I’d already written the “Halo” trilogy, but that was set 100,000 years ago. I started writing this while looking back at a lot of classic military science fiction like “Starship Troopers” and “The Forever War,” all these different approaches to wars in space. I taught a class about World War II from the Japanese theater perspective in the 1980s. I was fascinated by the whole culture, the attitudes, that kind of stuff. A lot of them were in my family or extended family. Q: What got you started on the “War Dogs” trilogy?Ī: Since I was a Navy brat, I got to hang around with a lot of people who were Marines, Navy officers, pilots. We also joined the film club at Crawford High to make a science fiction movie. There was this whole crew of people who loved to get together and talk about science fiction. I had another friend named Scott Shaw who I first met at Horace Mann Junior High School. I had a friend named David Clark who went to the same high school. Q: In what ways did your time in San Diego shape you as a writer?Ī: San Diego was an interesting mixing pot for strange young men and women who love science fiction. That confirmed my love of all things science fiction. ![]() That thing came out of my bedroom wall that night and threatened to eat me. It had a monster from Venus that doubled in size every day. My dad liked scary movies, and he took me to see things like “King Kong.” In the Philippines, I got to see “20 Million Miles to Earth,” which was a Ray Harryhausen movie. Q: Where did you get your interest in science fiction? Were there books around the house or did you pick it up somewhere else?Ī: I probably got it around the house. ![]() I did giant robots and all sorts of stuff back then.
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