Comments on: Starting on a Farm http://www.petervbrett.com/2008/09/14/starting-on-a-farm/ Official Site of Peter V Brett, Author Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Peat http://www.petervbrett.com/2008/09/14/starting-on-a-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-2633 Peat Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:01:38 +0000 http://petervbrett.com/blog/2008/09/14/starting-on-a-farm/#comment-2633 Actually I was going more for Little House on the Prairie than 13th C. England, but it was definitely intentionally Western. I wanted to establish a comfort zone for readers before exploring the lifestyles of medieval Byzantium and deepest Africa. But if people keep buying books, I'll get there, don't fret. Actually I was going more for Little House on the Prairie than 13th C. England, but it was definitely intentionally Western. I wanted to establish a comfort zone for readers before exploring the lifestyles of medieval Byzantium and deepest Africa.

But if people keep buying books, I’ll get there, don’t fret.

]]> By: Myke http://www.petervbrett.com/2008/09/14/starting-on-a-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Myke Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:44:14 +0000 http://petervbrett.com/blog/2008/09/14/starting-on-a-farm/#comment-2632 Medieval society was as varied as modern society. Agrarian life as a Byzantine serf was entirely different from agrarian life as a Scandinavian thrall. It's important not to buy the Hollywood whitewash that the "Medieval World" was some kind of monolithic entity that looks precisely like an idealized 13th C. English countryside. Krasia solves this problem largely for your world, but if the series winds up as long as Wheel of Time or Shannarra, I certainly hope you have more of a chance to explore your options. Medieval society was as varied as modern society. Agrarian life as a Byzantine serf was entirely different from agrarian life as a Scandinavian thrall. It’s important not to buy the Hollywood whitewash that the “Medieval World” was some kind of monolithic entity that looks precisely like an idealized 13th C. English countryside.

Krasia solves this problem largely for your world, but if the series winds up as long as Wheel of Time or Shannarra, I certainly hope you have more of a chance to explore your options.

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