Yeah, Vietnam is definitely a possibility because I could use
Harry's past there and use a present day story to explore the
past. The tunnels are now a tourist attraction.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "blumenidiot"
<blumenidiot@...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com,
"michaelconnelly187"
> <michaelconnelly187@> wrote:
> >
> > I really don't think I have any plans to bring
Bosch to Florida or
> to come up with a new
> > character that is located there. I didn't move
there for the
> creative environment so I find
> > myself always thinking in terms of Los Angeles
as a setting. But
> having said that, I want to
> > keep the series going for a while so I think I
have maybe one of
> those fish out of water
> > stories. And I don't think I would choose
Florida to place it. I
> sort of planted a seed for this
> > story when a few books back Harry's ex-wife and
daughter moved to
> Hong Kong. I went
> > there to research a possible book and I will go
back again. Whether
> I end up writing it still
> > remains to be seen. But the point is that if I
do that one book
> where Harry finds himself
> > out of town and in unfamiliar territory, I want
it to feel alien to
> the reader, too, and Florida
> > won't cut it.
>
> I would have mentioned Viet Nam, but I thought I had
written enough
> already.
>
> BTW, my son traveled to Viet Nam about ten years ago
and had no
> problems. He continued to travel in Laos and was met
a farmer from
> Cambodia who urged him to urged to cross the border
with him. My son
> wisely declined. I guess either of those countries
would be
> unexplored territories for you to set a
novel.
> Mark
>
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