Heidi Martin
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L.E. Modesitt Jr.:
I love your writing, I have many of your books! I love the Corean Chronicles! Did you intend to keep us 'in the dark' to the reasons why Dainyl did the things he did? I felt he had an understanding on how the world worked that wasn't shared, he acted on intuition, but didn't go back to analyse what was going on. Do you intentionally just tell the story/actions and allow us to fill in what motivates a character?
L.E. Modesitt Jr.
To Dainyl, the world is what it is, and he acts as he does based on what he perceives.... and what he has learned during a very long life. Because that understanding is such as part of who he is, he doesn't do as much soul-searching as Mykel does. That means that the reader doesn't get as much immediate insight, and has to gain the understanding of Dainyl more from his acts than his thoughts
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Paul
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L.E. Modesitt Jr.:
Sir, I was wondering how you keep track of the information, ideas expressed and chronological timeline in the Saga of Recluce? Over the last 20 years you have written 20+ amazing Recluse books and now with the passage of time us readers can start at the chronological beginning and read the series in that order all accurate to the timeline and references, an amazing achievement I wonder how you did it?
Henry Keen
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L.E. Modesitt Jr.:
Had a question about Recluse. I have read all your books and I get/understand you filling in all the gaps of the past. Do you think there will ever be a Book about the time frame after the death of chaos? Or maybe also lol :) a connection between some of your sf story's to before the fall of angels? Like quantum shadows say? I haven't read that yet but can tell by the preview that it could maybe connect.
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