tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010225.post9055401266630431462..comments2023-06-15T17:23:17.392+00:00Comments on JOHN MEANEY: John Meaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13236108158993642237noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010225.post-90442751443088652422007-09-25T07:59:00.000+00:002007-09-25T07:59:00.000+00:00Ok, thanks, that is interesting.It reminds me a li...Ok, thanks, that is interesting.<BR/><BR/>It reminds me a little of somewhere between Walter Jon Williams Metropolitan and Simon R. Green's Nightside.Blue Tysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010225.post-57723033366300789362007-09-09T20:43:00.000+00:002007-09-09T20:43:00.000+00:00Hey, btI can't imagine why you wouldn't want to be...Hey, bt<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine why you wouldn't want to be caught up in a van Vogt book, with a major plot twist every 500 words :)<BR/><BR/>Bone Song started with a short story that just flowed out. The police-procedural elements were easy because I read mystery books all the time; and the dark gothic setting came to life all by itself.<BR/><BR/>I can tell you how the story began. I was sitting around at the San Jose worldcon some years back -- Al Reynolds was in the group -- and I brought up the subject of places that feel haunted. And that came from a specific memory of visiting the Soviet Union in my youth, and going to mass graves on the outskirts of what was still called Leningrad, where each plot contains a thousand bodies. It's the legacy of the Seige of Leningrad from World War II.<BR/><BR/>And it is <I>spooky.</I>John Meaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13236108158993642237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010225.post-53496885867761132162007-09-09T17:11:00.000+00:002007-09-09T17:11:00.000+00:00Hi,Not sure I want to be anyone in a van Vogt book...Hi,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Not sure I want to be anyone in a van Vogt book. :)<BR/><BR/>Mutants seem to have not that great a time in general, unless they are of the non-flashy immortal wanderer type.<BR/><BR/>I have Bone Song ready to read shortly. Looks interesting, I have read several of your others. What inspired the change of style of book?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>btBlue Tysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com