Science Fiction Author Interviews

Ward, Joy.  Conversations From The Edge: The Galaxy's Edge Interviews.  Rockville, MD:
         Arc Manor Publishers, 2019.

Every reader has their favorite author or multiple favorite authors.  Just like ice cream it is hard to have just one flavor that you want all the time!  Reading about the author can almost be as fun as reading the author.  And when one has the chance to read an interview or listen to an interview with their author(s), who can pass that up?  I can't, can you?  That opportunity to read an interview is what Joy Ward provides in Conversations From The Edge.  She has reprinted extended interviews of 24 authors and 1 editor that originally had appeared in The Galaxy's Edge.

The book opens with a George R. R. Martin interview from May 2016 and closes with a David Drake interview from July 2018.  There are interviews with Peter Beagle, Eric Flint, David Gerrold, David Weber, Connie Willis, and Harry Turtledove.  Toni Weisskope of editor of Baen Books is also interviewed.  My favorite interviews were with Peter Beagle and Harry Turtledove.  The most disappointing interview for was with Larry Niven.  And of all the authors interviewed, only one was new to me.

Conversations From the Edge provide a frank look into how authors got into writing and how they want to be remembered.  So read this book and find out if your favorite author is interviewed.