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* [[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]]'', such as [[Robert Scarratt]]<ref>The acknowledgments of ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]''</ref> and the [[Leviathan (The Book of the War)|Leviathan]]s.<ref>[http://simonbjones.blogspot.com/2014/01/shard-apocrypha-brakespeare.html Brakespeare Initialisation]</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 ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' and would later explore in ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'', such as [[Robert Scarratt]]<ref>The acknowledgments of ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]''</ref> and the [[Leviathan (The Book of the War)|Leviathan]]s.<ref>[http://simonbjones.blogspot.com/2014/01/shard-apocrypha-brakespeare.html Brakespeare Initialisation]</ref> | ||
* [[Daniel O'Mahony]] was narrowly in third place for words written for the book. He wrote far more for ''The Book of the War'' than ended up in the final draft, and Bucher-Jones only overtook him in the final edit.<ref>[https://removalvan.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/pantechnicon_issue_eight.pdf Pantechnicon Issue Eight]</ref> He drew heavily from his rejected [[BBC Books]] novel proposals, saying "the entire plot of one outline is embedded in there somewhere, while a lot of the background for another became a major part of the Faction universe."<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/author-author-dom-t914-s10.html#p5756 Author! Author! DOM]</ref> The planet [[Lethe (The Parliament of Rats)|Lethe]], mentioned in the entry for the [[Lethean Campaign]], previously appeared in his Doctor Who short story ''[[The Parliament of Rats (short story)|The Parliament of Rats]]'', itself a scene from a BBC novel proposal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061213205116/http://www.gallifreyone.com:80/interview.php?id=omahony O'Mahony Gallifrey One Interview]</ref> He would later use [[babel]]s, [[Thessalia]], and the [[Order of the Weal]] in his novel ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]''. 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> | * [[Daniel O'Mahony]] was narrowly in third place for words written for the book. He wrote far more for ''The Book of the War'' than ended up in the final draft, and Bucher-Jones only overtook him in the final edit.<ref>[https://removalvan.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/pantechnicon_issue_eight.pdf Pantechnicon Issue Eight]</ref> He drew heavily from his rejected [[BBC Books]] novel proposals, saying "the entire plot of one outline is embedded in there somewhere, while a lot of the background for another became a major part of the Faction universe."<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/author-author-dom-t914-s10.html#p5756 Author! Author! DOM]</ref> The planet [[Lethe (The Parliament of Rats)|Lethe]], mentioned in the entry for the [[Lethean Campaign]], previously appeared in his Doctor Who short story ''[[The Parliament of Rats (short story)|The Parliament of Rats]]'', itself a scene from a BBC novel proposal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061213205116/http://www.gallifreyone.com:80/interview.php?id=omahony O'Mahony Gallifrey One Interview]</ref> He would later use [[babel]]s, [[Thessalia]], and the [[Order of the Weal]] in his novel ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]''. 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 ''Schrödinger's Botanist'' for the 1998 [[charity publications|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 ''Schrödinger's Botanist'' for the 1998 [[charity publications|charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing''. The related entries were co-written with [[Mad Norwegian Press]] CEO [[Lars Pearson]].<ref name="BotW Question" /> He also contributed to the entry for [[the War King]], including the detail of the unfolded [[hypercube]] on his desk, which was intended as a link to one of his other entries, which was ultimately rejected.<ref>[http://big-finish-sketches.tumblr.com/post/177895970788/id-a-facebook-post-by-ian-mcintire-which-says-i A Facebook post by Ian McIntire]</ref> | ||
* [[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]]''. | * [[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]],<ref name="SWWW">[http://www.infinitarian.com/botwswww.html "So, Who Wrote What?"]</ref> which he had developed for his ultimately-unproduced ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' novel ''[[Iris Wildthyme in the City of the Saved (novel)|Iris Wildthyme in the City of the Saved]]''.<ref name="iriscity" /> He would later revisit the City in his novel ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' and in [[Obverse Books]]' [[The City of the Saved (series)|''City of the Saved'' anthology series]]. 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" /> | * [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] wrote the articles concerning the [[City of the Saved]],<ref name="SWWW">[http://www.infinitarian.com/botwswww.html "So, Who Wrote What?"]</ref> which he had developed for his ultimately-unproduced ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' novel ''[[Iris Wildthyme in the City of the Saved (novel)|Iris Wildthyme in the City of the Saved]]''.<ref name="iriscity" /> He would later revisit the City in his novel ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' and in [[Obverse Books]]' [[The City of the Saved (series)|''City of the Saved'' anthology series]]. 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" /> | ||
