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"Basically, anarchy is in fact the only political position that is actually possible."--from the interview with Alan Moore, author ofV for Vendetta We all know that there is a deeply entwined relationship between personal politics and works of fiction. For centuries, authors have used the veil of fiction to cast a critical eye toward the larger society around them: think of Émile Zola, Victor Hugo, Issac Asimov, Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley, J.R.R. Tolkien, H.G. Wells, and even Mary Shelley. Now, for the first time, in an unprecedented new release from AK Press, some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction discuss this relationship with a specific focus on anarchist politics. Sci-fi powerhouses Ursula K. LeGuin, Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, and Lewis Shiner join activist authors Derrick Jensen, Starhawk, Cristy C. Road, and a variety of other up-and-coming young writers in a series of interviews that explore fiction's deeply political roots. Ranging in scope from serious political discussions to hilarious personal anecdotes, the interviews collected here paint an intimate portrait of the author as a political agent. Compiled and annotated bySteamPunk Magazine founder Margaret Killjoy, and with an introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson,Mythmakers and Lawbreakers is an engaging and highly readable book--a must-read for any serious fan of sci-fi or political fiction, and a useful tool for both new and seasoned authors interested in developing their own political utopias.… (más)
"At this point in time, however, a lot of words have been written. There are an awful lot of them. I don't think we need any more words to know that we need to stop this nightmare world around us. Words seem to only push our actions off into the future. But in the darkness they are very nice to have. Our words are burning veins of memory stretching away in every direction, carrying with them lessons from other times and places and people." -Octavio Buenaventura This is an interesting and highly variable little collection of interviews. The degree of freedom allows a straightforward impression of the authors represented, which reveals both intelligence and thoughtless will. Many good nascent ideas, however, on true innovation in distribution and publishing. ( )
"Basically, anarchy is in fact the only political position that is actually possible."--from the interview with Alan Moore, author ofV for Vendetta We all know that there is a deeply entwined relationship between personal politics and works of fiction. For centuries, authors have used the veil of fiction to cast a critical eye toward the larger society around them: think of Émile Zola, Victor Hugo, Issac Asimov, Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley, J.R.R. Tolkien, H.G. Wells, and even Mary Shelley. Now, for the first time, in an unprecedented new release from AK Press, some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction discuss this relationship with a specific focus on anarchist politics. Sci-fi powerhouses Ursula K. LeGuin, Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, and Lewis Shiner join activist authors Derrick Jensen, Starhawk, Cristy C. Road, and a variety of other up-and-coming young writers in a series of interviews that explore fiction's deeply political roots. Ranging in scope from serious political discussions to hilarious personal anecdotes, the interviews collected here paint an intimate portrait of the author as a political agent. Compiled and annotated bySteamPunk Magazine founder Margaret Killjoy, and with an introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson,Mythmakers and Lawbreakers is an engaging and highly readable book--a must-read for any serious fan of sci-fi or political fiction, and a useful tool for both new and seasoned authors interested in developing their own political utopias.
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-Octavio Buenaventura
This is an interesting and highly variable little collection of interviews. The degree of freedom allows a straightforward impression of the authors represented, which reveals both intelligence and thoughtless will. Many good nascent ideas, however, on true innovation in distribution and publishing. (