Des news de Greg Bear

[jerome]

Greg Bear est en interview sur le site de Locus. Il évoque son travail mais aussi la SF et la fantasy. Extraits :

“Right now I'm working on a follow-up to Quantico. My whole approach to writing is, have fun and branch out. It's part of an old tradition! I remember when Larry Niven collaborated with Jerry Pournelle and I thought, 'Oh my gosh. Is this the end of the Larry Niven we know and love?' They went on to write amazing books -- including one of my favorites, a scientifically-observed religious fantasy, Inferno. Every time an author tries a different road, we should celebrate, not complain."

“Science fiction and fantasy make up a literature shaped and created largely by nerds, and that's one of the reasons the literary collective has rejected us. We spend far too much time thinking about science and nature, not so much time puzzling over the vagaries of fashion and social interaction... Nerds don't recognize most social boundaries -- in time, space, or culture. We generally don't discriminate or reject based on eccentricities -- how could we? Nerds can not only be unconventional, we can be irritating. But nerds got us through World War II (our nerds were better than their nerds) and later powered the extraordinary changes the world went through in the last half of the 20th century. We see the mark of nerds everywhere, from Alice in Wonderland to the moon landing, modern physics, modern biology, the computer revolution. Here in Seattle, we live within shouting distance of some of the most powerful nerds on earth. Nearly all the ones I have met read and love science fiction, and they're changing the world in creative and often controversial ways.

“More power to nerds!”

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