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Scott Lynch

Fantasy author, The Lies of Locke Lamora

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Moderator-assigned “The Author” flair in r/gentlemanbastards

We retrieved 29 posts and 266 comments from u/scottlynch78, dated 2024 to 2026, most often in r/gentlemanbastards, r/Fantasy and r/thebrokenbindingsub.

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A redditor posted in r/gentlemanbastards

Is Gentleman Bastards heavily based off of Robin Hobb's Elderling series or am I losing my mind?

I tried looking it up, but doesn't seem like anyone's brought this point up before. Lore spoilers for both Gentleman Bastards and Elderling series below. Besides the obvious plot line similarities found in other stories, not just these two, such as: Main character starts the…

u/ScottLynch78 replied

Regal wasn't named after Prince Regal; he was based on a kitten I had at the time named Thor, as the joke was that Thor was a random goof who was anything but regal.

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A redditor posted in r/gentlemanbastards

[Red Seas] Is this a mistake?

When Locke and Jean come back to Tal Verrar after their journey at sea. When they go to the Sinspire and meet Selendri, she calls Jean "Valora" instead of "de Ferra". Valora is Jean's sailor name, Selendri/Requin are not supposed to know it. Neither Jean nor Locke seem to notice…

u/ScottLynch78 replied

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It's an author mistake, the guy has a certain glib recklessness to his earlier work that sometimes stretched the abilities of even the most nimble-witted copy editors. You should try to spot the bit where he puts a month in two different parts of the year, he's still trying to come up with some sort of plausible diegetic way to explain that one.

A redditor wrote in r/whatsthatbook

On “Horror anthology for younger readers that existed before 1990”

The Haunted Planet by DJ Arneson? Specifically, I think those are the stories The House On Pearl Street, Ghost Flight, and The Bridge.

u/ScottLynch78 replied

Oh my god, I think you nailed it. Three and a half decades of mystery solved. Thank you!