tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post2500047184508721903..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Questions Please.Neal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-24666338533843295202009-12-16T01:55:54.583+00:002009-12-16T01:55:54.583+00:001. I love the Polity - any thoughts on sharing the...1. I love the Polity - any thoughts on sharing the univerise with other authors?<br /><br />2. Do you ever play war games (I'm talking old school like Panzerblitz)?<br /><br />3. I'd love more stories with Aphran/Jack (and NEJ)/King Of Hearts - they are three of my favorite characters (I love the idea of redemption)andy brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015313870148878709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-53974416337128370112009-12-11T20:13:41.743+00:002009-12-11T20:13:41.743+00:00Ebooks?Ebooks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-61925353117148894732009-12-07T03:48:17.304+00:002009-12-07T03:48:17.304+00:00I recognized the scene of the Skinners head sprout...I recognized the scene of the Skinners head sprouting from the thing as well, what other movies or scenes from them have influenced your work?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15952633437270216803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-7174832939500091702009-12-06T23:32:30.025+00:002009-12-06T23:32:30.025+00:00Do you ever worry yourself with the level of viole...Do you ever worry yourself with the level of violence you're capable of dreaming up? Ever get that moment where a character just "gets away from you" and does something utterly savage and you're not entirely sure where that come from?Sparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16822386109798059132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-47510212517430791192009-12-06T21:34:31.756+00:002009-12-06T21:34:31.756+00:00"pointed out to me as very like the scene in ..."pointed out to me as very like the scene in the remake of The Thing, when a guy's head sprouts legs and scuttles off."<br /><br />i thought thats where you got it. see frame :54<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8QMKo4qAIAvaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-74951184689514467412009-12-06T16:53:21.415+00:002009-12-06T16:53:21.415+00:00Would you actually want to live within one of the ...Would you actually want to live within one of the realities depicted in your books?<br /><br />To be more precise, among all science fiction stories you've ever read, is there a certain fictional setting that you would like to see come true? For example, Iain Banks' Culture, would you want to be part of it? In other words, which depiction of physics, culture and technology appearing in science fiction literature would you choose to live in?<br /><br />Further, and maybe more interesting, can you name a prospective future that you'd personally call dystopian with respect to your liking?<br /><br />My question is specifically aimed at far future scenarios where we, or something that originated from Sol, survived. I assume nobody would want to live on a post-apocalyptic, end time, low-tech Earth.<br /><br />Finally, what do you think is the most probable future?Alexander Kruelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642702020137086489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-4753229647533504842009-12-06T16:52:18.674+00:002009-12-06T16:52:18.674+00:00One scene springs to mind that isn't a death: ...One scene springs to mind that isn't a death: the Skinner's head sprouting legs and making its escape from Captain Ambel's cabin. It was later pointed out to me as very like the scene in the remake of The Thing, when a guy's head sprouts legs and scuttles off.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-39649497048663073412009-12-06T16:43:37.053+00:002009-12-06T16:43:37.053+00:00there's some spectacular deaths in your books....there's some spectacular deaths in your books. it's stuff that stick with me especially in the Skinner and to an extent the pulping of Cormac.<br />wondering if there are any standouts that you've replayed in your head from other authors? how about from your own books? <br /><br />(side note: one that gets me is the Iain Banks dont fuck with the culture death taken right from an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon)vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.com