Chabon talks to the Guardian

The Guardian spoke to Michael Chabon about his new book, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union. Its an intriguing interview with a fine author.

PKD in NYT

The New York Times continues its love affair with Phil Dick in this op-ed piece. The thing that made me curious was the last paragraph – the sf writers’ jobs were to report from the future.
No, no, no.
Sf – well decent sf – is about the present but it uses the milieu of the future [...]

Kim Stanley Robinson talks Galileans

UKSFBooknews has this short interview with Kim Stanley Robinson on the genesis of this next book, The Galilieans. Its due in 2009 but I really can’t wait that long. Its interesting that three major writers have gone back to the birth of science now – the others being Stephenson and Morrow. I wonder if it [...]