Phillip Black
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Jeremy Robert Johnson:
Hi, I started reading The Loop and enjoy it a lot so far...but the marketing with Stranger Things meets World War Z doesn´t really fit IMO ;-) I wonder if you ever watched the Australian Sci-Fi Horror Dead Kids or the Canadian Teen-Horror Disturbing Behaviour (and if you thought about any of these while writing the novel)?
Jeremy Robert Johnson
Hi, Phillip,
Thanks for checking out The Loop! I have not seen Dead Kids but it sounds cool! I do recall seeing Disturbing Behavior along time ago, and thinking it was heavily indebted to John Saul's novel Creature, but don't remember much beyond that. The Loop does have a super-heavy level of film influence though--there are obviously some nods to 28 Days Later, The Crazies, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, most of John Carpenter's filmography (esp. The Thing and Assault on Precinct 13), and on and on.
Best,
Jeremy
Thanks for checking out The Loop! I have not seen Dead Kids but it sounds cool! I do recall seeing Disturbing Behavior along time ago, and thinking it was heavily indebted to John Saul's novel Creature, but don't remember much beyond that. The Loop does have a super-heavy level of film influence though--there are obviously some nods to 28 Days Later, The Crazies, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, most of John Carpenter's filmography (esp. The Thing and Assault on Precinct 13), and on and on.
Best,
Jeremy
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So I've read ADA, WLIY, and SC, and loved them all. I have to say though, the story of your that haunted me the most was 'States Of Glass'. The story was very different from your style, but just as effective. What was your inspiration for that story? What made you go in that direction?
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Feb 08, 2022 12:30PM · flag