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Exclusive Interview: “Drunk On All Your Strange New Words” Author Eddie Robson

 

In science fiction, communication between alien races often comes courtesy of a universal translator, which instantly converts one person’s language into another’s. But what if communication has certain unintended consequences…like, say, getting the recipient drunk? Handy for parties; a problem for work. But in writer Eddie Robson’s science fiction mystery novel Drunk On All Your Strange New Words (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), getting hammered on language isn’t the biggest problem for Lydia, the cultural attaché for an alien diplomat. In the following email interview, Robson explains what inspired and influenced this sci-fi story.

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Exclusive Interview: “Six Wakes” Author Mur Lafferty

 

While human cloning hasn’t been perfected, yet, it’s still a controversial topic that’s inspired moral, ethical, and spiritual debates. But all of these discussions have been about whether human cloning should or should not be allowed, not what happens when it does. It’s those latter kinds of questions that inspired aspects of Mur Laffery’s new sci-fi murder mystery novel Six Wakes (paperback, digital, audiobook), as you’ll see in the following interview.