On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:11 PM, J. Buck Caldwell <
webmaster@glencook.org> wrote:
Steve Harris wrote:
> But I still haven't the foggiest where the name TunFaire comes from.
>
>
Glen told me that most of the names in his books (not just Garrett) come
from Interstate exit signs - such as "the Imperial Kimmswick", the ship
Garrett was stationed on in the Marines, is a pair of small towns south
of St. Louis; Nooney Krombach, the long-ago evil dwarf wizard from Dread
Brass Shadows, is actually a Real Estate company in St. Louis. I've
spotted more and keep forgetting them.
The Hill, in this case, is more like Ladue, I think. And yes, they have
their own private security (in addition to the Ladue Police Dept) that
is just as bad as the Hill security goons :P
Don't forget, we also have the Docks area on the north side - which
burned to the ground way back in the Great Fire, but still. The
description of that area in Angry Lead Skies really fit with the
waterfront area of the near-north-side.
In the interview I did with him (on http://www.glencook.com), he admits
that TunFaire is mostly based on St. Louis, scaled down and a little
muddled. I'm guessing the Bledsoe is inspired by the old Missouri State
Hospital (for the criminally insane) - I've been inside it, and yeah, it
fits.(no, I was not an inmate :p)
-Buckaroo