Neal Stephenson on Reamde
Neal Stephenson is the author of the three-volume historical epic “The Baroque Cycle” (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) and the novels Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac. Reamde, a 1,000-page thriller that takes us into the strange universe of online gaming, not to mention the worlds of Chinese hackers, Russian mobsters and a menacing Welsh jihadist. In this uncut interview, Steve Paulson talks with Stephenson about the gaming world, what it means to be a science fiction writer and how different conceptions of time have shaped Stephenson’s own method of writing his novels." Read on
China Miéville - Embassytown
Miéville´s new novel is called "Embassytown." It features aliens that speak a strange language in a strange way -- with two voices simultaneously. Miéville spoke with Anne Strainchamps about "Embassytown." Read on
Jonathan Lethem on Philip K. Dick
Jonathan Lethem is the author of several novels and was editor of the Library of America’s 3-volume boxed set “The Philip K. Dick Collection.” Jim Fleming talks with Lethem about Dick whom Lethem calls “science fiction’s Lenny Bruce.” Read on