08-04-14:A 2014 Interview with Alastair Reynolds, Parts 1, 2 and 3
Click image for audio link.
"...the first book was going to contain about a hundred years of implicit future history..."
—Alastair Reynolds
In order to have a hope in hell of getting this post up before I have to leave the hotel, I'm going to keep it short. I'm a lucky guy. I traveled to Wales and had the chance to k=hke in the hills with Alastair Reynolds, then sit down to talk with him about his three latest books; first up was 'Blue Remembered Earth.'
I'm an outlier in the hardcore world of science fiction. I read a fair share of sold SF genre work, but much outside the genre as well. Circumstances and habit work to keep my reading omnivorous. For my money, Reynolds is easily of the best Sf writers, indeed writers of any genre, out there. He has a fine sensibility for detailed characters and prose, a smart mind for science that offers the sense of wonder without compromising the common sense, and the good sense to write an involving, fast-paced novel. I particularly like that he seems to chafe against popular sensibilities. When all the world wants dystopia, Reynolds offers its polar opposite — compromised. To my mind, he's a superstar writer who deserves banner notice whenever he chooes to write.
08-21-15: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Senator Claire McCaskill is 'Plenty Ladylike' : Internalizing Determination to Overcome Sexism [Incudes Time to Read EP 211: Claire McCaskill, Plenty Ladylike, plus A 2015 Interview with Senator Claire McCaskill]
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Emily Schultz Unleashes 'The Blondes' : A Cure by Color [Incudes Time to Read EP 210: Emily Schultz, The Blondes, plus A 2015 Interview with Emily Schultz]
07-05-15: Commentary : Dr. Michael Gazzaniga Tells Tales from Both Sides of the Brain : A Life in Neuroscience Reveals the Life of Science
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Michael Gazzaniga : "We made the first observation and BAM there was the disconnection effect..."
04-21-15: Commentary : Kazuo Ishiguro Unearths 'The Buried Giant' : The Mist of Myth and Memory
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro : ".... by the time I was writing this novel, the lines between what was fantasy and what was real had blurred for me..."
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Marc Goodman : "...every physical object around us is being transformed, one way or another, into an information technology..."
Agony Column Podcast News Report UPDATE: Time to Read Episode 199: Marc Goodman : Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
