John Thomas Sladek (December 15, 1937 – March 10, 2000)[1] was an American science fiction author, known for his satirical and surreal novels. (wikipedia)
I do write a little SF in my spare time.
The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.
I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.
I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.
Anything can happen in SF. And the fact that nothing ever does happen in SF is only due to the poverty of our imaginations, we who write it or edit it or read it. But SF can in principle deal with anything.
I always figure I can have the Midwest one way or the other. Because it's my background, it ought to be a voice that comes easily.
Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.
I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.
Tom and I are never in the same city long enough and both between books, so a further collaboration looks unlikely for some time.
