Let’s say, for the sake of a listicle, 9 influences. So how does this apply to The Sightless City? It doesn’t, The Sightless City is a work entirely unique, made whole cloth, without any influences from anything else. Ideas are brought up in one piece, expanded in another, challenged by a third, and revolutionized by a fourth That’s how human expression works, no song is truly a solo, everything is built upon past work and past generations. And yet there is a truth underlying the quote, which is that art is invariably inspired by other art. We’ve all seen ads for “The Transmorphers,” or “The Amazingly Spidered Boy,” we know that just stealing another idea is crap, and produces crap. In its most literal sense its wrong, obviously. Now is this quote true? Eh, kinda sort of maybe yes, but also no. I know, because I stole this idea from a 2016 video essay from Superbunnyhop. This is a great quote to start off an article about inspiration. “Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
Top 9 Books/Games/Fictional Universes I Was Inspired By/Gleefully Purloined From When Writing The Sightless City. But the further he gets, the larger the target on his back becomes, and it's not long before Marcel has to ask himself how much and how many he's willing to sacrifice to get to the truth.
Now, Marcel is more determined than ever to discover who's pulling the strings to this sinister plot. However, that naïve idea comes to a crashing end when he takes on a new case that quickly shatters his world view.Ī trail of evidence points to someone in Marcel's inner circle who's using him as a pawn to conduct grisly experiments-experiments that could lead to genocide. Those are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to actions some will take to protect their interests in æther-oil, the coveted substance that fuels the city of Huile.Īs both veteran and private investigator, Marcel Talwar knows this firsthand, and he likes to think he'd never participate in such things. Published by Tiny Fox Press on July 20, 2021 OctoMichelle Book Briefs Blog Tours, Giveaways, Guest Post 4 The Sightless City by Noah Lemelson
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