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sue_parsons
May. 16th, 2005 07:15 pm1. In which ways do you feel your love for the sciences shape your writing?
Well, my fandoms are all soft SF, basically fantasy with spaceships, so I have to suspend my disbelief to a large extent just like everyone else. However I do like to find or work out cod-scientific explanations for things. fro example, because of time dilation in the Special Theory of relativity, Han and Leia took 2 or 3 months to get from Hoth to Bespin at a high fraction of lightspeed, but subjectively it took them nineteen days.
2. Which of your stories satisfied you the most as an author?
Rebel Heart is my baby, the one I've put the most effort into and the one I feel most attached to. But the one I like best to reread is An Engagement Is Announced. I sit there going 'I can't believe I wrote something this funny!' to myself.
3. If you were to host a message board, what would be the theme or the thrust? The title?
Hmm. Given the current so, so sad dearth of them on the 'net at the moment, it would have to be a Luke Skywalker fan board. :) As for the name...meh. I'm awful at titles. Pass.
4. Research or instruction in your future, if you could have things your way?
Oh, research. I'm pretty useless at teaching. I'd far rather find out things for myself than teach them to others. Although that's all right if the others actually are interested and want to learn, but even at university level you don't get that all the time.
5. Einstein or Hawking?
Hard question. I'll go with Einstein, as at least I could understand about 10% of what he was talking about.
If any of the rest of you want to interview me, or be interviewed, comment to this post.
Well, my fandoms are all soft SF, basically fantasy with spaceships, so I have to suspend my disbelief to a large extent just like everyone else. However I do like to find or work out cod-scientific explanations for things. fro example, because of time dilation in the Special Theory of relativity, Han and Leia took 2 or 3 months to get from Hoth to Bespin at a high fraction of lightspeed, but subjectively it took them nineteen days.
2. Which of your stories satisfied you the most as an author?
Rebel Heart is my baby, the one I've put the most effort into and the one I feel most attached to. But the one I like best to reread is An Engagement Is Announced. I sit there going 'I can't believe I wrote something this funny!' to myself.
3. If you were to host a message board, what would be the theme or the thrust? The title?
Hmm. Given the current so, so sad dearth of them on the 'net at the moment, it would have to be a Luke Skywalker fan board. :) As for the name...meh. I'm awful at titles. Pass.
4. Research or instruction in your future, if you could have things your way?
Oh, research. I'm pretty useless at teaching. I'd far rather find out things for myself than teach them to others. Although that's all right if the others actually are interested and want to learn, but even at university level you don't get that all the time.
5. Einstein or Hawking?
Hard question. I'll go with Einstein, as at least I could understand about 10% of what he was talking about.
If any of the rest of you want to interview me, or be interviewed, comment to this post.
