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Where to find Yuval Kordov: 

Goodreads: 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/784585.Yuval_Kordov

Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/Hand-God-Dark-Legacies-Book-ebook/dp/B0BVGV912D/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1690132405&refinements=p_27%3AYuval+Kordov&s=books&sr=1-1

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About this episode:

Frank sit’s down with author Yuval Kordov “The Hand of God” a Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religious, Mystery, and Thriller. Together to two discuss Kordov’s background, his inspiration, where ideas come from, and tumble around in the weeds of his novel. 

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Time Stamps 

00:00:30 Intro

00:01:15 Show Notes links to “The Hand of God” 

00:02:23 SPOILER ALERTS 

00:04:35 Yuval’s childhood growing up

00:05:30 The influence of RPGs 

00:08:37 Special quality, & community of RPGs 

00:10:24 Story aspect in gaming

00:11:28 quote from a game, “What can change the nature of a man?” 

00:14:05 RPGs & Tabletop experiences 

00:15:11 Books growing up? 

00:17:33 What event influenced Yuval’s intellectual development? 

00:21:24 The impact of movies upon us 

00:26:23 Dark Legacies 

00:30:05 Using material from Dark Legacies in his writing

00:32:54 Following your curiosities: Legos and the payoff 

00:34:30 Video shot of Yuval’s Lego workshop 

00:56:40 Prologue in “The Hand of God” 

01:00:07 Timeline in “The Hand of God” 

01:05:00 Where did imagery come from? 

01:07:44 Whither the poor Jax? 

01:08:36 Political structure of Bastion 

01:15:35 Eastern Orthodoxy and Numerology in “The Hand of God” 

01:19:51 No explicit proof of existence of God and other themes in his novel

01:25:10 Yuval’s experience of Insomnia as an inspiration and realism for his writing

01:28:25 Suffering hones the craft of writing 

01:36:28 Yuval’s AI in the story: Does it have a soul?