Virtual Memories

Conversation begins at 9:45

Legendary author John Crowley (http://johncrowleyauthor.com) rejoins the show to celebrate his new novel, Flint And Mirror (Tor Books, https://bookshop.org/a/4669/978125081..., as well as his just-before-the-pandemic collections, And Go Like This (Small Beer Press, https://smallbeerpress.com/books/2019...) and Reading Backwards (Subterranean Press, https://subterraneanpress.com/reading.... We get into the career-long gestation of this novel, the role of Hugh O'Neill in the English-Irish wars, the alchemy of melding history and the fantastic, the impact of John's mild cognitive impairment (MCI) diagnosis (GO READ https://harpers.org/archive/2022/01/t..., why writing really is the ability to create minds at work, and more. Follow John on Facebook (  / john.crowley.716970  ) • More info at http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-... • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

And go check out our previous conversations from 2013 (http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/podcast-...) and 2017 (http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-...)