Ten Little Aliens: 50th Anniversary Edition
“More than ten years have passed since I wrote Ten Little Aliens. I’ve written a lot of books since, so I suppose could be forgiven for having hazy memories. But I definitely recall the pitch in a nutshell was ‘Starship Troopers meets Agatha Christie’.
The Agatha Christie part was inspired by what else was happening in my professional life. For a few freelance months from 2000 to 2001, I was editor of a partwork magazine dedicated to Christie’s works; each issue came with a special edition of on...e of her books.
For me, while I’d seen all sorts of Christie adaptations, this was the first time I had actually read the originals. I had to get through an awful lot of crime novels very quickly; and as the magazine analysed many of the stories, so I found myself studying Christie’s style, the way she constructed her baffling crimes and their ingenious solutions. My favourite was her bestselling work, And Then There Were None – formerly known as Ten Little Indians – which I found genuinely creepy.MoreLess
The Agatha Christie part was inspired by what else was happening in my professional life. For a few freelance months from 2000 to 2001, I was editor of a partwork magazine dedicated to Christie’s works; each issue came with a special edition of on...e of her books.
For me, while I’d seen all sorts of Christie adaptations, this was the first time I had actually read the originals. I had to get through an awful lot of crime novels very quickly; and as the magazine analysed many of the stories, so I found myself studying Christie’s style, the way she constructed her baffling crimes and their ingenious solutions. My favourite was her bestselling work, And Then There Were None – formerly known as Ten Little Indians – which I found genuinely creepy.MoreLess
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