des nouvelles de Jamil Nasir

[jerome]

Jamil Nasir a publié en 2008 le roman The Houses of Time. En France, on avait pu lire deux romans de lui il y a quelques années.

Il y a une interview de lui ici

Je mets deux extraits.

Le premier sur ses débuts.
"How did you first get acquainted with science fiction?
Jamil Nasir : My reading as a child was eclectic; I was in school in Jordan at the time, and there were no books prescribed for me or proscribed to me. My parents left me to my own devices as far as reading was concerned. So I had no preconceptions, and no idea of what books were supposed to be respectable or otherwise. My mother bought me a copy of The Lord of the Rings when I was 11; at about the same time I read Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. A couple of years later, when I found Philip K. Dick, I was hooked. To me it just seemed that these books were naturally superior, and it turned out also that they were science fiction and fantasy. That was kind of something I discovered later."


Le second sur un sujet qui est déjà bien débattu ici :
"In your opinion, how is the Internet changing the publishing industry?
Jamil Nasir : In both good and bad ways. The good: because of electronic distribution via the internet, writers are increasingly independent of agents, editors, publishers, distributors, and booksellers in getting their work to the public. The bad: the public is likely to be inundated with bad writing, and wish that they had at least the editors back to separate the good from the bad. I imagine that a new kind of editor will emerge in the future: one who, for a fee or a cut of profits, works with writers to improve their books, then puts his seal of approval on a few books for the benefit of readers. Good editors (who point readers to good books) will gain in reputation, and bad editors will lose. "

[Soslan]

Tiens, j'avais lu Mirages lointains à 17 ans et j'en garde un bon souvenir.

[Essia]

Ses deux romans édités par Pockett étaient excellents, j'espère qu'on en reverra d'autres (sans y croire tout à fait, ils n'ont pas du se vendre assez... snif)