An Interview With Paolo Bacigalupi
December 18, 2009
SSince he is fast becoming one of the biggest names in science fiction, and because Time magazine recently named The Windup Girl
as one of the ten most important books of the year, there seems to be no better time to brag on my acquaintance with Paolo Bacigalupi, and the fact that we once had offices directly across from each other, on the second story of a bookstore in Paonia, Colorado. If that sounds kind of cool and writerly, well it was, actually, and fairly often we would have both doors often and kibitz across the hallway. This was happening while he was writing The Windup Girl and I can tell you, he struggled with that book and with a lot of self doubt as he wrote. He also struggled with his own shitty taste in punk music. Happily, he triumphed over all these obstacles.
Anyway, I interviewed Paolo for KVNF radio and it was an interesting conversation, about 22 minutes long. We covered a lot of ground, and anyone interested in Paolo, his authorial stance, and the thoughts going through his head while he wrote The Windup Girl will very likely enjoy listening. Click below to play.
Paolo Bacigalupi interview
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Oh, the pain of pursuit. . .to keep on writing after eight years of rejection. I gave up when my first novel didn’t sell. He writes three more after the first. I wonder which is more difficult, shaking an obsession or staying with it.
Enjoyed listening. You writerly types are my heroes.