Kim Stanley Robinson at Borders, Oxford St, London 11-Mar-02
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tamaranth"It's not my fault," he says of writing massive books (The Years of Rice and Salt is over 700 pages long). "These ideas come to me and the natural shape of them suggests that they need to traverse two hundred years, or seven hundred years - while the novel, as a form, is best suited to anything between 24 hours and one lifetime".
Of course, in the Mars trilogy Robinson got around that 'one lifetime' limit via medical advances. He gets around it in The Years of Rice and Salt, too, though in an unexpected and (I thought at first) atypical way.
"Both [the Mars trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt) are autobiographies. What else could they be?"
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Of course, in the Mars trilogy Robinson got around that 'one lifetime' limit via medical advances. He gets around it in The Years of Rice and Salt, too, though in an unexpected and (I thought at first) atypical way.
"Both [the Mars trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt) are autobiographies. What else could they be?"
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Date: Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 06:15 am (UTC)Kim Stanley Robinson. (Did I mention ...?) The Years of Rice & Salt.
Next up: um ... some big SF novels - all on the UK awards shortlists - which must be read pre-Easter so I can speak knowledgeably about them at the Eastercon (big UK SF convention, in Jersey this year).
Then I might get around to Achilles (again) or something else strange and arty-looking. (SF no longer providing me with all the intellectual nutrients I need. I am getting old.)
Nah...
Date: Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 06:48 am (UTC)Hugs!