I don’t know exactly when I started to be fascinated by the Red Planet. Maybe it was back when I used to study astronomy at school, or maybe later when I followed NASA’s Pathfinder mission.
Fact is
that I love this planet. It makes me dream of a future when mankind colonises the Solar System and perhaps pushing themselves even further.
In this
scope, the step from science to science fiction is short.
I’ve
recently had the chance to talk about this subject with Doug Turnbull, a fellow
science fiction author, who runs a podcast called Mars Pirate Radio about space
science fact and fiction.
He asked me
why I chose Mars as setting of the Red Desert series and encouraged me to talk
about the genre in which I write most (hard science fiction), about the first
book that is now available also in English (Red Desert - Point of No Return),
and about why I decided to become a writer, instead of continuing my career at
a university as biologist.
We also had a nice chat about space colonisation, Mars One
Project, and other related topics.
In the
end he asked me to read an excerpt from the book.
The first
part of this conversation is already online (see below). The second part will be
published next week.
For
additional information on the other topics of this episode or if you have
problem to listen to the podcast from this player or if you want to download it, check out Mars Pirate Radio
page by clicking here.
Enjoy your
listening and, please, share the podcast with your friends!
Also check
out Doug Turnbull's website and his own books set on Mars.
“Red Desert UK
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