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Alex: Science and evolution feature in a number of your books. Why is this? Robert: To me, evolution and the scientific vision of the world are perennially fascinating ideas. They take the long view. They tell us that what seems fixed and stable has changed over time. "All things flow," as Heraclitus said. That's the thematic heart and soul of science fiction, as far as I'm concerned. (...) Alex: Can you talk about what you’re working on now, and what your next book is? Robert: I've contracted to write three stand-alone novels: Burning Paradise, The Affinities, and The Last Year.. Of these, Burning Paradise is three-quarters finished and I should be able to hand it in early in 2012. It takes place in an alternate history in which the twentieth century has been uniquely peaceful and prosperous -- for a rather troubling reason. |