David Guymer
Hi Mark!
There are loads of ideas that the weird nature of the Warp, a realm where time and space don't exist, make possible. It should be *possible* to travel to distant galaxies through the Warp. It should be *possible* (and we've seen quite often in Black Library fiction that it is) to travel back and forth in time. The idea then, for a short little story like this one, was to use that kind of scenario to ask the question of what Ferrus Manus would make of his descendants in the 41st Millennium. Nick Kyme and Chris Wraight have both looked at that before, but in different ways. The ship and the Space Marine then aren't terribly important then, except for what they represent to the Iron Tenth.
And the Iron Hands are my favourite Legion too, Mark. You've chosen well.
There are loads of ideas that the weird nature of the Warp, a realm where time and space don't exist, make possible. It should be *possible* to travel to distant galaxies through the Warp. It should be *possible* (and we've seen quite often in Black Library fiction that it is) to travel back and forth in time. The idea then, for a short little story like this one, was to use that kind of scenario to ask the question of what Ferrus Manus would make of his descendants in the 41st Millennium. Nick Kyme and Chris Wraight have both looked at that before, but in different ways. The ship and the Space Marine then aren't terribly important then, except for what they represent to the Iron Tenth.
And the Iron Hands are my favourite Legion too, Mark. You've chosen well.
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David Guymer:
I find it interesting that you have a background in molecular biology and that you still find it handy as an author. My question is, what Black Library publications of yours demanded the most revision in that science? I've a similar background, but not to the level of PhD. I'd be interested in reading your description of alien creatures or mutated monstrosities.
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