We all know sodas aren’t good for us…we just don’t care. But maybe we would if, like the soda in Lee Matthew Goldberg’s new dystopian sci-fi thriller Orange City (paperback, Kindle), the soda was instantly addictive and caused unpredictable mood swings as well as the unfortunate ability to perceive things as they really are. Though as he reveals in the following email interview about it, addictive carbonated beverages aren’t the oddest thing about this story.