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If I ever sat down with JB I would ask...
jonas:
Ok, now let's discuss world creation and metaphysical ties.... (and have i in fact, missed anything really important?)
Rasins:
--- Quote from: Graves on April 15, 2018, 12:30:01 PM ---Why Chicago? did you live there? go to school there? He says he was inlfuenced by Lieber and tolkien but was it also Kolshak? (sp?)
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Chicago was a decision that was made at the request of his publisher. He wanted to have it set in Kansas City, but that's too close to St. Louis where (I forget her name) already has an Urban Fantasy story set. He didn't want to do NY or LA, they've been over done. Didn't want to do Washington, DC, because he didn't want to get into the politics. Chicago was a good alternative.
Graves:
--- Quote from: Rasins on April 18, 2018, 04:19:42 PM ---Chicago was a decision that was made at the request of his publisher. He wanted to have it set in Kansas City, but that's too close to St. Louis where (I forget her name) already has an Urban Fantasy story set. He didn't want to do NY or LA, they've been over done. Didn't want to do Washington, DC, because he didn't want to get into the politics. Chicago was a good alternative.
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anita blake was st louis. and the interesting thing is i got into dresden because of the decline of blake. New York doesn't seem to have been done to death. I think it's too mucxh of an icon, you can't live up to it-one diane tregard stroy was set there and while Il oved the story the errors were massive.
wardenferry419:
Chicago has a mystique with its dark and bloody history. Imagine Harry setting up shop in say....Dallas or Nashville.
TheJrade:
Anyone care to hypothesize as to the answers to any of these? C'mon, let's get some of the old-school fun of this board back!
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