Why Project Hail Mary is awesome and other sci-fi nuggets – Interview with Andy Weir

Andy Weir spent over two decades as a software engineer before publishing the wildly popular novel The Martian which also came out as a movie starring Matt Damon. He also released Artemis, another successful novel, and has just released a new novel about a galaxy threatening danger. We spoke about the novel, Andy’s previous works, and his approach to science fiction and writing.  Project Hail Mary (Ballantine Books, 2021)

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Why Murderbot is tough to write and other sci-fi secrets – Interview with Martha Wells

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Why Murderbot is tough to write and other sci-fi secrets – Interview with Martha Wells

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Martha Wells has written many fantasy and sci-fi novels, short fiction and novellas. She’s also written Star Wars and Stargate novels as well as worked on Magic:The Gathering. She has won Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards for her work. She recently released a new Murderbot novella and we spoke about the novella, Murderbot, her other works, and her inspirations. Fugitive Telemetry (Tordotcom, 2021)

0:54 – Martha talks about how she chooses the idea to write.

1:49 – Martha talks about being excited by her stories and writing.

3:05 – Martha talks about what parts of the story she wants to be engaged by.

3:37 – Martha talks about the Murderbot series and Murderbot.

6:42 – Martha talks about he chooses between writing a novel versus a novella.

8:22 – Martha talks about writing novellas.

9:24 – Martha talks about the difficulty in writing science fiction with new technology

11:43 – Martha talks about her inspirations.

14:53 – Martha talks about her interest in true crime and

16:45 – Martha talks about her previous mystery novels.

18:24 – Martha talks about the aesthetic of the book.

19:31 – Martha talks about sci-fi mysteries and noir.

21:10 – Martha talks about enjoying archaeology.

22:20 – Martha talks about enjoying revision.

23:51- Martha talks about her writing routine.

25:25 – Martha talks about her cats.

25:44 – Martha talks about how her writing process has changed over time.

28:31 – Martha talks about attending conventions.

32:13 – Martha talks about meeting celebrities at cons.

33:22 – Martha talks about how busy authors can be.

34:35 – Martha talks about having been a gamer.

36:00 – Martha talks about the video games she enjoyed.

36:55 – Martha talks about world-building.

37:58 – Martha talks about the Murderbot character.

40:16 – Martha talks about the future of Murderbot.

41:27 – Martha talks about her writing output.

42:10 – Martha talks about sci-fi versus fantasy.

43:10 – Martha talks about fantasy writing.

44:42 – Martha talks about her favorite character to write.

45:56 – Martha talks about enjoying Star Trek, Godzilla, and other things when she was young.

47:09 – Martha talks about writing Stargate and Star Wars novels.

48:43 – Martha talks about working on Magic: The Gathering.

49:16 – Martha talks about writing for other properties.

51:48 – Martha talks about promoting books.

52:51- Martha talks about her earlier works.

53:29 – Martha talks about how she was able to write for Stargate and Star Wars.

55:08 – Martha talks about the contracts for Murderbot.

56:40 – Martha can be found at marthawells.com and on twitter @marthawells1 and on marthawells.dreamwidth.org

Links of interest

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https://publishing.tor.com/fugitivetelemetry-marthawells/9781250765376/

http://marthawells.com/

https://twitter.com/marthawells1

http://marthawells.dreamwidth.org

Contact Information

For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

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Host: Cris Alvarez

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Today in Literary and Art History: May 10

Today in Literary and Art History: May 10

May 10 1604 – French dramatist Jean Mairet born https://amzn.to/3hkne39
May 10 1760 – German writer Johann Peter Hebel born https://amzn.to/3tyn0b9
May 10 1876 – Slovene writer Ivan Cankar born https://amzn.to/3o5AYju
May 10 1888 – Prolific film composer Max Steiner born https://amzn.to/3o4EBpV
May 10 1900 – Cartoonist V.T. Hamlin born https://amzn.to/3ewpnH8
May 10 1905 – Puerto Rican comic artist Alex Shomburg born https://amzn.to/2RDshRu
May 10 1915 – English author Monica Dickens born https://amzn.to/3uAnnU7
May 10 1925 – Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida born https://amzn.to/3hep2KW
May 10 1933 – Nazi book burning campaign in Berlin begins https://amzn.to/2RH3RGC
May 10 1944 – American author Judith McNaught born https://amzn.to/2RE17Kq
May 10 1953 – American children’s book author Christopher Paul Curtis born https://amzn.to/3hc4cvT
May 10 1973 – American author Tana French born https://amzn.to/3hcdZSE

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