Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction

An interview with writer and MacArthur Fellow Octavia Butler, conducted earlier that year at Balticon.

The science fiction community suffered a great loss when Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Octavia Butler passed away in late February. Here is our short memorial to her.

Interviewed at Capclave 2005, writer Howard Waldrop talks about almost everything: his short fiction, ongoing novel projects, his start as a professional writer, the early days of Texas fandom, and, of course, movies.