On the 30th Anniversary of the first publication of Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comes And Another Thing…, the sixth book of the series penned by “Artemis Fowl” novelist Eoin (pronounced Owen) Colfer. Colfer discusses his reluctance to take on the project and his hopes for the future of Hitchhiker’s.
Print Interviews
Winds of Dune Author Brian Herbert on Flipping the Myth of Jihad — An AMC Interview
Dune author Frank Herbert’s son discusses picking up his father’s threads in Winds of Dune, out this month, and his hopes for Peter Berg’s film adaptation of the saga.
The Druid King: An Interview with Norman Spinrad
I would like to thank Norman Spinrad for his time and patience in doing this interview. The Druid King is a fantastic historical novel and one well worth the cover price.
Slithering Through the Buffy Omnibus: An Interview with Alice Henderson
Alice is a fascinating individual. While earning her Bachelors degree at Webster University she studied the worldwide distribution of folkloric creatures such as lake serpents like Ogopogo, Bigfoot and the Chupacabra, topics near and dear to my heart. She went on to earn her Masters in Folklore from the University of Oregon, were she translated the Mabinogi. Who else do you know that can cuss in Medieval Welsh?
Snipe Hunting for Stewed Tomatoes: An Interview with Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett, or Terryho Pratchetta as they say in the Czech Republic, needs no introduction. If you haven’t heard of him, then good God where’ve you been? Terry’s sold millions of books over the years and I won’t bore you to tears with the numbers here but the sales statistics at least for the UK market are staggering. He’s even made the best sellers list on Pluto so saying you’ve never heard of him because you’re an alien who’s just arrived on Earth won’t cut the mustard or the cheese any longer.
The Rebel With A Clue: An Interview With Richard Calder
Roger Cardinal originally coined the term “outsider art” in 1972 to describe Jean Dubuffet’s eccentric but excellent work, but it should have been coined for Richard Calder. Richard has made a career of providing us with a super-surging, neuron burning, paradigm shift when it comes to ground-breaking genre fiction. Legendary genre writers like Michael Moorcock and Norman Spinrad have sung his praises on the public record and with good reason. Calder is a literary maverick.
Conjuring Omens in Autumn Twilight: An Interview with Storm Constantine
Storm Constantine is an imaginative and prolific writer. But don’t just take my word for it. Michael Moorcock hails her as a “goth rock and roll queen and a writer of fine literary fantasy” and Neil Gaiman stated that he “wouldn’t swap her for a dozen Anne Rices.” You can also keep Terry Pratchett as well, for my money no one can beat either Nalo Hopkinson or Storm Constantine for creative genius in the speculative fiction world.
Snipe Hunting With City Slickers on the Appalachian Trail: An Interview with Scott Nicholson
Every so often a genre writer comes along whose work just jumps out at me. Greg Bear is one, Neil Gaiman is one. Scott Nicholson is another. I was born in Appalachia and lived a decent amount of my life in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, so Scott’s work is near and dear to my heart. Growing up there, ghost stories were an almost nightly entertainment. My grandmother loved to spin a good yarn. Living in the mountains of North Carolina, Scott too, is a product of that environment.
