Interview with Karl Schroeder about scifi/fantasy, the end of the Modern/Postmodern age, Foresight Studies, health care, the world is getting better.
Karl Schroeder
Interview with science fiction/fantasy writer Karl Schroeder. We discuss his cold; his upcoming book Sun of Suns which appeared in serialized form in Analog magazine; completing the first draft of the second book in the series; Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers; Master and Commander; why he had to take a break from science fiction of writing Lady of Mazes; milestones; the plot of Ventus; Vernor Vinge’s character, Pham Nuwen; the appeal of blending of high fantasy with science fiction; why it is more difficult to develop plot lines and characters in science fiction than in fantasy; heroes and villains and competing interests; what is thalience?; the problem of redefining semantic concepts in the future; why he is no longer interested in the traditional arguments of whether artificial intelligence is possible or not; the plot of Permanence; why brown dwarfs could be the key to making interstellar civilization possible; building new worlds to express new ideas; writing The Claus Effect with David Nickle for the 3-Day Novel Contest; why he started his blog Age of Embodiment; cognitive science; evolutionary biology; physics; neural physiology; The Matrix movie; why he is optimistic that things are getting better in the world; violent conflicts; fresh water; literacy rates; democracy; the worst problems according to the UN University’s Report of the Future; AIDs; international organized crime; international terrorism; climate change; mass extinctions; Orson Scott Card; Gene Wolfe; the influence of his Mennonite background in his writing; his involvement in Foresight Studies; the future of health care in Canada; startling insights he found in Foresight Studies.
Featured song is "Holy Town" by MoJo Filta.
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what's this got to do with indymedia?
01.02.2006 21:35
just wondering
It has a lot to do with IndyMedia
03.02.2006 05:48
I'm guessing you just gave they synopsis a casual glane, which is understandable. If you had read a little more closely, however, you would have seen how it's very relevant to Indymedia.
For example, Karl believes things are getting better in the world (lowered violent conflicts, fresh water, literacy rates and rise of democracy) while at the same acknowledging are most pressing problems such as AIDs, international organized crime, international terrorism, climate change and mass extinctions. He also talks about his role in Foresight Studies as well as the future of health care in Canada.
Again, I believe you must have only given the synpsis a cursory glance because I can't see how you wouldn't agree that these topics are not relevant to IndyMedia.
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