This is what caught my attention from the first interview: "Politics is not so much impacted by geography than by the fact that magic works. There's a strong party of anti-magic people that is as fanatical as the Inquisition was at one time. Religion is very important in this book. I'm not a religious person myself; I don't even understand it for the most part. But I wanted to write a setting in which religion affected everybody's life. That would be the world in the twelfth century, where the Christians were extremely dedicated to Christianity, the Muslims were extremely dedicated to their beliefs, and the pagans in those parts of Europe that were still pagan were very stubborn about not becoming Christians. That, plus the fact the magic does work and gods are real and can show up on stage and bust things up—that's what influences politics: religion and the use of magic." As I was reading the book, what struck me most was that the gods, by gum, *were* showing up on stage and busting things up--that just doesn't happen in Cook's other works (well, one Garrett book excepted) or in 99% of other fantasy. That's what's so much a departure for this series. Steve/Stacey On Aug 15, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Nick Melander wrote:
Lee thank you! I had missed that quantummuse article, was a fun read.
-eldon the seer-
Timothy, Which interview was that? I noticed these two interviews when I searched with Google: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2005/20050117/cook-int-a.shtml http://www.quantummuse.com/glen_cook_interview.html Lee Childs
-----Original Message----- From: timothy mcdowell <saucer_h_t@yahoo.com> Sent: Aug 15, 2005 7:21 AM To: "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Spoilers for the Tyranny of the Night
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Speaking of Black Company, are there supposed to be more forhtcoming??
Read an interview with Mr. Cook in an online magazine a couple of months ago. In it, he says that there are one or two more planned 'Black Company' books. But it does not say where in the timeline they will be set. Before the company was recuited by Soul Catcher? Or on into the future with the Lady as Captain? Don't know. But I'm eagerly waiting to find out.
Tim McDowell
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