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 L.
Neil Smith Interview
Conducted by Ernest Lilley
Also: The
American Zone
Amazon Links:
The
American Zone -- by L. Neil Smith; Hardcover
Forge
of the Elders -- by L. Neil Smith; Mass Market Paperback
The
Probability Broach -- by L. Neil Smith; Paperback
SFRevu: Can you tell us a little about your background? Where are you from? Are
you a writer whose background features heavily in their work?
L. Neil Smith: I was born in Billericay in 1961 and have lived in Essex all my life. Unlike
many writers I have read about I am not university educated but rather
self-taught, though I guess having a father and mother who were a lecturer
and a teacher respectively has had some influence on me (the best thing a
teacher can teach is how to think). They are also SF readers and it was
through them I was introduced to the genre. As I have written
elsewhere:
since childhood everything has been of interest to me (writing, drawing,
electronics, biology etc), but at some point in my teens decided I must
concentrate on one thing only so as not to be a 'jack of all trades and
master of none'. Writing SF works for me because it is inclusive of so much else - you must have some understanding of technology, biology, human
nature, and have some creativity.
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