Friday, March 08, 2013
Lavie Tidhar sci fi writer, interviewed in the future:answers coming in 2044 AD
QUESTION ZERO: your family name TIDHAR is Hebrew name. What does it
mean in English.?
QUESTION ONE: You grew up on a kibbutz in Israel and have since lived
in South Africa, the UK, Vanuatu and Laos. You are currently resident
back in London. WHAT were you doing in all those places previously,
teaching, writing, travelling, researching? and what are you doing now
in LONDON as your day job?
2. The Apex Book of World SF, you were the editor of this. as you say,
The world of speculative fiction is expansive; it covers more than one
country, one continent, one culture. Collected are 16 stories penned
by authors from Thailand, the Philippines, China, Israel, Pakistan,
Serbia, Croatia, Malaysia, and other countries across the globe. Each
one tells a tale breathtakingly vast and varied, whether caught in the
ghosts of the past or entangled in a postmodern age.
HOW DID YOU FIND THESE 16 authors, by email or personal contact or how?
3. Who is the author from CHINA in the book and his or her name and
how did you find him or her and what title of their story? who
translated the story to English?
4 ''Among the spirits, technology, and deep recesses of the human
mind, stories abound. Kites sail to the stars, technology transcends
physics, and wheels cry out in the night. Memories come and go like
fading echoes and a train carries its passengers through more than
simple space and time. Dark and bright, beautiful and haunting, the
stories herein represent speculative fiction from a sampling of the
finest authors from around the world.'' What were a few of your
favorite stories in the anthiology and why and describe them a bit?
5.......part 2 was pbusliedh later. 16 new stories? who were among
your favotie atuhors in that colection and why, any titles stand out?
re part one was Published in September 2009 by Apex Books, in
paperback and e-book editions.
6. How did this story come to you? any stories to tell? re From S.P.
Somtow’s World Fantasy Award-winning “The Bird Catcher,” a restrained
horror tale of a young boy’s friendship with Thailand’s most infamous
human “monster,”
7. from CHINA, re “Wizard World,” Galaxy Award winner Yang Ping’s
story of high-tech gamers, transalted by who? where dooes yang Ping
live and what does he do in CHina?
8. Judith Curry notes that the term CLI FI is gaining currency these
days as a subgenre of SCI FI, books about climate issues. re CLIMATE
FICTION. any stories in either of the two antholoiges are CLI FI at
all? which ones?
9. the term CLI FI, are you familiar with it, do you like it, it is
descriptive or not such a good term? margaret Atwood coined the term
in 2011, but others have used it on blogs since 2004.
10. This literary window into the international world of imaginative
fiction, the first in a new series, parts 1 and 2 so far is sure to
appeal to adventurous sf fans and readers of fiction in translation. –
...Lib Jorunal said that. What has been the feedback so far from
readers worldwide? lots 0f emails or little personal feedfback to
you.? if lots, tell me.
11. for the book publication, was there a book tour or readigns or how
did you go about doing PR and promotion for these two anthos?
mean in English.?
QUESTION ONE: You grew up on a kibbutz in Israel and have since lived
in South Africa, the UK, Vanuatu and Laos. You are currently resident
back in London. WHAT were you doing in all those places previously,
teaching, writing, travelling, researching? and what are you doing now
in LONDON as your day job?
2. The Apex Book of World SF, you were the editor of this. as you say,
The world of speculative fiction is expansive; it covers more than one
country, one continent, one culture. Collected are 16 stories penned
by authors from Thailand, the Philippines, China, Israel, Pakistan,
Serbia, Croatia, Malaysia, and other countries across the globe. Each
one tells a tale breathtakingly vast and varied, whether caught in the
ghosts of the past or entangled in a postmodern age.
HOW DID YOU FIND THESE 16 authors, by email or personal contact or how?
3. Who is the author from CHINA in the book and his or her name and
how did you find him or her and what title of their story? who
translated the story to English?
4 ''Among the spirits, technology, and deep recesses of the human
mind, stories abound. Kites sail to the stars, technology transcends
physics, and wheels cry out in the night. Memories come and go like
fading echoes and a train carries its passengers through more than
simple space and time. Dark and bright, beautiful and haunting, the
stories herein represent speculative fiction from a sampling of the
finest authors from around the world.'' What were a few of your
favorite stories in the anthiology and why and describe them a bit?
5.......part 2 was pbusliedh later. 16 new stories? who were among
your favotie atuhors in that colection and why, any titles stand out?
re part one was Published in September 2009 by Apex Books, in
paperback and e-book editions.
6. How did this story come to you? any stories to tell? re From S.P.
Somtow’s World Fantasy Award-winning “The Bird Catcher,” a restrained
horror tale of a young boy’s friendship with Thailand’s most infamous
human “monster,”
7. from CHINA, re “Wizard World,” Galaxy Award winner Yang Ping’s
story of high-tech gamers, transalted by who? where dooes yang Ping
live and what does he do in CHina?
8. Judith Curry notes that the term CLI FI is gaining currency these
days as a subgenre of SCI FI, books about climate issues. re CLIMATE
FICTION. any stories in either of the two antholoiges are CLI FI at
all? which ones?
9. the term CLI FI, are you familiar with it, do you like it, it is
descriptive or not such a good term? margaret Atwood coined the term
in 2011, but others have used it on blogs since 2004.
10. This literary window into the international world of imaginative
fiction, the first in a new series, parts 1 and 2 so far is sure to
appeal to adventurous sf fans and readers of fiction in translation. –
...Lib Jorunal said that. What has been the feedback so far from
readers worldwide? lots 0f emails or little personal feedfback to
you.? if lots, tell me.
11. for the book publication, was there a book tour or readigns or how
did you go about doing PR and promotion for these two anthos?
