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A few questions - cvbronxsta - 03-18-2010
I have a few questions about the series:
- Is The Tomb considered canon? Yeah I know the drugs in All The Rage is made from rakosh blood but the novel is pretty different from the more recent RJ books I've read.
- The novel is much more supernaturally focused than the other books. The newer books always have one subplot that's rooted in reality. In The Tomb, Jack bascially fights the rakoshi the entire book.
- The Indian guy says Jack was recommended by a guy in the UN, which to me makes Jack seem like he used to work for the government.
- He takes on a the ship of rakoshi with a flamethrower. Seems out of character compared to his usual MO from the other books.
3. Is there a Repairman Jack wiki? You know, with info on all the books, characters, timeline, major events, the main plot arc and how all the books connect with eachother, etc. Because that would be really useful for a newcomer to the series.
A few questions - wdg3rd - 03-18-2010
cvbronxsta Wrote:I have a few questions about the series:
- Is The Tomb considered canon? Yeah I know the drugs in All The Rage is made from rakosh blood but the novel is pretty different from the more recent RJ books I've read.
2. Is the time between The Tomb and Legacies (Wilson published Legacies 14 years after The Tomb) accepted as canon?
- The novel is much more supernaturally focused than the other books. The newer books always have one subplot that's rooted in reality. In The Tomb, Jack bascially fights the rakoshi the entire book.
- The Indian guy says Jack was recommended by a guy in the UN, which to me makes Jack seem like he used to work for the government.
- He takes on a the ship of rakoshi with a flamethrower. Seems out of character compared to his usual MO from the other books.
3. Is there a Repairman Jack wiki? You know, with info on all the books, characters, timeline, major events, the main plot arc and how all the books connect with eachother, etc. Because that would be really useful for a newcomer to the series.
Yes, The Tomb (more properly titled Rakosh) is canon.
No, Jack never worked for the government. He did a fix once for a guy with the UN.
He generally tries to use tools appropriate to the job. Fire was it for the Rakoshi.
The books were written that far apart, the stories do not take place that far apart. For a timeline, see http://repairmanjack.com/works.htm#secrethistory
A few questions - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 03-19-2010
cvbronxsta Wrote:I have a few questions about the series:
- Is The Tomb considered canon? Yeah I know the drugs in All The Rage is made from rakosh blood but the novel is pretty different from the more recent RJ books I've read.
2. Is the time between The Tomb and Legacies (Wilson published Legacies 14 years after The Tomb) accepted as canon?
- The novel is much more supernaturally focused than the other books. The newer books always have one subplot that's rooted in reality. In The Tomb, Jack bascially fights the rakoshi the entire book.
- The Indian guy says Jack was recommended by a guy in the UN, which to me makes Jack seem like he used to work for the government.
- He takes on a the ship of rakoshi with a flamethrower. Seems out of character compared to his usual MO from the other books.
3. Is there a Repairman Jack wiki? You know, with info on all the books, characters, timeline, major events, the main plot arc and how all the books connect with eachother, etc. Because that would be really useful for a newcomer to the series.
Remember too that THE TOMB was the =first= Jack novel. Most fictioneers will tell you the first book of a series is the toughest to write because you don't know all about your character yet. (And Paul hadn't planned a series.)
I wonder what Jack would do if, oh, Mayor Mike Bloomberg of NYC needed a fix!:eek::dontknow::ooh:
A few questions - Crimson King - 03-27-2010
On the Wiki part: I have looked, and there isn't much. I'd be really interested in starting a Wiki project for the entire Secret History of the World storyline, but I'd like to have a great deal of help, so nothing is up for debate; all material present would be confirmed by alternative sources.
Anyone interested in starting an "official" SHotW Wiki?
A few questions - Alvin Fox - 03-27-2010
You can always help Silverfish.
http://everythingfpaulwilson.tiddlyspot.com/
A few questions - wdg3rd - 03-30-2010
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Remember too that THE TOMB was the =first= Jack novel. Most fictioneers will tell you the first book of a series is the toughest to write because you don't know all about your character yet. (And Paul hadn't planned a series.)
I wonder what Jack would do if, oh, Mayor Mike Bloomberg of NYC needed a fix!:eek::dontknow::ooh:
If Mikey found out somebody like Jack existed, there's be a little (oops, we got the wrong apartment) incident. Hundreds of shots fired (several uninvolved bystanders in adjacent apartments wounded/killed) maybe two cops wounded, one fatally, whether or not the target actually reached a gun (the NYPD eats its young, with relish and sometimes some mustard and kraut). The gun can always be planted later, anyway. Bloomy is commander-in-chief of the NYPD and doesn't tolerate competition.
If the mayor walked into Julio's without (possibly even with) a SWAT team, I doubt he'd walk out alive even if Jack wasn't there and Julio was down in the basement getting a fresh keg. It still amazes me that that the bastard's still alive after he got all of that crap passed forbidding smoking in bars (we're here in the bar to only do healthy things, after all). I don't live there, it's not my job, there has to be somebody in NYC with some balls. Doing my best to get my recently-widowed first wife out of there, the Five Boroughs are an unhealthy environment. Jersey is almost as bad (yeah, even worse in some ways), but there are plans to go elsewhere.