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John Joseph Adams interviews Yours Truly on SciFi Wire today regarding my "alternate mystery" anthology Sideways In Crime
(due out very, very soon from Solaris books and apparently already in stock at Amazon).Here's a snippet: The other inspiration for the book was Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union, which marries a classic detective tale to an alternate history. "I was intrigued by Chabon's premise," Anders said. "So between Sawyer and Chabon, I found I was thinking about 'alternate mystery' a lot, and, as I try to make all of my anthologies explorations of genre, I decided--or rather discovered--that this was something I very much wanted to explore."
And here again - because, why not? - is the cool audio promo for the book, courtesy of Singularity Audio:
4 comments:
Lou,
Bought my copy! I'm savoring it...first read your intro, then read all the author intros...tonight will read a story.
Robert
Hey - what did you think of the intro? Or should I wait till you've read the whole book to ask about the whole book?
Lou,
I liked the intro -- liked your linking of the mystery inherent in SF with the mystery inherent in mystery fiction.
Also liked your use of those 3 novels -- Clockwork Orange, man in the High Castle, & Yiddish Policemen's Union -- to illustrate your points. All three have a history-based mystery at their center. And hope you'll inspire some genre fans to check out Chabon's novel(s).
Robert
Thanks, Robert.
I think, though, that genre fans are VERY aware of Chabon. His latest was up for the Nebula and the Hugo. Chabon IS genre, and bless him for always saying so loud and clear.
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