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Max Gladstone
\nToday, I talk with Max Gladstone, author of The Craft Sequence, in which a magical post-Apocalyptic society turns out to be not a terribly bad place to live, thank you very much. He describes his novels differently depending on who he’s talking to. For businesspeople, lawyers, and consultants, he says, “It’s just like your job, only with wizards.” Like many writers, he’s held a number of interesting and out-of-the-way jobs, as you can see from his bio below.
\nBio
\nMax Gladstone is a two-time finalist for the John W Campbell Best New\xa0Writer Award, and a one-time finalist for the XYZZY Award. In July 2016

\nTor Books published his most recent novel, FOUR ROADS CROSS.\xa0Other novels\xa0in the CRAFT SEQUENCE include,\xa0LAST FIRST SNOW, a tale of

\nzoning politics, human sacrifice, and parenthood.\xa0\xa0LAST FIRST SNOW is \xa0the fourth Craft Sequence novel, preceded by THREE PARTS DEAD, TWO

\nSERPENTS RISE, and FULL FATHOM FIVE.
\nMax studied Chan poetry and late Ming dynasty fantasy at Yale; he\xa0lived and taught for two years in rural Anhui province, and has traveled

\nthroughout Asia and Europe. He speaks Chinese, can embarrass himself \xa0reading Latin, and is a martial artist, fencer, and fiddler. He\u2019s also

\nworked as a researcher for the Berkman Center for Internet and Policy Law, a tour guide for the Swiss Embassy, a go-between for a suspicious

\nChinese auto magazine, a translator for visiting Chinese schoolteachers,\xa0a Chinese philosophy TA, a tech industry analyst, and an editor. He has

\nwrecked a bicycle in Angkor Wat, sung at Carnegie Hall, and been thrown from a horse in Mongolia.
\nWe recorded this conversation at pretty much the exact moment the Trump/Russia dossier hit the Internet. Before the conversation began, I asked Max if he’d like to discuss politics or current events.\xa0We ended up not talking politics until after we’d\xa0ended the interview. Missed opportunities.
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\nHe’s also written a volume in the Bookburners project, currently available for free here:
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