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• davharris commented on Books I will not write, #2: Iron Sunrise Variations
  For those who hated the "Glasshouse" world within a world, it was only that - effectively staged. The "real" Glasshouse universe is, clearly, much more diverse, freer and weird - so another novel set in the Glasshouse universe would presumably be very, very different. For my part I enjoyed "Glasshouse" - not because the 1950s set up was in any way attractive but rather the opposite: because I was waiting to see where, and how, it would be blown apart....
• Charlie Stross commented on Books I will not write, #2: Iron Sunrise Variations
  Yes, I've considered it. However, (a) I have no children to beta-test it on (nor do most of my social circle have friends of an appropriate age), and (b) career structures in publishing being what they are, if I did one YA book, I'd probably be expected to move wholesale into the field. And adding another publishing track at this time is not on my to-do list. (Actually, I'd like to cut my output down to one book a year, plus a Laundry novel on top every 2-3 years, plus room for short fiction if I feel the urge. It's...
• Charlie Stross commented on Books I will not write, #2: Iron Sunrise Variations
  "Glasshouse" got started in a pub on a rainy Tuesday afternoon when I was bitching to a friend about how John Varley had puked up "Mammoth" instead of "Steeltown Blues" ... and suddenly a thought popped into my head: what if you applied the Stanford Prison Study protocol to a bunch of people out of Varley's Eight Worlds Universe, only randomized by gender role rather than prisoner/guard? Then I had to come up with a narrative hook to hang it on. (Add having read "The Female Eunuch" and "The Feminine Mystique" at an impressionable age and you can probably see...
• Charlie Stross commented on Books I will not write, #2: Iron Sunrise Variations
  That would be "Rule 34", due out next July....
• Charlie Stross commented on Books I will not write, #2: Iron Sunrise Variations
  Tim, see the "FAQ: Fan Fiction" linked to from the sidebar....