It must be interesting for a new author to be interviewed for the first time. It undoubtedly gives them a feeling that they've made it to the big time. John Scalzi recently unearthed the first interview he gave which also happened to coincide with the first worldcon he ever attended. The full interview as posted by the CBC author who spoke with him at Torcon 3. Needless to say, Scalzi thought he sounded clueless.

The CBC  must like science fiction, because they recently polled their website visitors to choose their top SF authors. Here's the top 10 list that resulted. Two Canadians made the list, Robert Sawyer and William Gibson, but they just might have made it on the list of readers from any English-speaking country, not just Canada.

I've been sitting on some other author interview links that I thought I'd dump on you.The first is with
Hugo and Pulitzer winning author Michael Chabon. He has been pushing a new book called Manhood for Amateurs. It's not a genre book, but Chabon is such an interesting writer, that I thought you'd like to check out what he has to say.

The next is with Eoin Colfer who's flogging his HHGTG sequel. A lot of Douglas Adams cultists have been trying to paint the book as some sort of money-grab, but it's actually a pretty good piece of fan fiction.

Colfer shouldn't feel too bad. Author Jeff Somers has summed up literary criticism in this witty, but perceptive, video which points out that every book sucks: