Calvinbell
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Daniel Price:
You seem to touch briefly on race and bias especially in The Song of the Orphans.......You didn't explore this in depth, but I couldn't help but notice that you left the issue hanging. will this become more prominent in books to come?
Daniel Price
Hi Calvin,
If you're talking about the Gothams and their longtime exclusion of African-American timebenders, then there's definitely more to the story. That decision will have big ramifications for the Gothams, the Silvers, and everyone else with a vested interest in saving the world. You'll also finally get to meet this splinter society of chronokinetics in Book 3. I'm having a blast writing them. They're awesome.
As for the general issues of race and bias, I'll be exploring them from a deeper angle in "The War of the Givens," though it still won't be a central focus of the book. Ultimately, this is a series about time and the many different ways we handle our limited amount of it. I gotta stick to my theme.
I do apologize if I'm not handling the issues as well or as deeply as you'd prefer. Writing a series like this is a delicate balancing act on so many levels. If I explored all the things I wanted to explore, each book will be 1800 pages and take me ten years to write. Nobody wants that, least of my publisher.
If you're talking about the Gothams and their longtime exclusion of African-American timebenders, then there's definitely more to the story. That decision will have big ramifications for the Gothams, the Silvers, and everyone else with a vested interest in saving the world. You'll also finally get to meet this splinter society of chronokinetics in Book 3. I'm having a blast writing them. They're awesome.
As for the general issues of race and bias, I'll be exploring them from a deeper angle in "The War of the Givens," though it still won't be a central focus of the book. Ultimately, this is a series about time and the many different ways we handle our limited amount of it. I gotta stick to my theme.
I do apologize if I'm not handling the issues as well or as deeply as you'd prefer. Writing a series like this is a delicate balancing act on so many levels. If I explored all the things I wanted to explore, each book will be 1800 pages and take me ten years to write. Nobody wants that, least of my publisher.
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Rolli
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Daniel Price:
Daniel, you are so slow... and what? You are saying "hoping it comes out before the end of NEXT year" – argh; I hoped it could make my shelf this year!...and while I'm waiting for the next Silvers story - I also want all these other books you haven't written yet. Slick is one of the best books within the last years; it made it to my classics list. Please clone yourself multiple times and keep writing – I’m addicted!
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