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INTERVIEW
WITH ERIC KNIGHT
6.
Have you ever played the games or seen the
Tomb Raider motion pics? What do you think?
Yes
and yes. First the movies. While I think
Angelina Jolie made a stunning Lara, they
veered too far into the James Bond template
with her rather than the Indiana Jones one.
She was too indestructible, like Bond, and
a little too much of a cocksure know-it-all,
again like Bond. In the Jones movies, the
audience follows Indy as he learns each
fact, makes mistakes, and improvises. Bond
always has information or a gadget to help
him out of difficulties; Indy prepares as
best he can, but ends up doing things by
the seat of his pants and I like the latter.
The games are a joy. As I mentioned above,
I like the mix of activities and the visuals.
This is just one fan's opinion, but I hope
for TR7 they make Lara the best looking-and-moving
character in video game history, and put
her in jaw-dropping environments. An occasional
gun battle is fine, but there are tons of
tactical games out there. I want gorgeous
scenery and sets for her to run, climb,
crawl, swing, and swim through.
7.
What are you working on atm?
I'm
trying to sell a high fantasy, my longest
work to date, and I think I'm close. I'm
also revising the fourth Vampire Earth novel,
drafting the fifth, and working on a pen-and-paper
Vampire Earth RPG that I'll be putting it
out myself on a shoestring budget. More
information about my work can be found at
my website, http://www.vampireearth.com
where you can do everything from learn about
VE history to read my blog.
8.
Which book are you reading atm?
Nonfiction
I'm reading a U.S. Civil War naval history.
In fiction I'm reading a book loaned from
a writer-scholar friend, H. Warner Munn's
The Lost Legion, a historical fiction about
a Roman Legion on a trek into central Asia.
Tomb Raider: The Lost Cult is available
from all good book stores priced $6.99 or
via mail order from online giant www.amazon.com
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