Two quick things
* It’s not often you hear an old school literary science fiction reference on American TV but Bruce Bueno de Mesquita worked one in on Monday’s The Daily Show. What I love is that Stewart clearly knows who Bueno de Mesquita is talking about and why it matters.
* Question for y’all: If you could talk to a science fiction/fantasy writer, who would it be and what three questions would you ask them?
If you could talk to a science fiction/fantasy writer, who would it be and what three questions would you ask them?
What a strange question. It seems to imply that it's difficult to find SF/F writers and talk to them. I talk to SF/F writers all the time! So my three questions would probably be something like "How are you doing, how's the book coming, what would you like to get for dinner?".
As to question two, what Rose said, pretty much …
As to the Jon Stewart video, very nice — though I did know as soon as I saw the title of the book who the SF character he referenced would be!
It's not a strange question. I live outside the US and I have never seen a living SF/F writer (nor dead). Problem is I can't think of three questions, and the two writers I'd like to talk to at this time are J.G. Ballard and Thomas Disch–
To Ms. Fox and Mr. Horton, good for you. I'm envious.
To Ms. Martini, maybe this is the wrong place to ask that.