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Welcome to the Startup Geometry podcast, where we talk to the creators, innovators and explorers who make the world what it is.
\nIn this episode, I talk with Steven Brust, author of the Vlad Taltos/Dragaera novels. We talk about his writing process, important influences and future plans. I’ve been a huge fan of Steven’s, ever since his first novel, Jhereg, introduced us to wisecracking assassin Vlad Taltos and his sidekick Loiosh back in 1983. His latest books are Hawk and The Incrementalists.
\nYou’ll notice that I immediately mispronounce his last name (which is pronounced BROOST, though spelled BRUST), despite having pasted a note with the phonetic spelling of his name to the microphone I was using at the time.
\nPodcasting is HARD.
\nThis podcast can be found on iTunes and Stitcher, or accessed directly below.
\nShow links:
\nDreamcafe, Steven Brust’s homepage
\nHis Twitter account: @stevenbrust
\nAt the Tor.com site:
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\n* An excerpt from Hawk\xa0
\n* An excerpt from The Incrementalists
\n* An interview with Jo Walton about\xa0the Dragaera books
\n* A short story set on Dragaera
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\nFritz Leiber
\nMichael Moorcock
\nRoger Zelazny
\nSkyler White
\nEmma Bull
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\nThe Isaiah Berlin quote I referenced with regard to Incrementalist politics was in an interview with him which was excerpted in The 50 Year Argument, a documentary on the New York Review of Books, where I first saw and heard it. Similar sentiments could be found elsewhere in his work, for example in Crooked Timber, a collection of his essays and lectures.
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