Dan
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Ryk E. Spoor:
Why was the ask the author option off? Oh, and, of all your works, which is dearest to your heart?
Ryk E. Spoor
Sorry about the long delay -- I was literally not getting notifications on ANY of these questions until this morning. Don't know why.
That's sorta like asking a father which of his kids is his favorite. And of course it depends on ... in which way.
The most obvious answer is _Polychrome_, as that was the book that FORCED me to write it, and is founded on the Oz novels which were my first big influence, starting from like the age of 6.
_Demons of the Past_ is the story I worked on the most, starting from the late 70s on, and so in a way that's the most important to me -- finally publishing Varan's story after so many decades.
But I could probably argue myself into almost ANY of them.
That's sorta like asking a father which of his kids is his favorite. And of course it depends on ... in which way.
The most obvious answer is _Polychrome_, as that was the book that FORCED me to write it, and is founded on the Oz novels which were my first big influence, starting from like the age of 6.
_Demons of the Past_ is the story I worked on the most, starting from the late 70s on, and so in a way that's the most important to me -- finally publishing Varan's story after so many decades.
But I could probably argue myself into almost ANY of them.
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Andreas
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Ryk E. Spoor:
I just read Skyspark and found it a great addition to the Boundary Universe. I found it intriguing how the underwater society depicted bore some superficial similarities to the one in James Cambias's "A Darkling Sea", especially when it came to the vocabulary of the inhabitants. Were you inspired by that book? How did you come up with the mechanics of the society?
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