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White whale in the big smoke: How the geography of London inspired Moby-Dick
- pm24601 11y agoThanks, I love hearing the behind the scenes stories about the classics that we all thought we knew.
- arethuza 11y agoMaybe not quite in the same league, but I loved hearing how Iain M. Banks was influenced to write about really big spaceships by living in North Queensferry in Scotland where you are in the shadow of the Forth Bridge - which looks particularly spectacular from that angle. [Of course, Iain Banks did also write a novel influenced by the very same Bridge that includes a nearby city that features a a lot of volcanism].