That's what's cool about all of this. Endless
possibilities.
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, BaxDeal@... wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 3/25/08 4:45:53 PM,
michaelconnelly187@... writes:
>
>
> > I agree with you and that is certainly an
option I have with Harry Bosch. I
> > have planted
> > many seeds about Harry in Vietnam, about Harry
as a street cop during the
> > Patty Hearst
> > and SLA period, etc. I have gathered string on
these times and events. I've
> > done the
> > research so that I could write the book. Its
just a matter of getting to
> > them. But having said
> > all of that, I think the idea of writing in
read time is such a gift. It
> > gives me the power to
> > reflect on what is happening in Los Angeles or
our society at large almost
> > as it is
> > happening. I remember that my book City of
Bones was published 7 months
> > after 9/11
> > and it had many references to it and its impact
on the other side of the
> > country and on the
> > country as a whole. To me it made the book more
than a mystery and an
> > entertainment. It
> > made it a little tiny mirror reflecting a
little bit about what was going on
> > in the world. And
> > that is one of the reasons I have never stopped
the forward progression of
> > the series to go
> > back in time. As I said in one of the other
answers, the forward progression
> > will hit its
> > limits shortly and then there will be time to
go back.
> >
>
> it occurs to me that you've laid groundwork to go
back even further if you
> wish, with at least a stand alone featuring J,
Michael Haller, celebrity
> attorney. that's not without precedent. Steven
Hunter for one, created a separate
> series featuring Arkansas Dept. Earl Swagger, father
of his sniper character
> Bob Lee Swagger
>
> John Lau
>
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