With Earth Retrograde (paperback, Kindle), writer R.W.W. Greene is concluding The First Planets series he launched last year with Mercury Rising. In the following email interview, R. discusses what inspired and influenced this alt-history sci-fi series, how the two books connect, and why his main character isn’t named after a town in New Jersey.
When it comes to science fiction stories about generational space ships, we usually hear about the people who are taking the trip…and what a terrible time they’re having. But in his new sci-fi Western road trip novel Twenty-Five To Life (paperback, Kindle), writer R.W.W. Greene tells us about someone who stayed behind…and, uh, the terrible time they’re having. In the following email interview, Greene discusses what inspired and influenced this sci-fi story.
You never know when inspiration might strike. It could hit you at the least opportune moments, like, say, when you’re taking a shower after returning home from a sci-fi convention. Which is exactly where R.W.W. Greene first got the idea that grew into his sci-fi space opera novel The Light Years (paperback, Kindle). In the following email interview, Greene discusses what inspired and influenced this story, as well as what he’d like to see it adapted into.