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I've been listening to Eve Dallas and the crew on CD (the abridged Survivor in Death on my trip to Atlanta and back, Creation In Death unabridged the tail end of that and today) and so her world's been on my mind.
1. Timing of the Urban Wars
For those who haven't read Creation, the catching-the-criminal plot has to do heavily with the Urban Wars. Summerset tells Eve she's too young to have experienced them. Someone else makes the comment that if the criminal was fighting in the Urban Wars, he's pushing 80 in 2060. Summerset worked as a medic, but also mentions that the Urban Wars lasted longer in Europe than they did in the US.
So, my question is, when DO the Urbans take place? None of the Wiki entries I've found mention the dates, and I can't remember if they've ever given a date in the books. Are they going on right now and I'm just missing them? Or are we looking at a date more like 2020s?
Or do I just have too much time for my mind to wander?
2. The ever-present ploy of fake addresses
Okay, so the series is popcorn, but I love it. However, does it seem to anyone else like the fake address ploy gets used a lot? I.E., the military whackjobs in Survivor in Death used 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for their HQ.
But, if the computer network is so all powerful, WHY don't they pick up this little issue? (I know, I know - it would make the cases a lot shorter!)
However, while looking at the Wiki stuff to keep my questions from being too stupid, discovered the next book is due out in February!
The Wiki stuff is pretty up-to-date and complete:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Dallas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Death_characters
Lastly, I'm sure that NR will "desire" to write it as long as we're all snapping it up at the rate we are, but I did NOT know that she had promised we'll never see Eve and Roarke's kid, because the series will end with her pregnancy.
I'm sure that's a long way off, however.
DV
1. Timing of the Urban Wars
For those who haven't read Creation, the catching-the-criminal plot has to do heavily with the Urban Wars. Summerset tells Eve she's too young to have experienced them. Someone else makes the comment that if the criminal was fighting in the Urban Wars, he's pushing 80 in 2060. Summerset worked as a medic, but also mentions that the Urban Wars lasted longer in Europe than they did in the US.
So, my question is, when DO the Urbans take place? None of the Wiki entries I've found mention the dates, and I can't remember if they've ever given a date in the books. Are they going on right now and I'm just missing them? Or are we looking at a date more like 2020s?
Or do I just have too much time for my mind to wander?
2. The ever-present ploy of fake addresses
Okay, so the series is popcorn, but I love it. However, does it seem to anyone else like the fake address ploy gets used a lot? I.E., the military whackjobs in Survivor in Death used 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for their HQ.
But, if the computer network is so all powerful, WHY don't they pick up this little issue? (I know, I know - it would make the cases a lot shorter!)
However, while looking at the Wiki stuff to keep my questions from being too stupid, discovered the next book is due out in February!
The Wiki stuff is pretty up-to-date and complete:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Dallas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Death_characters
Lastly, I'm sure that NR will "desire" to write it as long as we're all snapping it up at the rate we are, but I did NOT know that she had promised we'll never see Eve and Roarke's kid, because the series will end with her pregnancy.
I'm sure that's a long way off, however.
DV
