{"id":6680,"date":"2015-01-16T16:56:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T16:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/?p=6680"},"modified":"2015-01-16T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T16:56:59","slug":"a-brief-qa-about-the-new-dakota-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/a-brief-qa-about-the-new-dakota-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Q&A About the New Dakota Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ATSTF\"<\/a>Is any of A Truth Stranger Than Fic\u00adtion<\/i> based in real\u00adi\u00adty?<\/b><\/p>\n

Absolute\u00adly. With\u00adout giv\u00ading any spoil\u00aders, I can tell you that the heart of the mys\u00adtery in A Truth Stranger Than Fic\u00adtion<\/i><\/a> involves a high\u00adly con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial cur\u00adrent issue\u2014an issue that is inex\u00adtri\u00adca\u00adbly inter\u00adtwined with the Earth\u00ad\u2019s future. The nov\u00adel also deals with cor\u00adpo\u00adrate prof\u00adi\u00adteer\u00ading, cor\u00adpo\u00adrate-gov\u00adern\u00adment col\u00adlu\u00adsion, and espi\u00adonage.<\/p>\n

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One Ama\u00adzon review\u00ader calls A Truth Stranger Than Fic\u00adtion<\/i> \u201cnon-Nean\u00adderthal noir.\u201d What does this mean?<\/b><\/p>\n

I think that cus\u00adtomer review\u00ader picked up on one of the things I\u2019ve tried to do with the entire Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series, which is this: to use ele\u00adments of the old noir detec\u00adtive voice, includ\u00ading rich metaphors and fun turns of phrase, but to leave out the misog\u00ady\u00adnis\u00adtic and gra\u00adtu\u00aditous\u00adly vio\u00adlent ele\u00adments.<\/p>\n

\"TSTF_Enhanced_20\"Yes, Dako\u00adta is attrac\u00adtive to women, and yes, he finds them attrac\u00adtive, but he does\u00adn\u2019t view women as objects. He tru\u00adly loves, admires and respects women (i.e., his asso\u00adciate, Svet\u00adlana, is accom\u00adplished in her own right as a chess grand\u00admas\u00adter). All of the female char\u00adac\u00adters in the books, while they might be sexy in some way, are also smart, wit\u00adty and great at what\u00adev\u00ader they do.<\/p>\n

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\"TSTF_Enhanced_45\"But in the series, Dako\u00adta is not just pre\u00adsent\u00aded as \u201cattrac\u00adtive to women\u201d; he\u2019s very<\/i> attrac\u00adtive to women\u2014on par with James Bond. How real\u00adis\u00adtic is this?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit that men as attrac\u00adtive to women as Dako\u00adta are rare, but they are<\/i> out there. I went to col\u00adlege with two guys like him: Matt O. and Steve B. I won\u2019t men\u00adtion their last names because I don\u2019t want to intrude on their pri\u00adva\u00adcy, but I can tell you that their appeal to women was leg\u00adendary.
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Buy the Kin\u00addle Ebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy the Print Book<\/a><\/p>\n

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