John
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Erik Larson:
I've read Devil, Beasts and Isaac's and really enjoyed and recommend all the time. I forgot about Thunderstruck and will add to list along with Lusitania. How do you come up with your topics? They seem pretty diverse. Do you stumble across a news item or other writing and decide to dig in further? A history buff? And how long is your current list of books to write? Keep them coming, please.
Erik Larson
I think I've addressed the idea part elsewhere--and yes, stumbling is a key part of the process. As to my current list of books to write, it's very short. In fact, there is no list. Which is always a problem. Whenever I finish a book, I always start with a blank slate. I wish, dearly, that I had a nice long list of plummy ideas. So do my agent and my publisher.
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Chris
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Erik Larson:
I recieved an advance copy of Dead Wake through Read It Forward and have been preparing a review, when for a different reason I picked up Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot. I was struck by the similarities between the U-33 sinking the ship and the U-20 sinking the Lusitania, and wondered if you have ever read this particular Burroughs novel, which was published in 1918?
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