David Wellington interview about his science fiction novel “The Last Astronaut” (Orbit, 2019)

David Wellington interview about his science fiction novel “The Last Astronaut”

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Interview Timeline

David Wellington has been writing fantasy for years [and] before turning his hand to science fiction. His latest novel The Last Astronaut is a look at horror in deep space. The book was nominated for the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke award and we spoke about the story, about horror and sci-fi, and about writing in general.

0:33 – Dave talks about why he wrote this book. he talks about being a huge monster fan.

3:34 – Dave talks about The Last Astronaut being hard sci-fi and being as scientifically accurate as possible.

5:28 – Dave talks about how he got interested in science fiction.

7:37 – Dave talks about the details of the novel and what it’s about.

10:12 – Dave talks about the research he did for the book and how much he has followed NASA’s work.

14:51 – Dave talks about what most surprised him when he interviewed two astronauts.

17:29 – Dave talks about a commercial space company in his book.

18:18 – Dave talks about the horror aspect of his novel.

20:53 – Dave talks about his horror inspirations.

24:56 – Dave talks about Predator as sci-fi and horror.

26:31 – Dave talks about humanoid versus weird monsters.

28:42 – Dave talks about the fantasy novels he enjoys.

31:30 – Dave talks about not listening to music while writing.

33:45 – Dave talks about the book having a synth-wave soundtrack.

36:56 – Dave talks about having worked as a data entry temp with the United Nations.

39:46 – Dave talks about having re-written Last Astronaut from scratch six times.

44:41 – Dave talks about having wanted to be in space when he was young. he also discusses the space shuttle tragedies.

48:17 – Dave talks about how his main character suffers from not having been able to go to Mars.

49:49 – Dave talks about recently finishing a horror novel.

54:00 – Dave talks about writers who are able to make money and tie-in writers.

55:37 – Dave can be found at davidwellington.net and on twitter @lasttrilobite and contactmonster@hotmail.com

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/35vVtyQ

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-wellington/the-last-astronaut/9780316419550/

https://davidwellington.net/

https://twitter.com/lasttrilobite?lang=en

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Guests: David Wellington

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Orbit, science fiction, fiction, Clarke award,

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