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Originally Posted by williamjm  Unfortunately Powers tends to do a huge amount of historical research before writing his novels which probably makes it inevitable there is a large gap between the books. |
Why is that unfortunate? I like that he puts that effort into his research.
Incidentally, a few years ago I was in attendance a panel at LosCon where he was interviewed and when they opened the floor to questions, I asked him how he knew when he had done enough research. If I remember correctly, he said something to the effect that when he had been researching for a year, he knew that was enough. Anyway, it was time-related rather than related to the number of books read or the amount of notes taken.