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L.E. Modesitt Jr.:
If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
L.E. Modesitt Jr.
In my younger days, I just might have wanted to visit the universe depicted in Roger Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness or Lord of Light... just to see if all of those clashes between would-be deities even really affected the lives of everyday people. I certainly once visualized myself, in a way, as Gerswin in The Forever Hero trilogy. Johan Eschbach in the "Ghost" books lives a life similar to mine, as does Jonat deVrai in Flash.
But I've never really wanted to visit, in real terms, other writers' worlds. I've certainly enjoyed reading about thousands of those worlds, but I can't say I'd ever want to visit them. In the end, I'd much rather create than visit.
But I've never really wanted to visit, in real terms, other writers' worlds. I've certainly enjoyed reading about thousands of those worlds, but I can't say I'd ever want to visit them. In the end, I'd much rather create than visit.
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Stephen Finnemore
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L.E. Modesitt Jr.:
Your Recluse series jumps around in time from two book sets to the next, in your other novels you follow the three book series method. Compared to many other authors, you are the only one that seems to jump in time completely, where others just use the "flash back" or legend tales. Do you find this to be unique in your writing or is it how the stories have developed in your exploration on how they want to be told?
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