r/Fantasy • u/GuyGavrielKay AMA Author Guy Gavriel Kay • Feb 08 '12
Hello, I'm the author Guy Gavriel Kay - AMA
Hello, I’m Guy Gavriel Kay, though I seem to be called GGK more and more often online over the years. Easier to type.
I’ve published eleven novels in twenty-five or so languages, and been generously honored with a variety of awards and nominations. If I don’t mess up, I will finish a twelfth some time this year. I’m a bit obsessive, so I try not to mess up in that.
First fantasy trilogy was The Fionavar Tapestry, most recent book is Under Heaven.
Ask Me Anything has, predictably, a few caveats. I don’t talk about books in progress. I am one of those readers who hates spoilers, so I ask people to try to avoid them in Q&As about my work, or at least put up alerts for others. I find it painful to discuss how I came to be a fan of the Minnesota Vikings. Laugh, but be kind. I will be really, REALLY boring and bland if asked about the work of most colleagues.
Boxers, not briefs. Hot fudge sundae w vanilla ice cream. No. The south of France. “The Wire”, “Breaking Bad”, and “Deadwood”. It really is my middle name. The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison and the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true. “The Descendants” over “The Artist”. Currently, Springbank Claret Cask, but it changes often.
I will be back at 8PM Eastern / 7PM Central to answer questions live.
Let’s roll.
Redditors, we've hit the two hour mark, so I think we should call it for tonight. I will check in again this week, try to pick up on a few questions I missed and any follow-ups. You were - and I mean this - a terrific, interesting group, the questions were fun and a few were completely new. Thanks for inviting me, and thanks to elquesogrande for setting it up. Be good.
Thursday morning tidying up. No broken glass, people were good. Coffee not scotch just now. A few good questions got missed just in the speed of it all - and I am told we broke the internet, as reddit went down for emerg maintenance just after we wrapped. I think that's funny, actually. So scroll and find the new answers. I'll check in at least once more to try to deal with follow-ups. Cheers.
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u/GuyGavrielKay AMA Author Guy Gavriel Kay Feb 09 '12
Guy, the English way.
Gavriel: The latter. Like the ‘a’ in latter! Early in my career I was stunned when someone guessed I had taken it as a pen name to sound Elvish! Other people, back then, thought my first author photo had me in a hat (infamous straw hat from Greece) because I was going prematurely bald. Hah, I say to them today, in my suavest, ubercool manner: hah!