'm in complete agreement with Malop, Will and Thraun tales would be great.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Gen's been on Google again...

Best get your book written sir, Mayan calendar reckons the worold ends in 2012


no mate this one has been in my head for years, ever since i read heavens mirror, olmec heads in south america (african features etc...)
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

James wrote:
And sticking with the 'm' letter, Minoan culture is another I'm interested in and want to use. Another great society that fell apart and no one really knows how or why. Plenty of scope there...


Now there's a culture I've not looked at! Shocked May have to get looking about a bit.
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