In this episode, I talk with Steven Brust, author of the Vlad Taltos/Dragaera novels. We talk about his writing process, important influences and future plans. I've been a huge fan of Steven's, ever since his first novel, Jhereg, introduced us to wisecracking assassin Vlad Taltos and his sidekick Loiosh back in 1983.
His latest books are Hawk and The Incrementalists.
You'll notice that I immediately mispronounce his last name (which is pronounced BROOST, though spelled BRUST), despite having pasted a note with the phonetic spelling of his name to the microphone I was using at the time. Podcasting is HARD.
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Show links:
Dreamcafe, Steven Brust's homepage
His Twitter account: @stevenbrust
At the Tor.com site:
- An excerpt from Hawk
- An excerpt from The Incrementalists
- An interview with Jo Walton about the Dragaera books
- A short story set on Dragaera
Michael Moorcock
Roger Zelazny
Skyler White
Emma Bull
The Isaiah Berlin quote I referenced with regard to Incrementalist politics was in an interview with him which was excerpted in The 50 Year Argument, a documentary on the New York Review of Books, where I first saw and heard it. Similar sentiments could be found elsewhere in his work, for example in Crooked Timber, a collection of his essays and lectures.
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