![]() The final version still has plenty of magic and mayhem, but Anders found her story worked best when she stripped things down to just the two main characters, Patricia and Laurence. “And indeed, I put stuff in there until it broke.” ![]() “I was just like, ‘You know, I’m already writing a crazy book that is kind of a weird concept, why don’t I just see how much I can put in there before it breaks?'” she says. ![]() But Anders says that’s nothing compared to earlier drafts, which really went overboard on the pop culture elements. All the Birds in the Sky is that rare book that has both a wizard school and a doomsday device. By day Anders serves as editor in chief of sci-fi site io9, and her writing clearly reflects that immersion in geek culture. ![]()
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