{"id":33,"date":"2006-02-13T00:17:13","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T05:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?p=33"},"modified":"2010-12-04T17:05:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T22:05:19","slug":"the-bat-segundo-show-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/the-bat-segundo-show-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupert Thomson, Edward Falco, Megan Sullivan &#038; Scott Esposito (BSS #22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo22.mp3\"><img id=\"image2749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/02\/segundo22.jpg\" alt=\"segundo22.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Authors:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookdwarf.com\">Megan Sullivan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dividedkingdom.co.uk\/\">Rupert Thomson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/esposito.typepad.com\/\">Scott Esposito<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edfalco.us\/\">Edward Falco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Condition of Mr. Segundo:<\/b>  Looking for answers in British science fiction.<\/p>\n<p><b>Subjects Discussed:<\/b> How the idea came about, relentlessly cheery Swedish girlfriends, how Rupert Thomson processes his prodigious research, Ian McEwan, inspiration vs. craft, the trappings of being a &#8220;speculative fiction writer,&#8221; entertaining novels vs. literary novels, the difficulties of first-person narration, George Orwell, Anthony Burgess&#8217; <i>The Wanting Seed<\/i>, Mikhail Bulgakov and literary influences, definitive grit in rural settings, disturbing characters, sex and death, decorum in fiction, what&#8217;s not talked about in fiction, manhood vs. multicultralism, Catholicism, the influence of personal background, Philip Roth&#8217;s <i>American Pastoral<\/i>, World War II, realism vs. postmodernism, hypertext fiction, compulsions, experimental fiction, literary vs. commercial fiction, and writing in longhand vs. writing on computer.<\/p>\n[<b>INTERVIEW NOTES:<\/B> With the exception of the conversation with Mr. Esposito, the interviews were all conducted by telephone.]\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6360\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-33-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo22.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo22.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo22.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo22.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=33-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo22.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo22.mp3\">Download<\/a> (41.0MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Megan Sullivan, Rupert Thomson, Scott Esposito and Edward Falco. 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