Commenting randomly...
"Neverwhere" is indeed highly recommended; I like it rather more than "American Gods", and agree that it would make a better setting for a Step than would the other, both for general reasons and for the slightly more open-ended nature of the ending as best I recall it.
I'd thought I'd read "Pyramid Scheme" from the Library, but looking at my locally-archived copy I'm not sure I have yet - wait, a bell just rung; I remember it now, but I don't think I ever finished it, though I forget why I stopped reading. I loved "The Philosophical Strangler" (also available through the Library), though, and eagerly look forwards to getting my hands on the sequel and any following; it would certainly be an *interesting* place for Doug to end up, although getting a sufficient handle on the universe to write it well would be quite a trick.
I'm not sure what Doug might do in the world of the Belgariad and Malloreon; the only interest I see there offhand is his response to that take on gods (and how would Errand/Eriond show up on magesight, before the end of the series?) Likewise for the Elenium and Tamuli, though I'll admit I'd like to see how he'd get along with Aphrael, or for that matter with Bhelliom.
I ran across the Black Jewels trilogy in a bookstore a little bit back, but didn't have the money, and haven't been able to dig it out of the local library system; it looked interesting, though, despite my usual allergy to too much darkness in my fiction.
I'd *love* to see Doug in the Land - but I'd note that the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever end without resolving everything, and indeed with the strong implication that there *will* be a sequel; Stephen R. Donaldson hasn't gone back there since, much to my disappointment, but he's still writing and the possibility remains that he might decide to reopen the franchise. (I wonder if there might be anything interesting in putting Doug in the world of "Mordant's Need"? I don't really think so, but it's been a while since I read the series, and my memory is blurry...)
"Neverwhere" is indeed highly recommended; I like it rather more than "American Gods", and agree that it would make a better setting for a Step than would the other, both for general reasons and for the slightly more open-ended nature of the ending as best I recall it.
I'd thought I'd read "Pyramid Scheme" from the Library, but looking at my locally-archived copy I'm not sure I have yet - wait, a bell just rung; I remember it now, but I don't think I ever finished it, though I forget why I stopped reading. I loved "The Philosophical Strangler" (also available through the Library), though, and eagerly look forwards to getting my hands on the sequel and any following; it would certainly be an *interesting* place for Doug to end up, although getting a sufficient handle on the universe to write it well would be quite a trick.
Quote:That's "helix", actually. And no, they might not be comfortable working with him (though they might surprise you), but there's also the question of what *he*'d think of a society in which the only real government is a quasi-military organization whose every member can read minds and whose upper-echelon members can do considerably more than that? Sure, they're fundamentally incorruptible, but Doug wouldn't know that at first... and would probably have a hard time believing it in any case.
Doug would go nuts trying to understand the technology of the Lensmen world. "Okay, let's start over. What the hell's a 'Q-type vortex' again?" He's probably a bit too dark (of all things) for a Lensman to be comfortable working with him, though.
I'm not sure what Doug might do in the world of the Belgariad and Malloreon; the only interest I see there offhand is his response to that take on gods (and how would Errand/Eriond show up on magesight, before the end of the series?) Likewise for the Elenium and Tamuli, though I'll admit I'd like to see how he'd get along with Aphrael, or for that matter with Bhelliom.
I ran across the Black Jewels trilogy in a bookstore a little bit back, but didn't have the money, and haven't been able to dig it out of the local library system; it looked interesting, though, despite my usual allergy to too much darkness in my fiction.
I'd *love* to see Doug in the Land - but I'd note that the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever end without resolving everything, and indeed with the strong implication that there *will* be a sequel; Stephen R. Donaldson hasn't gone back there since, much to my disappointment, but he's still writing and the possibility remains that he might decide to reopen the franchise. (I wonder if there might be anything interesting in putting Doug in the world of "Mordant's Need"? I don't really think so, but it's been a while since I read the series, and my memory is blurry...)