Dream Makers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers at Work"Take a unique and amazing journey into the minds of the extraordinary men and women who write fantasy and science fiction! Here in one handsome volume are the best of Charles Platt's celebrated and quirky interviews with the leading sf writers of Britain and America. Who are the people who write these enormously popular books? How do they live, what do they think, and what makes them so special? To find the answers to these questions, Charles Platt traveled the USA from coast to coast and then England, visiting the authors in their homes and drawing out their innermost thoughts and aspirations in a wittily revealing series of interviews. His approach is far from adulatory, however, and there are many sharp exchanges and pertinent asides in the course of these fascinating conversations, making for compulsive reading. Now these profiles are published for the first time in hardcover, with new material added and an afterword bringing it right up to date" -- |
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