Sometimes it seems like it would all be easier if someone else sorted it all out. Especially these days when our problems seem so insurmountable. It’s a thought that writer Gareth L. Powell not only entertained, but is also exploring in his new cosmic horror-infused sci-fi space opera novel Stars And Bones (paperback, Kindle, audiobook). In the following email interview, Powell discusses where this idea took him, and how it’s going to require more than one story to complete that thought.
Given that they both write epic sci-fi space opera stories, you might think Peter F. Hamilton (of the Salvation Sequence Hamiltons) and Gareth L. Powell (of the Embers Of War Trilogy fortune) would be cordial at best and bitter rivals at worst. But once again, your cynical nature has gotten the best of you, because the two not only get along, they actually appreciate each other’s work enough that they decided to collaborate on (what else?) an epic sci-fi space opera story. In the following email interview, Peter and Gareth discuss their new novella Light Chaser (paperback, Kindle), as well as their mutual admiration society membership