How did I miss all these? I got the big ones, of course -- Budweiser, Ladue, State Hospital, etc. But, seeing how I live in St. Louis, I should have noticed more, like Imperial Kimmswick! -- Scott P.S. So which part of TunFaire corresponds to Woodson Terrace, just south of the airport? No reason, just askin'. :) On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:11 PM, J. Buck Caldwell <webmaster@glencook.org> wrote:
Steve Harris wrote:
But I still haven't the foggiest where the name TunFaire comes from.
Glen told me that most of the names in his books (not just Garrett) come from Interstate exit signs - such as "the Imperial Kimmswick", the ship Garrett was stationed on in the Marines, is a pair of small towns south of St. Louis; Nooney Krombach, the long-ago evil dwarf wizard from Dread Brass Shadows, is actually a Real Estate company in St. Louis. I've spotted more and keep forgetting them.
The Hill, in this case, is more like Ladue, I think. And yes, they have their own private security (in addition to the Ladue Police Dept) that is just as bad as the Hill security goons :P
Don't forget, we also have the Docks area on the north side - which burned to the ground way back in the Great Fire, but still. The description of that area in Angry Lead Skies really fit with the waterfront area of the near-north-side.
In the interview I did with him (on http://www.glencook.com), he admits that TunFaire is mostly based on St. Louis, scaled down and a little muddled. I'm guessing the Bledsoe is inspired by the old Missouri State Hospital (for the criminally insane) - I've been inside it, and yeah, it fits.(no, I was not an inmate :p)
-Buckaroo
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