Sunday, December 18, 2011

Neal Stephenson talking about REAMDE

Neal Stephenson is a writing hero of mine - who else can right a gripping, 200 page long gunfight?

No one, that's who.

And a couple of months ago I persuaded CBC Books to let me interview Neal about his latest novel, Reamde.

In short, this novel is about what happens when billionaire gaming executives, Chinese hackers and the Russian mob, as well as a few jihadists, collide over a simple little computer virus.

Or - GUNS, VIOLENCE, POT SMUGGLING, ESCAPING CHINA, GOLD FARMING, WORLD BUILDING and CRAZY FANTASY WRITERS!
(Whoa, a little upper case crazy but I HAVEN'T POSTED IN MONTHS!)

I also touch on his online co-authored book - the Mongoliad.

If you have read Neal Stephenson, than you know why he is awesome.
If you haven't, GO READ HIM!

Here's the interview (ps. the Strombo blog liked it.)
Also check out Neal's site.