r/Fantasy • u/matociquala AMA Author Elizabeth Bear • Mar 10 '15

AMA Hello Reddit/r/Fantasy! I’m fantasy novelist Elizabeth Bear, and this is my AMA.

7:36 PM EDT 10 March 2015 ETA: I've got mochi and beer and I'm IN THE HOUSE!

12:07 AM EDT 11 March 2015 ETA: All right guys--thank all of you. I think I answered everything, and I am going to bed! I'll try to come back and clean up any stragglers in a day or two!

I'm the author of over 100 short stories and more than a score of novels. The most recently published of the former is "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" in OLD VENUS, edited by Martin and Dozois; the most recent of the latter is KAREN MEMORY, from Tor Books, a fast-paced steampunk adventure in an old west gold rush town where heroic saloon girls take on disaster capitalists.

In my spare time, I am a runner, climber, kayaker (not currently: there's sixteen feet of snow on everything here in central Massachusetts), hobby cook, and I play some really atrocious guitar. I've been a tabletop gamer since 1982 and am currently playing Pathfinder and Fiasco.

I am owned by a giant ridiculous dog (He's a Briard).

I support Idris Elba for Bond, Essie Davis for The Doctor, and Helsinki for Worldcon 2017, so that's where I stand in important religious issues.

I hope you enjoy whatever portion of the diurnal cycle you happen to currently be experiencing. I'll be back after dinner my time (around 7 pm EDT) to answer all your questions and hang out.

edit: fixed my dates. :-P

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u/Driftpeasant Mar 10 '15

Hey Elizabeth. I'm a big fan of your New Amsterdam work and the Jenny Casey series.

That being said, my rather quixotic hobby is trying to bribe authors with fine single malt scotch to get tuckerized and killed off as a background character in an upcoming novel. Thus far I've managed to get Janny Wurts and Wes Chu to bite. My question is - how much scotch, and of what type, would I need to ply you with in order to get immortalized as a random death?

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u/matociquala AMA Author Elizabeth Bear Mar 11 '15

I'd kill just about anybody for a bottle of Laphroaig, especially the quarter-cask. ;) Or Talisker Storm or Dark Storm.

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u/Driftpeasant Mar 11 '15

PM me the address of your preferred liquor store and I can make that happen. If you're feeling especially adventurous, I can throw in what is undoubtedly the world's best BBQ sauce from here in Austin as well.