tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post5231194264362834813..comments2024-03-17T14:31:21.769-04:00Comments on Fantasy Book Critic: Fantasy Book Critic’s 2008 Review/2009 Preview — Brian RuckleyRoberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-21965966159022648742008-12-26T12:04:00.000-05:002008-12-26T12:04:00.000-05:00My understanding is that China's is a police proce...My understanding is that China's is a police procedural set in the real world with a link to a fantastical world. <BR/><BR/>Mine is set in Ambergris and it's not a police procedural per se, in that it's more based on noir hardboiled detective fiction mixed with a pinch of Paul Auster and then a very big dose of visionary fantasy.<BR/><BR/>I first thought about doing this book back in 1998, while planning out possibilities for the Ambergris Cycle. An excerpt from the novel appeared in my 2004 collection, Secret Life. I then started on the novel in earnest in late 2005. <BR/><BR/>I have China's novel in hand, but I'm not reading it until I finish my edits on Finch as I don't want any cross-contamination. I also haven't read the new more magic realist detective novel by Jedediah Berry, nor even Paul Tremblay's The Little Sleep, which may not even be fantastical...<BR/><BR/>Hope you're having a good holiday season.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>JeffVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com