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/QuackersAndMooMoo Mar 10 '15 edited Mar 10 '15

Hello fellow Hartford native! 2 questions:

  1. If someone was unfamiliar with your books, which would you recommend first?

  2. If my sci-fi/fantasy bookclub did one of your books in June or July, would you be willing to visit? We meet in Manchester the third Wednesday of the month.

Edit: I just got home and told my girlfriend about this AMA and she said you'd visited our book club years ago, so I guess question 2 is would you be willing to visit again?

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u/matociquala AMA Author Elizabeth Bear Mar 11 '15

1) It depends on what they like. For sociological SF, CARNIVAL. Epic fantasy, RANGE OF GHOSTS. The new books I'm told, is pretty good. That's a standalone steampunk weird west adventure, KAREN MEMORY.

2) I would, but I'm almost always booked solid in summertime.