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Young Adult Repairman Jack - Anders Monsen - 05-03-2006
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]The stories will be set in 1982-83 when he's 13-14. His home town will be set on the edge of the Pine Barrens -- which will loom large in the stories. A place to explore and find...stuff. Mr. Foster's land will be nearby. Folks will venture into the pines to buy applejack from the Appleton family. Mulliners and McKelstons will pass through town. Jack's part-time job will be in a store called USED, full of neat old stuff that he comes to appreciate. There'll be a reputedly haunted house, a reputed witch (who has a dog -- aiiiii!) and Weird Walt, a reclusive Vietnam vet who can act pretty strange at times.[/SIZE]
Like someone else said, anything's gravy. Still, I'm holding out hope FPW will write some filler novels as well, such as Jack between 17 and 30, before The Tomb, and after the YA novels. Perhaps that will just ruin the mystery, though...
Young Adult Repairman Jack - BrettM - 05-03-2006
luthie2 Wrote:Is there anything in The Tomb (or other RJ books) that would give a definite location for the house that Jack grew up in? Are there any references that would make it geographically impossible for his old family home to be located near the Pine Barrens?I seem to recall one of the books saying it was around Lumberton or Vincentown, which ARE on the edge of the Pines. I can't recall which book offhand, but I think it gave a pretty detailed description of the highways used and towns passed. I do remember thinking that I could easily get within spitting distance of the place using those directions, since it's definitely in the area where I mis-spent my youth.
Brett
Young Adult Repairman Jack - fpw - 05-03-2006
Anders Monsen Wrote:Like someone else said, anything's gravy. Still, I'm holding out hope FPW will write some filler novels as well, such as Jack between 17 and 30, before The Tomb, and after the YA novels. Perhaps that will just ruin the mystery, though...
[SIZE="3"]I'd like to do those too -- if I live long enough.
Jack grew up in Johnson, NJ (because Andrew Johnson slept there). It's it Burlington County which thrusts deep into the pines.
FEAR NOT YE FUNDAMENTALISTS! THE CANON IS SAFE![/SIZE]
Young Adult Repairman Jack - Jay #1 - 05-04-2006
well considering you're expanding the series after writing Nightworld in order to lead up to Nightworld... I'd kind of expect things to appear that weren't there before simply because you didn't write them in yet.
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]I'd like to do those too -- if I live long enough.
Jack grew up in Johnson, NJ (because Andrew Johnson slept there). It's it Burlington County which thrusts deep into the pines.
FEAR NOT YE FUNDAMENTALISTS! THE CANON IS SAFE![/SIZE]
Young Adult Repairman Jack - Tempest - 05-04-2006
I don't know...the place described in The Tomb just doesn't feel like a part of the Barrens. His family doesn't seem like they grew up in the Barrens. His father doesn't seem like someone who grew up in the Barrens.
Anyway, I'm sure my lone voice won't make a difference, so this will be my last post on this issue. Good luck with it, FPW, and I'll be picking up copies anyway
Young Adult Repairman Jack - fpw - 05-04-2006
Tempest Wrote:I don't know...the place described in The Tomb just doesn't feel like a part of the Barrens. His family doesn't seem like they grew up in the Barrens. His father doesn't seem like someone who grew up in the Barrens.
Anyway, I'm sure my lone voice won't make a difference, so this will be my last post on this issue. Good luck with it, FPW, and I'll be picking up copies anyway
[SIZE="3"]Big difference between living NEAR the Barens and IN the Barrens. Lots of very civilized town in Burlington County bordering the Pines.[/SIZE]
Young Adult Repairman Jack - Anders Monsen - 05-04-2006
A great non-fiction intro to the Pine Barrens is John McPhee's slim book, The Pine Barrens. A few years ago I also read a book by someone who went native in the Barrens for a year, but I don't remember the author or title. He has since created several wilderness training programs. This author mentioned saving a young boy from a pack of wild dogs after the boy became lost in the woods.
Young Adult Repairman Jack - Silverfish - 05-04-2006
Quote FPW: "Jack's part-time job will be in a store called USED, full of neat old stuff that he comes to appreciate."
I'm excited! Sounds great. Maybe you can explain (for us young folk) the references of all his old treasures. I haven't gotten around to googling the Whalen movies that Jack watches incessantly, and I feel kind of in the dark about most of the old stuff in his apartment. Thanks.
Stephanie
Young Adult Repairman Jack - BrettM - 05-05-2006
Anders Monsen Wrote:A great non-fiction intro to the Pine Barrens is John McPhee's slim book, The Pine Barrens.I would also recommend a couple of older books by Henry Charlton Beck, if you can find them or get them on inter-library loan: Forgotten Towns of South Jersey and More Forgotton Towns of South Jersey. One of these also covers the legends of the mysterious Blue Hole. (I'm kind of surprised that this hasn't turned up in an FPW story yet.
)Brett
Young Adult Repairman Jack - t4terrific - 05-06-2006
Anders Monsen Wrote:Like someone else said, anything's gravy. Still, I'm holding out hope FPW will write some filler novels as well, such as Jack between 17 and 30, before The Tomb, and after the YA novels. Perhaps that will just ruin the mystery, though...
I'd really like to read about Jack moving to New York City, and his experiences there up to The Tomb.