Daniel Lewis
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Shawn Inmon:
I keep forgetting to ask this! I loved the Replay reference in Charles Waters (I think that one is my favorite BTW) and I went and read it because of your mention. I am a time travel junkie so I am sure I would have gotten to it eventually but still, I enjoyed that. Are there any other time travel books that have influenced you? Clearly you influenced Relive by KJ Nelson.
Shawn Inmon
Yes, people often mention that book to me as being influenced by Middle Falls.
However, since I had not even read Replay, for instance, when I wrote The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver, it's entirely possible that Relive was written out of pure imagination.
One of the reasons I wrote the Middle Falls series was because I couldn't find many time travel books like I wanted to read - essentially character-based books that tightly focused on a single protagonist, without all the whiz-bang of scientific time travel.
However, a few other time travel books I have enjoyed include 11/22/63 by Stephen King, which did influence Middle Falls, In Times Like These by Nathan Van Coops, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, and Time and Again by Jack Finney.
However, since I had not even read Replay, for instance, when I wrote The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver, it's entirely possible that Relive was written out of pure imagination.
One of the reasons I wrote the Middle Falls series was because I couldn't find many time travel books like I wanted to read - essentially character-based books that tightly focused on a single protagonist, without all the whiz-bang of scientific time travel.
However, a few other time travel books I have enjoyed include 11/22/63 by Stephen King, which did influence Middle Falls, In Times Like These by Nathan Van Coops, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, and Time and Again by Jack Finney.
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Tamara
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Shawn Inmon:
I am listening to the Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver - thanks Audible - and I am really enjoying it so far. Your sense of humour! I love it. Also it is nostalgia-y-fun to roam around '76 with Thomas with 21st Century eyes. However.....why doesn't he just go to the cops?! I don't get it. The fact that I don't understand this is driving me nuts.
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