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(view spoiler)[I think there is a plot hole in the "The Society of Unknowable Objects".
While reading the entry for the Atlas of Lost Items, you explain that the wording was very careful so as to not show the pendant, since Frank didn't know about it. This also explains why items show and disappear on the map.
However, since Frank has the Book and can read about all the artifacts, he (=the society) knows about all of them? (hide spoiler)]
While reading the entry for the Atlas of Lost Items, you explain that the wording was very careful so as to not show the pendant, since Frank didn't know about it. This also explains why items show and disappear on the map.
However, since Frank has the Book and can read about all the artifacts, he (=the society) knows about all of them? (hide spoiler)]
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(view spoiler)[Hi - thanks for the great question! It’s an interesting one… but it assumes that Frank reads the book and/or remembers all of the content in detail. I think we only see him actually looking at the book once… (hide spoiler)]
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(view spoiler)[I'm curious, what are the seventeen books that the Fox Library has? We know about the Book of Shadow, the Book of Luck, the Book of Memories, the Book of Flame, the Book of Joy, the Book of Healing, and the original Book of Doors, but that is only seven. Also, what were the books that Lily, Yasmin,and Hugo each originally possessed? (hide spoiler)]
Gareth Brown
Hi Calvin - thanks for the question! I genuinely don't know what the seventeen books are... and for some of them their identity might not have been discovered yet, Drummond himself might not know yet. And as for Lily, Yasmin and Hugo... I am sorry but I can't remember! It's been so long since I wrote the Book of Doors!
Gareth Brown
Hi there - I don't have a whole series lined up, but do hope to come back to this world at some point. Thanks for asking!
Gareth Brown
Thank you! I hope there will be a sequel too, but other than that I can't say yet! Sorry!
Gareth Brown
Hi Jonas - yes I watched The Lost Room recently - it's great! Haven't seen Warehouse 13 though.
Gareth Brown
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(view spoiler)[Hi! No the book found in Romania was just an ordinary notebook. It just happened to be somewhat similar to the decription of the book of doors! Cassie realises it’s not a special book as soon as she holds it. (hide spoiler)]
Gareth Brown
Thank you for your kind words! I will definitely try to write more!
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(view spoiler)[Hi Gareth, is Barboury Mr Webber? (hide spoiler)]
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Hi Aberline. No - Barbary is not Mr Webber. We haven’t seen what happens to Barbary yet.
Gareth Brown
Hello! Yes I hope there will be more books in this world!
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(view spoiler)[Love the book! One thing I’m trying to work out is why Cassie used the book of joy for her grandfather but then didn’t also use it for Mr Weber as he passed? Thank you in advance! (hide spoiler)]
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(view spoiler)[Hi Nena - thanks for your kind words! As for your question, I think perhaps the answer is that Mr Weber had a very quick death, he didn’t suffer, whereas Cassie knew that her grandfather suffered a great deal in his final hours. (hide spoiler)]
Gareth Brown
Hi Diana! I hope so… but I don’t know when… watch this space!
Gareth Brown
Hi Caleb - thank you for reading my books! So pleased that you enjoyed them. When I was your age I was reading a lot horror fiction. Authors like Stephen King, Robert R McCammon, James Herbert, Ramsey Campbell and Peter Straub. I also started to read a lot of commercial thrillers at that age, as well as literature classics (I did a literature degree at University). Basically I think read whatever you want but try to read widely. And yes - I am working on a new book right now!
Gareth Brown
I hope so! I don’t know when, but watch this space,
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(view spoiler)[Mr. Brown, I just finished “The Book of Doors”. It was one of the most beautiful, thoughtful, and captivating books I’ve ever read. I have to know if Hugo Barbery uses the book of faces to become Mr. Webber? I can’t wait for a sequel if it ever happens! (hide spoiler)]
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(view spoiler)[Hi Becca! Thanks for the question! You are not the first person to ask that about Hugo/Mr Webber but I can confirm that Hugo Barbary is NOT Mr Webber. We haven't seen what becomes of Hugo Barbary yet! (hide spoiler)]
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(view spoiler)[Rachel recieved Hugo's pain. Is Rachel The Woman? (hide spoiler)]
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(view spoiler)[Yes Rachel is the woman. (hide spoiler)]
Gareth Brown
Thank you Mariska! Yes I hope there will be a sequel at some point!
Gareth Brown
Thank you for reading!
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(view spoiler)[This was the best book I have read in years. I have two BURNING questions for the author that are driving me a little nuts.
1. After Cassie (who lives out the 10 years in the past) returns to her current time, what becomes of the present Cassie? After all, both the aged Cassie and the younger Cassie know and share common people, like Izzy.
2. Why didn't you tie up how and where Lottie landed after everything? (hide spoiler)]
1. After Cassie (who lives out the 10 years in the past) returns to her current time, what becomes of the present Cassie? After all, both the aged Cassie and the younger Cassie know and share common people, like Izzy.
2. Why didn't you tie up how and where Lottie landed after everything? (hide spoiler)]
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(view spoiler)[Hi Robin - thanks for reading. I am thrilled that you enjoyed the book.
To your BURNING questions!
1. There is ever only one Cassie, but she overlaps with herself in time for that ten years - both of them existing in the same time year period but living separate lives. When the older Cassie, who has lived the ten years, reaches the point where the younger Cassie goes back in time (after Hugo throws her through the door), there is only one Cassie again. The other Cassie is in the past. (There is a period when they are both in NYC - Mr Webber sees the younger Cassie - but the older Cassie keeps to herself and doesn't interfere in the life of her younger self, other than watching the younger Cassie on the day Mr Webber dies.). I am not sure if this helps clear it up - sometimes time travel is easier to explain with a diagram.
2. Maybe that's a story still to be told? (hide spoiler)]
To your BURNING questions!
1. There is ever only one Cassie, but she overlaps with herself in time for that ten years - both of them existing in the same time year period but living separate lives. When the older Cassie, who has lived the ten years, reaches the point where the younger Cassie goes back in time (after Hugo throws her through the door), there is only one Cassie again. The other Cassie is in the past. (There is a period when they are both in NYC - Mr Webber sees the younger Cassie - but the older Cassie keeps to herself and doesn't interfere in the life of her younger self, other than watching the younger Cassie on the day Mr Webber dies.). I am not sure if this helps clear it up - sometimes time travel is easier to explain with a diagram.
2. Maybe that's a story still to be told? (hide spoiler)]
Gareth Brown
Hi Gina - thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! And yes, I hope there will be a sequel to The Book of Doors!
Gareth Brown
Thank you! And yes, the Fox Library was inspired by the Torridon - hotel in the north west of Scotland.
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