tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post5676265387893464150..comments2023-10-24T12:36:09.209+02:00Comments on The Solaris Editors' Blog: Solaris Guest Blog—James MaxeyDavid Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00886477189793178895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-31985245926876275902007-08-22T07:10:00.000+02:002007-08-22T07:10:00.000+02:00Nope -- it takes place a year after DEADSTOCK. :-)...Nope -- it takes place a year after DEADSTOCK. :-)Jeffrey Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18124912258565230436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-15518108620819210712007-08-21T17:59:00.000+02:002007-08-21T17:59:00.000+02:00Just curious, Jeffrey, since the Blue War is refer...Just curious, Jeffrey, since the Blue War is referred to so often as part of Stake's back-story, is Blue War a prequel tale to Deadstock?James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-62588387903622530982007-08-20T09:57:00.000+02:002007-08-20T09:57:00.000+02:00"Decentralized heroics aren’t the norm for most fi..."Decentralized heroics aren’t the norm for most fiction."<BR/>I really enjoyed this essay, James, as my own Solaris novel DEADSTOCK also takes this approach. That's thrown off a few readers who expected the private eye character Jeremy Stake to be the only focus of the novel -- when in fact there are a number of protagonists working (sometimes in ignorance of each other) to defeat the threats at hand. Again, a very good piece and one I could relate to. That said, Jeremy Stake IS the primary focus of the follow-up BLUE WAR, to the extent that he's present in every scene but the prologue.Jeffrey Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18124912258565230436noreply@blogger.com