Minister Faust interviews Robert J. Sawyer
by Rob - May 3rd, 2009.Filed under: Canadian SF, Interviews, Wake.
Minister Faust — one of Canada’s leading SF writers (author of Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad from Del Rey), and a renowned Edmonton radio personality — interviews Robert J. Sawyer about Rob’s new novel Wake.
You can listen to the 14-minute interview, which was first heard on Edmonton’s CJSR Radio on April 24, 2009, right here.
Says Minister Faust in the introduction:
Robert J. Sawyer is a Canadian Michael Crichton, fascinated with how developments in science will affect present-day and day-after-tomorrow individuals and society. His breadth of comprehension of scientific ideas is astounding, and his deployment of that understanding in his fiction is always exciting, memorable, and debate-provoking.
Among the topics we discuss: the inclusiveness, and ethnic/cultural diversity, featured in my fiction; the challenge of writing a trilogy; my approach to high-level metaphors; and how I managed to capture the voice of a 15-year-old girl.
(And more about Wake is here.)
Update: Minister Faust also interviews Robert J. Sawyer in the 10 May 2009 Toronto Star.
The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site