A Conversation With Diamond Star author Catherine Asaro, and Hayim Ani of Point Valid
An interview with Charles E. Gannon
Diamond Star the CD might well have been given the subtitle: "Musical Energy
Erupting from a Fusion of Two Creative Minds." Energy, creativity, imagination, and drive
are the obvious keynotes when interviewing award-winning author Catherine Asaro (who also
happens to be a physicist and dancer) and Hayim Ani (whose promise at age 17 had already
resulted in the production of a prior CD with the band Point Valid). Their differences
in background and experiences emerge not as a collision of styles, but as a harmony of
complimentary visions that allowed them to bring a unique blend of diversity and
common-mindedness to their project.
A Conversation With Philip José Farmer (1918-2009)
An interview with Dave Truesdale
The following interview took place at Minicon 10, Minneapolis, MN, April 19, 1975 -- in the
hotel bar. Its first and only publication appeared in Tangent #2, May, 1975. Interviewers
were Dave Truesdale, Jerry Rauth, and Paul McGuire.
Some few months before this interview, Phil Farmer had written Venus on the Half-Shell
as by one of Kurt Vonnegut's characters, Kilgore Trout. It was all the rage in the fan
and semi-pro magazine press back then as fans and authors alike spilled a lot of ink
trying to guess who Kilgore Trout really was.
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A Conversation With Michael A. Burstein
An interview with Steven H Silver
On Isaac Asimov as an inspiration:
"I could write a whole article about Isaac Asimov. Come to think of it, I have, for the fanzine Mimosa, and
it's available on my website. It would be far too long to reproduce here. But the short version is that Asimov,
being as prolific and open about his life as he was, gave the rest of us a blueprint to follow if we wanted to do so."
A Conversation With Terry Brooks
An interview with Sandy Auden
On helping to generate ideas:
"I tell everybody that when I'm stuck and I'm looking for ideas or even when I just want ideas to come, the best thing
is to either take a long dive where your mind is freed up and you can just let it go; or get in a situation where's
there's water -- showers are great. I get lots of ideas in the shower. It's amazing. In there it's like a white-noise
state and your mind just suddenly releases and you begin to follow all these possibilities in your head. It's real
magic! Although sometimes nothing happens and you have to try again later."
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