User talk:Striped Kramer

Hi, I confess I haven't read the "how tos" yet but I am almost finishied with Obsidian Chamber and it struck me that in Crimson Shore, IIRC, Constance was terrified of the water, couldn't swim. So how on earth did she turn out being able to swim so well after being back at Riverside Drive for just a few days before going below and then to Florida? !21:12, August 25, 2017 (UTC)NoseinaBook (talk)

Hi there! You are absolutely correct; this rather glaring oversight was one of several common criticisms of the Obsidian Chamber. To my knowledge, there has been no definitive answer other than the old fallback of "literary license," which may be considered authorspeak for "yeah, we forgot about that." Striped Kramer (talk) 16:55, September 27, 2017 (UTC)

On the page for Old Bones the following, "Within the combined chronological timeline of the books, Old Bones takes place almost four years after Crooked River. "

What is this chronological timeline you are refering to? Does it include the Gideon Crew books as well as The Ice Limit? Thunderhead? Mount Dragon? I've been trying to organize these books into a cohesive timeline since I read Beyond the Ice limit.

ExarKunLives (talk) 15:48, March 10, 2020 (UTC)

Hi there! I've organized a timeline of just over eleven years (from Relic to Crooked River) for the Pendergast series based on references made between the books. It's constantly shifting as a whole, obviously—and by that, I simply mean every once in a while, they mention a year, which moves everything forward—but internally, it is remarkably consistent, with the single exception being the beginning of Nora Kelly's employment with the New York Museum of Natural History.

It includes the Gideon Crew books, which are spread out over a year between Two Graves and Blue Labyrinth, along with The Ice Limit, Old Bones and Thunderhead, but not Mount Dragon or Riptide, as there are only vague references to those two in other books—nowhere near enough to establish a time period. Striped Kramer (talk) 09:59, March 11, 2020 (UTC)

Could I possibly get a copy of it? and it does have the 5 years between Ice limit and Beyond the Ice Limit? ExarKunLives (talk) 13:38, March 11, 2020 (UTC)



Striped Kramer (talk) 16:02, March 11, 2020 (UTC)

So it appears that my cobbled together timeline matches up for the most part with yours, However I wedge Mount Dragon into the timeline based on it's publication date being between Relic and Reliquary. Unlike Riptide, Mount dragon has a Character Connection: Mime. I leave Riptide out because there is no Character crossover. Thank you for sharing that BTW. Where would you place Extraction? ExarKunLives (talk) 16:34, March 11, 2020 (UTC)

The Nora Kelly Series
Old Bones should be book 2 of The Nora Kelly Series. With Thunderhead being the first. Thunderhead is ALL her characters story. ExarKunLives (talk)

Definitely thought about that, but ultimately it came down to it really being a Nora Kelly/Corrie Swanson series. I think the Scorpion's Tail page and the home page already reflect that, but I somehow missed the Old Bones page—sorry about that. And apparently the category title, too. Yikes. Time to do some cleanup. Striped Kramer (talk) 16:16, 11 October 2020 (UTC)