Samuel
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James Swallow:
Hi James! Great news. Finally secured a physical copy of GHOST. Another character question. Abur Ramas. A true bad ass m***** f***** who is terrifying, but behind the scary a steel trap mind that can make fools of an entire oil rig full of trained, over confident paramilitary operators for his own viewing pleasure. How did that juxtaposition of false dumb muscle hiding a truly brilliant plotter come about?
James Swallow
Great question, Samuel! Ramaas (who incidentally, I visualized as actor Idris Elba) was a reaction to the portrayal of characters of a similar stripe I saw in other novels and movies. I wanted him to have more dimension, to be cunning and duplicitous in the truest sense of being a "pirate"... A smart bully who, despite all his flaws, has a reasoning to his behavior.
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Samuel
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James Swallow:
Dear Mr Swallow. I'm back and I have written a review of NOMAD. A question, Marc Dane. Was he inspired by the protagonist of Three/Six Days Of The Condor? Both are not trained field officers, they have technical backgrounds (Condor repaired telephones before joining the CIA) and they both lose colleagues motivating their revenge missions https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1780058992
Chris Quinn
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James Swallow:
You've done a lot of licensed work for various properties (40k, Star Trek, Star Gate, Doctor Who, Blakes 7 etc, etc). How much research do you typically do for the various properties? Are you provided with background information, or is it a case of breaking out the various DVDs and sitting down and watching them?
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