Thursday, 14 February 2008

jeffrey thomas interview



Jeffrey Thomas Interview

To continue Jeffrey Thomas season, Fantasy Book Critic gives a mammoth

interview with the man himself.

"Blue War" is definitely a bigger book than "Deadstock" in length,

scope and theme. "Deadstock" is pretty dark--especially where it

takes place entirely in seedy Punktown where "Blue War" does

not--and I'm not sure that "Blue War" is a "better" book. Despite

it having the same lead character, it is not really a sequel, and

it has a pretty different feel from "Deadstock." More serious, I'd

say, but not so grim and grave that it isn't fun, if not quite as

slam-bam as "Deadstock" is. For those who wanted more of Stake in

"Deadstock" (he actually shares half the book, his chapters

alternating with those of the other characters), he is very much

the focus of "Blue War," so much so that there are only two

scenes--the prologue and epilogue--in which he is absent.

posted by Mark Newton at 1:44 PM

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