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Line 88: ==Notes== ==Notes== * ''Blood Avatar'' is an unusual BattleTech/MechWarrior novel, in that it does not feature [[BattleMech|'Mechs]] in battle, strictly focusing on the murder mystery and conspiracies in the setting's background instead. This is even acknowledged in the preface, where the author calls the novel an "experiment". (While the [[apocryphal]] German BattleTech novel ''[[Über dem Gesetz]]'', also published in 2005, is similarly focused on a murder mystery and high-level politics, it did feature at least one 'Mech battle.) * ''Blood Avatar'' is an unusual BattleTech/MechWarrior novel, in that it does not feature [[BattleMech|'Mechs]] in battle, strictly focusing on the murder mystery and conspiracies in the setting's background instead. This is even acknowledged in the preface, where the author calls the novel an "experiment". (While the [[apocryphal]] German BattleTech novel ''[[Über dem Gesetz]]'', also published in 2005, is similarly focused on a murder mystery and high-level politics, it did feature at least one 'Mech battle.) − * Another difference from much of BattleTech fiction is that the novel basically transplants an [[w:American Midwest|American Midwest]] setting to the [[BattleTech]] universe, by portraying the small town of Farway as an isolated backwater community with a society and tech level reminiscent of the twentieth century, largely eschewing the more advanced technologies that exist in the BattleTech setting. + * Another difference from much of BattleTech fiction is that the novel basically transplants an [[w:American Midwest|American Midwest]] setting to the [[BattleTech]] universe, by portraying the small town of Farway as an isolated backwater community with a society and tech level reminiscent of the 20th century, largely eschewing the more advanced technologies that exist in the BattleTech setting. * According to the author, the original manuscript was titled simply "Avatar", but [[Roc Books]] did not like that title; the author and Roc Books then independently of each other suggested to name it "Blood Avatar".<ref>According to a posting by Ilsa J. Bick (posting as "Recovering Shrink") in a thread about the book on the now-defunct [[BattleCorps]] forum</ref> * According to the author, the original manuscript was titled simply "Avatar", but [[Roc Books]] did not like that title; the author and Roc Books then independently of each other suggested to name it "Blood Avatar".<ref>According to a posting by Ilsa J. Bick (posting as "Recovering Shrink") in a thread about the book on the now-defunct [[BattleCorps]] forum</ref>
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* ''Blood Avatar'' is an unusual BattleTech/MechWarrior novel, in that it does not feature [[BattleMech|'Mechs]] in battle, strictly focusing on the murder mystery and conspiracies in the setting's background instead. This is even acknowledged in the preface, where the author calls the novel an "experiment". (While the [[apocryphal]] German BattleTech novel ''[[Über dem Gesetz]]'', also published in 2005, is similarly focused on a murder mystery and high-level politics, it did feature at least one 'Mech battle.) | * ''Blood Avatar'' is an unusual BattleTech/MechWarrior novel, in that it does not feature [[BattleMech|'Mechs]] in battle, strictly focusing on the murder mystery and conspiracies in the setting's background instead. This is even acknowledged in the preface, where the author calls the novel an "experiment". (While the [[apocryphal]] German BattleTech novel ''[[Über dem Gesetz]]'', also published in 2005, is similarly focused on a murder mystery and high-level politics, it did feature at least one 'Mech battle.) | ||
| − | * Another difference from much of BattleTech fiction is that the novel basically transplants an [[w:American Midwest|American Midwest]] setting to the [[BattleTech]] universe, by portraying the small town of Farway as an isolated backwater community with a society and tech level reminiscent of the | + | * Another difference from much of BattleTech fiction is that the novel basically transplants an [[w:American Midwest|American Midwest]] setting to the [[BattleTech]] universe, by portraying the small town of Farway as an isolated backwater community with a society and tech level reminiscent of the 20th century, largely eschewing the more advanced technologies that exist in the BattleTech setting. |
* According to the author, the original manuscript was titled simply "Avatar", but [[Roc Books]] did not like that title; the author and Roc Books then independently of each other suggested to name it "Blood Avatar".<ref>According to a posting by Ilsa J. Bick (posting as "Recovering Shrink") in a thread about the book on the now-defunct [[BattleCorps]] forum</ref> | * According to the author, the original manuscript was titled simply "Avatar", but [[Roc Books]] did not like that title; the author and Roc Books then independently of each other suggested to name it "Blood Avatar".<ref>According to a posting by Ilsa J. Bick (posting as "Recovering Shrink") in a thread about the book on the now-defunct [[BattleCorps]] forum</ref> | ||