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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* While editing the Book, [[Lawrence Miles]] described it as "a continuity in a book, it's an encyclopaedia to the War Era universe. It's got a structure rather than a plot, the way history's got a structure or a Bible's got a structure. Some parts of the universe are cross-referenced with other parts, and it all comes together to make up this great big ... vision."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080509161052/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles Outpost Gallifrey Interview]</ref> | * While editing the Book, [[Lawrence Miles]] described it as "a continuity in a book, it's an encyclopaedia to the War Era universe. It's got a structure rather than a plot, the way history's got a structure or a Bible's got a structure. Some parts of the universe are cross-referenced with other parts, and it all comes together to make up this great big ... vision."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080509161052/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles Outpost Gallifrey Interview]</ref> | ||
* "Design Specs for Advanced Users" were published on the Faction Paradox website. | |||
* It was deliberately kept unclear as to which authors contributed which articles. However, later releases in the [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox series]] would provide some clues. | * It was deliberately kept unclear as to which authors contributed which articles. However, later releases in the [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox series]] would provide some clues. | ||
:* [[Lawrence Miles]] himself likely penned the entries for [[Faction Paradox]], the [[Remote]], the [[Great Houses]], the [[Spiral Politic]], [[Grandfather Paradox]], and [[the enemy]], at the absolute minimum. As editor, he rewrote many or all entries. The "Faction Paradox Family" section was credited to him in the book's notes. | :* [[Lawrence Miles]] himself likely penned the entries for [[Faction Paradox]], the [[Remote]], the [[Great Houses]], the [[Spiral Politic]], [[Grandfather Paradox]], and [[the enemy]], at the absolute minimum. As editor, he rewrote many or all entries. The "Faction Paradox Family" section was credited to him in the book's notes. | ||
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:* [[Ian McIntire]] introduced [[Carmen Yeh]] in his unlicensed short story ''Schrodinger's Botanist'' for the charity anthology ''Perfect Timing''. His entries were co-written with the uncredited [[Mad Norwegian Press]] CEO [[Lars Pearson]].<ref name="BotW Question #8" /> | :* [[Ian McIntire]] introduced [[Carmen Yeh]] in his unlicensed short story ''Schrodinger's Botanist'' for the charity anthology ''Perfect Timing''. His entries were co-written with the uncredited [[Mad Norwegian Press]] CEO [[Lars Pearson]].<ref name="BotW Question #8" /> | ||
:* [[Mags L. Halliday]] used Cousin [[Octavia Sutherland|Octavia]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]'' and presumably wrote about [[Anastasia Romanov|Anastasia]] and the [[Thirteen-Day Republic]] for ''The Book of the War''. | :* [[Mags L. Halliday]] used Cousin [[Octavia Sutherland|Octavia]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]'' and presumably wrote about [[Anastasia Romanov|Anastasia]] and the [[Thirteen-Day Republic]] for ''The Book of the War''. | ||
:* [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] wrote the articles concerning the [[City of the Saved]], which was later featured in his novel [[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' and [[Obverse Books]]' [[The City of the Saved (series)|City of the Saved]] anthology series. | :* [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] wrote the articles concerning the [[City of the Saved]], which was later featured in his novel [[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' and [[Obverse Books]]' [[The City of the Saved (series)|City of the Saved]] anthology series.<ref name="SWWW">[http://www.infinitarian.com/botwswww.html "So, Who Wrote What?"]</ref> He also wrote the entry for [[House Mirraflex]],<ref>[https://twitter.com/purserhallard/status/926070499729428480 purserhallard on Twitter]</ref> though Miles thoroughly overhauled it in editing. Purser-Hallard commented that he had not written the articles on [[Wallachia]], [[Michael Brookhaven]], [[Grigori Rasputin]], or the [[Spiral Politic]].<ref name="SWWW" /> | ||
:* [[Kelly Hale]], who herself is part Native American, wrote the entries concerning Cousin [[Belial]] and the Faction's [[Remote]] experiments on the [[Native American]] warrior tribes. | :* [[Kelly Hale]], who herself is part Native American, wrote the entries concerning Cousin [[Belial]] and the Faction's [[Remote]] experiments on the [[Native American]] warrior tribes. | ||
:* [[Jonathan Dennis]] created [[Faction Hollywood]], but at least three other writers contributed to those entries.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/botw-constructing-themes-question-t651-s10.html BotW Constructing Themes Question #12]</ref> He would later reuse Faction Hollywood in his story [[PROSE]]: ''[[Remake/Remodel (short story)|Remake/Remodel]]'' and co-write [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'' with Bucher-Jones. | :* [[Jonathan Dennis]] created [[Faction Hollywood]], but at least three other writers contributed to those entries.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/botw-constructing-themes-question-t651-s10.html BotW Constructing Themes Question #12]</ref> He would later reuse Faction Hollywood in his story [[PROSE]]: ''[[Remake/Remodel (short story)|Remake/Remodel]]'' and co-write [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'' with Bucher-Jones. | ||
