It is a fact that scientists have deposited dye in certain lakes around Orlando and tracked the effluent to Florida Bay. There is a lake near Everglades City, Deep Lake, and large tarpon show up in that lake, 30 miles from the sea.

The Florida peninsula is, in fact, an emerging plateau, honeycombed with voids and vents, caves and underground waterways. Travelers on Interstate Highway I-75 have no idea that, beneath them, are cave labyrinths still being mapped by speleologists - 'cavers,' they prefer to be called.

My aunts still try to fatten me up.

In Salt Lake City, a lady said, 'There's a hurricane in Florida,' and I said, 'Oh, I'm glad I'm not going to Florida,' and I didn't think any more about it, ... I didn't have any idea that a hurricane was even approaching when I got there. I wasn't aware of it, not at all.

Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.

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