FanFiAddict | Modernity & Building Believable Futures with T. R. Napper | Mini-Masterclass | SFF Addicts Ep. 123 @FanFiAddict | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Modernity & Building Believable Futures with award-winning author T. R. Napper. During the episode, Tim unpacks the complexities of modernity, exploring what modernity is, its relationships with hardboiled fiction and cyberpunk, confronting modernity in real life, relevancy and genre expectations, worldbuilding and crafting believable futures, thematic resonance, historical context fact vs. fiction and more.
NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chat with Tim. Click here to check out part one: youtu.be/-9g6beT262A?si=XWw8VsMERLzi7uh3
SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS:
Thank you David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Daniel Ryan, Christopher R. DuBois and Luke A. Winch for supporting us on Patreon at $10+.
SUPPORT THE SHOW:
- Patreon (for exclusive bonus episodes, author readings, book giveaways and more): patreon.com/sffaddictspod
- Merch shop (for a selection of tees, tote bags, mugs and more): sffaddicts.creator-spring.com
- Rate and review SFF Addicts on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends
EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS:
sffaddictspod@gmail.com
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Intro
5:16 - Modernity, hardboiled fiction and cyberpunk
15:47 - Confronting modernity in real life
22:07 - Relevancy, expectations and pastiche
31:00 - Worldbuilding and crafting believable futures
36:44 - Thematic resonance and historical context
45:21 - Fact, fiction and believability
53:56 - Outro
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
T. R. Napper is the award-winning author of 36 Streets, Neon Leviathan, Ghost of the Neon God and Aliens: Bishop. He also wrote his Doctorate thesis in Creative Writing on 'The Dark Century: 1946-2046. Noir, Cyberpunk and Asian Modernity.' His newest novel is The Escher Man, which you can purchase here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747997/the-escher-man-by-t-r-napper
Find Tim on:
Twitter: twitter.com/TheEscherMan
Amazon: amazon.com/stores/T.R.-Napper/author/B00WLEL8AO
nappertime.com
ABOUT OUR HOSTS:
Adrian M. Gibson is a podcaster, writer and illustrator. His debut novel, Mushroom Blues, is available now in eBook, paperback and hardcover. Buy it here: amzn.to/3Ptg2SH
Find Adrian on:
Twitter: twitter.com/adrianmgibson
adrianmgibson.com
M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves and its sequel Thick as Thieves, both of which you can buy here:
simonandschuster.com/books/Among-Thieves/M-J-Kuhn/Tales-of-Thamorr/9781982142148
simonandschuster.com/books/Thick-as-Thieves/M-J-Kuhn/Tales-of-Thamorr/9781668013632
Find M.J. on:
Twitter: twitter.com/mjkuhnbooks
mjkuhn.com
FIND US ONLINE:
Twitter: twitter.com/SFFAddictsPod
Instagram: instagram.com/sffaddictspod
MUSIC:
Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFX: pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/42726095-grid-80s-synthwave-electronic
Outro: “Galactic Synthwave” by Divion: pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/141376336-galactic-synthwave
#writing #cyberpunk #technology #interview #scifi #booktube #writingadvice #sciencefiction #podcast #publishing #books
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Modernity & Building Believable Futures with award-winning author T. R. Napper. During the episode, Tim unpacks the complexities of modernity, exploring what modernity is, its relationships with hardboiled fiction and cyberpunk, confronting modernity in real life, relevancy and genre expectations, worldbuilding and crafting believable futures, thematic resonance, historical context fact vs. fiction and more.
NOTE: This is part two of a two-part chat with Tim. Click here to check out part one: youtu.be/-9g6beT262A?si=XWw8VsMERLzi7uh3
SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS:
Thank you David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Daniel Ryan, Christopher R. DuBois and Luke A. Winch for supporting us on Patreon at $10+.
SUPPORT THE SHOW:
- Patreon (for exclusive bonus episodes, author readings, book giveaways and more): patreon.com/sffaddictspod
- Merch shop (for a selection of tees, tote bags, mugs and more): sffaddicts.creator-spring.com
- Rate and review SFF Addicts on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends
EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS:
sffaddictspod@gmail.com
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Intro
5:16 - Modernity, hardboiled fiction and cyberpunk
15:47 - Confronting modernity in real life
22:07 - Relevancy, expectations and pastiche
31:00 - Worldbuilding and crafting believable futures
36:44 - Thematic resonance and historical context
45:21 - Fact, fiction and believability
53:56 - Outro
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
T. R. Napper is the award-winning author of 36 Streets, Neon Leviathan, Ghost of the Neon God and Aliens: Bishop. He also wrote his Doctorate thesis in Creative Writing on 'The Dark Century: 1946-2046. Noir, Cyberpunk and Asian Modernity.' His newest novel is The Escher Man, which you can purchase here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747997/the-escher-man-by-t-r-napper
Find Tim on:
Twitter: twitter.com/TheEscherMan
Amazon: amazon.com/stores/T.R.-Napper/author/B00WLEL8AO
nappertime.com
ABOUT OUR HOSTS:
Adrian M. Gibson is a podcaster, writer and illustrator. His debut novel, Mushroom Blues, is available now in eBook, paperback and hardcover. Buy it here: amzn.to/3Ptg2SH
Find Adrian on:
Twitter: twitter.com/adrianmgibson
adrianmgibson.com
M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves and its sequel Thick as Thieves, both of which you can buy here:
simonandschuster.com/books/Among-Thieves/M-J-Kuhn/Tales-of-Thamorr/9781982142148
simonandschuster.com/books/Thick-as-Thieves/M-J-Kuhn/Tales-of-Thamorr/9781668013632
Find M.J. on:
Twitter: twitter.com/mjkuhnbooks
mjkuhn.com
FIND US ONLINE:
Twitter: twitter.com/SFFAddictsPod
Instagram: instagram.com/sffaddictspod
MUSIC:
Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFX: pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/42726095-grid-80s-synthwave-electronic
Outro: “Galactic Synthwave” by Divion: pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/141376336-galactic-synthwave
#writing #cyberpunk #technology #interview #scifi #booktube #writingadvice #sciencefiction #podcast #publishing #books
