{"product_id":"the-outspoken-and-the-incendiary-interviews-with-radical-speculative-fiction-writers-9798887441214","title":"The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn-depth, intense, insightful.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a decade, radical science fiction author and activist journalist Terry Bisson interviewed some of the most provocative and outspoken authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Anarchism, sexuality, creativity, and the future of humanity itself--no topic was taboo. Bisson's prankster spirit also shone through as he quizzed his subjects about what cars they drove, played free association games, and created an atmosphere of two old friends having intimate late-night chats. Collected from PM Press's award-winning Outspoken Authors series for the first time, \u003ci\u003eThe Outspoken and the Incendiary\u003c\/i\u003e showcases insightful and long-form explorations into the lives and minds of some of today's most politically charged fiction writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"PM's Outspoken Authors series looks almost like a science fiction Who's Who or Hall of Fame, except that I included myself. Because I could.\" --Terry Bisson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWords and Thoughts By: Eleanor Arnason, Terry Bisson, Michael Blumlein, John Crowley, Samuel R. Delany, Cory Doctorow, Meg Elison, Karen Joy Fowler, Eileen Gunn, Elizabeth Hand, Cara Hoffman, Nalo Hopkinson, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Paul Krassner, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Lethem, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ken MacLeod, Nick Mamatas, Michael Moorcock, Paul Park, Gary Phillips, Marge Piercy, Rachel Pollack, Rudy Rucker, Kim Stanley Robinson, Carter Scholz, Nisi Shawl, John Shirley, Vandana Singh, and Norman Spinrad, with additional new contributions by Nalo Hopkinson, Jonathan Lethem, Nisi Shawl, Peter Coyote, and Rudy Rucker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBisson, Terry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry Bisson\u003c\/b\u003e (1942-2024) was an author, editor, political activist, and friend to many. He was a Hugo and Nebula award-winning writer of seven novels, numerous short works of fiction, and over a dozen books for children and young adults. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eOn a Move: The Story of Mumia Abu Jamal\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of PM Press's Outspoken Authors series. PM Press published his books \u003ci\u003eTVA Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFire on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Left Left Behind\u003c\/i\u003e. He also wrote the long-running \"This Month in History\" series for \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e. His radical politics landed him in jail for refusing to give testimony to a grand jury investigating the radical underground. He operated Jacobin Books, a \"revolutionary\" mail-order book service, from 1985 to 1990. He was as much an activist's activist as he was a literary powerhouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLethem, Jonathan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Crime Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, and eleven other novels. His stories and essays have been collected in seven volumes. His Outspoken Authors book is \u003ci\u003eThe Collapsing Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShawl, Nisi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNisi Shawl\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning African American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known for their science fiction and fantasy stories and novels dealing with race, gender, physical ability, and sexual orientation. Even before Shawl's steampunk-flavored alternate history of the \"Belgian\" Congo, \u003ci\u003eEverfair\u003c\/i\u003e, took the sci-fi world by storm, their short stories had already established them as a cutting-edge Black writer whose politically charged fiction is in the grand feminist tradition of Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, and Joanna Russ. Their Outspoken Authors book is \u003ci\u003eTalk like a Man\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552871022866,"sku":"9798887441214","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c7895659-9970-47c9-a8f4-8ac5cd21208d.jpg?v=1754909673","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-outspoken-and-the-incendiary-interviews-with-radical-speculative-fiction-writers-9798887441214","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}