*spoilers all books* Dragon Haven, Enjoy it? Hate it?

[redchild]

A bit off the current topic, sorry, but what's happened in Japan recently (as well as NZ etc) sure makes me think on how it all relates back to the events experienced by the Kelsingra expedition-goers in DH...not to mention the more historical events experienced within the entire Realm of the Elderlings (though extension of the latter may well be for another thread!).

I thought the same too. Especially footage of that white torrential wave and the boat caught in a whirlpool, if you've seen it. I also imagine that in the Expedition flood a regular, non-live ship would have been smashed to bits as well.

Now I think the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant bears some semblance to the Cataclysm in RotE, where natural disasters aside, man-made radioactivity gone out of control is the greater danger. Perhaps the Cataclysm was, too, induced by Elderling magic or technology gone awry.

Learning this made made me go to think that she had gone into it all obviously having thoroughly nutted out everything from every character's pov even though she'd only written the story from one or a few of them - love it!

This is why writing fiction is so tough. There is so much exploration and thinking and role playing involved getting into the shoes of imaginary characters, yet it is most likely that many readers wouldn't be able to grasp all of that as nobody is privy to the 'behind the scenes' action of an author's mind, unless the author decides to tell you about it. I suppose the person who stands to derive the most satisfaction is the writer him/herself.