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Exclusive Interview: “Divided” Author C.C. Robinson

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date September 12, 2024
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People often talk about our current political and social situation as being dystopian and a time when we have never been more divided, ideologically-speaking.

But in C.C. Robinson’s The Divided Series, the world actually is dystopian, and the divisions are not just social and political, but physical as well.

In the following email interview, Robinson discusses the first installment of this dystopian Y.A. science fiction series, Divided (paperback, Kindle), as well as her plans for the other books.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Bound Worlds” Author Megan E. O’Keefe

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date July 2, 2024
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In most trilogies, the Big Bad is usually defeated in the third and final installment, while its impact is often left as an afterthought.

But in Megan E. O’Keefe’s The Devoured Worlds series, the central antagonist was [SPOILER ALERT] beaten in the second book, The Fractured Dark, which meant she could really delve into what happened next in the last book, The Bound Worlds (paperback, Kindle, audiobook).

In the following email interview, O’Keefe explains why she altered the trilogy formula, as well as what else inspired and influenced this horror- and dystopian-infused sci-fi space opera story.

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Exclusive Interview: “Briefly Very Beautiful” Author Roz Dineen

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date July 1, 2024
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In the following email interview, writer Roz Dineen talks about how her new sci-fi novel, Briefly Very Beautiful (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook) takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, but one in which people, “…take it for granted as a back-drop,” an idea she got from a classic show about a house.

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Exclusive Interview: “SIN:THETICA” Author Keith Anthony Baird

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date May 20, 2024
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While virtual reality doesn’t count as reality, yet, it someday might.

Which brings me to Keith Anthony Baird’s new dystopian / cyberpunk science fiction / urban fantasy novella SIN:THETICA (paperback, Kindle), in which a bounty hunter has to hunt his bounty in VR.

In the following email interview, Baird discusses what inspired and influenced this story.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Headmasters” Author Mark Morton

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date February 7, 2024
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Science fiction has often explored the subjects of slavery and servitude, and in unique ways.

In Mark Morton’s new novel The Headmasters (paperback, Kindle), some people have survived an apocalypse…only to find themselves enslaved by creatures who not only control their bodies, but their memories as well.

In the following email interview, Morton discusses what inspired and influenced this dystopian sci-fi story.

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Exclusive Interview: “Flight & Anchor” Author Nicole Kornher-Stace

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date June 14, 2023
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You know you’re onto something when you inject realistic aspects into your science fiction novel, and people complain that it hit, “too close to home.” Which is what happened to author Nicole Kornher-Stace when people got a hold of their dystopian sci-fi novel Firebreak. Which raises the question: What existential horrors await readers in the follow-up, Flight & Anchor (paperback, Kindle). You’ll just have to read the following email interview about it (or, well, the book itself) to find out.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Marigold” Author Andrew F. Sullivan

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date April 20, 2023
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Thanks to the massive popularity of The Last Of Us on HBO, it seems like mold is everywhere. But in the following email interview about his body horror, urban dystopia, and eco fiction novel The Marigold (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), in which a sentient mold is ruining Toronto, writer Andrew F. Sullivan explains why his story owes nothing to the video games that inspired HBO’s big hit.

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Exclusive Interview: “Moths” Author Jane Hennigan

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date April 10, 2023
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Usually, the only time we think a moth is dangerous is when we buy a new sweater. Or we have that dream in which we’re Godzilla. But in Jane Hennigan’s self-published 2021 dystopian post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel Moths, moths aren’t just a threat to comfy clothing and giant lizards, they’re a threat to men everywhere. With a new and slightly reworked version of Moths being released in paperback, Kindle, audiobook, I spoke with Hennigan about what originally inspired and influenced this novel, as well as her plans to continue this story.

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Exclusive Interview: “Seeds For The Swarm” Author Sim Kern

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date February 28, 2023
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Like a lot of people (but not nearly enough) writer Sim Kern is worried about our planet’s climate. And like a lot of people who are teachers (but not nearly enough of other people) Kern is trying to effect meaningful change by educating their students about this issue. Though they’re doing it not just through lectures and dioramas, but with Seeds For The Swam (paperback, Kindle), a young adult cli-fi sci-fi novel they hope students of all ages will find enlightening and entertaining.