tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post1594534093730455796..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-23758530922860427292010-09-22T11:26:01.066+01:002010-09-22T11:26:01.066+01:00Frances, it was quite nice to be away from the int...Frances, it was quite nice to be away from the internet for a while! My daughter had the notebook to use Facebook but I didn't go anywhere near it!<br /><br />Alis, the new idea could not be further from Mondia. Its influences, as far as I can trace them, are Len Deighton's "Bomber", CJ Sansom's "Winter in Madrid", my recent trip to Budapest, and "Apocalypse Now". By genre I'd probably categorise it as urban fantasy.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-67928178353001779292010-09-22T10:20:59.203+01:002010-09-22T10:20:59.203+01:00Here be Dragons - totally loved it! Glad you had s...Here be Dragons - totally loved it! Glad you had such a nice holiday, Tim.<br /><br />By the way, is the new book idea also a Mondia novel or are you breaking out?Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-39563898101920347032010-09-22T10:05:10.617+01:002010-09-22T10:05:10.617+01:00Good to have you back, Tim. I was wondering where ...Good to have you back, Tim. I was wondering where you'd got to!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-63259369307040792092010-09-21T16:53:08.493+01:002010-09-21T16:53:08.493+01:00Ellory's a pretty good model, Nevets! His bod...Ellory's a pretty good model, Nevets! His body of work is increasingly impressive.<br /><br />The trouble with picking the best as your touchstone (I find the same with Jack Vance) is it can seem very hard to even approach those standards!Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-68545744353336466012010-09-21T16:35:51.092+01:002010-09-21T16:35:51.092+01:00Welcome back, Tim! Sounds like a terrific vacatio...Welcome back, Tim! Sounds like a terrific vacation. RJ Ellory is really the model to which I aspire with my own psychological suspense.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.com