Lavie Tidhar’s new sci-fi novel Neom (paperback, Kindle, audiobook) is set in the same fictional universe as his 2016 novel Central Station and a number of his short stories. Though as he explains in the following email interview, when it comes to enjoying — and understanding — Neom, Central Station is not required reading.
While surrealism works well in such visual mediums as painting and film, it’s a bit trickier to pull off in print, especially prose. But if anyone can pull it off, it’s writer Lavie Tidhar, who — in the following email interview — describes his new sci-fi / fantasy / what-have-you mash-up novel The Escapement (paperback, Kindle) in terms art critics might appreciate.