But I would like to see UF go global--not in the globalization (which I'm doing in a first book,) but go on vacation to these other places. There's such a wealth of inspiration available from other mythologies.
But it's almost like you have to leave the UF subgenre to find that or go small press. The DETECTIVE CHEN series is set in future China, heavily based in Chinese mythology. AS FATE DECREES is a new Canadian book set in Athens, Greece. Still, future and past.
Maybe in this PC world where LJ is ready to point out race issues we're all a little leery about "getting it wrong."
Okay, but we're also in the age where information is literally at our fingertips, an unimaginable wealth of it. I cannot conceive of how I would have researched Midnight Never Come without the Internet; sure, I used print books, too, but those often gave me concepts rather than specific details. I would not have wanted to do this without the OED, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Stellarium, and Google.
But I would like to see UF go global--not in the globalization (which I'm doing in a first book,) but go on vacation to these other places. There's such a wealth of inspiration available from other mythologies.
But it's almost like you have to leave the UF subgenre to find that or go small press. The DETECTIVE CHEN series is set in future China, heavily based in Chinese mythology. AS FATE DECREES is a new Canadian book set in Athens, Greece. Still, future and past.
Maybe in this PC world where LJ is ready to point out race issues we're all a little leery about "getting it wrong."
So there's a silver lining, at least. ^_^