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Contributors to the book mostly worked on their stories independently, only discovering the added intersections with other stories once the book was released. It was deliberately kept unclear as to which authors contributed which articles, but later releases provided some clues. | Contributors to the book mostly worked on their stories independently, only discovering the added intersections with other stories once the book was released. It was deliberately kept unclear as to which authors contributed which articles, but later releases provided some clues. | ||
* As editor, [[Lawrence Miles]] rewrote many or all entries. The "Faction Paradox Family" section was credited to him in the book's notes, and it had been previously released on the Faction Paradox website.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011115105551/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/family.htm The Faction Paradox Family]</ref> | * As editor, [[Lawrence Miles]] rewrote many or all entries. The "Faction Paradox Family" section was credited to him in the book's notes, and it had been previously released on the Faction Paradox website.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011115105551/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/family.htm The Faction Paradox Family]</ref> | ||
* [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] wrote slightly more than any other contributor to the Book, with the exception of Lawrence Miles. The final edition of ''The Book of the War'' included at least one entry by him for every letter of the alphabet, including "Lords Celestial", which was interrupted by [[Shift (Alien Bodies)|the Shift]];<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/ask-the-author-sbj-t716.html#p4629 Ask the Author SBJ]</ref> the "Design Specs for Advanced Users" included a potentially-related "A-Z of the War" section that featured entries for many concepts he had previously explored in | * [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] wrote slightly more than any other contributor to the Book, with the exception of Lawrence Miles. The final edition of ''The Book of the War'' included at least one entry by him for every letter of the alphabet, including "Lords Celestial", which was interrupted by [[Shift (Alien Bodies)|the Shift]];<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/ask-the-author-sbj-t716.html#p4629 Ask the Author SBJ]</ref> the "Design Specs for Advanced Users" included a potentially-related "A-Z of the War" section that featured entries for many concepts he had previously explored in ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' and would later explore in ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]''. | ||
* [[Daniel O'Mahony]] used [[Thessalia]], [[the Imperator]], and [[babel]]s in his novel | * [[Daniel O'Mahony]] used [[Thessalia]], [[the Imperator]], and [[babel]]s in his novel ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]''. The planet [[Lethe (The Parliament of Rats)|Lethe]], mentioned in the entry for [[Lethean Campaign]], originally appeared in his Doctor Who short story ''[[The Parliament of Rats (short story)|The Parliament of Rats]]''. He stated that he'd had no involvement in [[Michael Brookhaven]]'s filmography.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/brookhaven-a-filmography-t534.html Brookhaven: A Filmography]</ref> | ||
* [[Ian McIntire]] introduced [[Carmen Yeh]] in his unlicensed short story ''Schrodinger's Botanist'' for the charity anthology ''Perfect Timing''. The related entries were co-written with [[Mad Norwegian Press]] CEO [[Lars Pearson]].<ref name="BotW Question" /> | * [[Ian McIntire]] introduced [[Carmen Yeh]] in his unlicensed short story ''Schrodinger's Botanist'' for the charity anthology ''Perfect Timing''. The related entries were co-written with [[Mad Norwegian Press]] CEO [[Lars Pearson]].<ref name="BotW Question" /> | ||
* [[Mags L. Halliday]] wrote about [[Anastasia Romanov|Anastasia]] and the [[Thirteen-Day Republic]].<ref name="BotW Question" /> She later used Cousin [[Octavia Sutherland|Octavia]] in | * [[Mags L. Halliday]] wrote about [[Anastasia Romanov|Anastasia]] and the [[Thirteen-Day Republic]].<ref name="BotW Question" /> She later used Cousin [[Octavia Sutherland|Octavia]] in ''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]''. | ||
* [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] wrote the articles concerning the [[City of the Saved]], which was later featured in his novel | * [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] wrote the articles concerning the [[City of the Saved]], which was later featured in his novel ''[[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 (The Book of the War)|Belial]] and the Faction's [[Remote]] experiments on the [[Native American]] warrior tribes. She would later revisit Native America and [[Wounded Knee]] in ''[[Project Thunderbird (short story)|Project Thunderbird]]''. | * [[Kelly Hale]], who herself is part [[Native American]], wrote the entries concerning Cousin [[Belial (The Book of the War)|Belial]] and the Faction's [[Remote]] experiments on the [[Native American]] warrior tribes. She would later revisit Native America and [[Wounded Knee]] in ''[[Project Thunderbird (short story)|Project Thunderbird]]''. | ||
* [[Jonathan Dennis]], who previously wrote the story ''The Hollywood Life'' for the [[Charity publications|charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing 2'', created [[Faction Hollywood]] for ''The Book of the War''. However, those entries also included major contributions from at least three other writers,<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/botw-constructing-themes-question-t651-s10.html BotW Constructing Themes Question #12]</ref> including Lawrence Miles<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031218032809/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/interview1.htm Lawrence Miles on Language, Literature and Lying to the Audience]</ref> and Simon Bucher-Jones.<ref>[https://the-voice-of-light-city.tumblr.com/post/171601681800/rassilon-imprimatur-i-think-the-funniest-thing The funniest thing about Faction Paradox ...]</ref> Dennis would later reuse Faction Hollywood in his story | * [[Jonathan Dennis]], who previously wrote the story ''The Hollywood Life'' for the [[Charity publications|charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing 2'', created [[Faction Hollywood]] for ''The Book of the War''. However, those entries also included major contributions from at least three other writers,<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/botw-constructing-themes-question-t651-s10.html BotW Constructing Themes Question #12]</ref> including Lawrence Miles<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031218032809/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/interview1.htm Lawrence Miles on Language, Literature and Lying to the Audience]</ref> and Simon Bucher-Jones.<ref>[https://the-voice-of-light-city.tumblr.com/post/171601681800/rassilon-imprimatur-i-think-the-funniest-thing The funniest thing about Faction Paradox ...]</ref> Dennis would later reuse Faction Hollywood in his story ''[[Remake/Remodel (short story)|Remake/Remodel]]'' and co-write ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'' with Bucher-Jones. | ||
* [[Mark Clapham]] and Bucher-Jones explored the [[Celestis]] in their cowritten [[Eighth Doctor]] novel | * [[Mark Clapham]] and Bucher-Jones explored the [[Celestis]] in their cowritten [[Eighth Doctor]] novel ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]''. | ||
=== Unincluded entries === | === Unincluded entries === | ||
