Brian Kehler asked A.A. Attanasio:

I truly enjoyed your work as a teenager back in the 1990's. They were hugely influential to how I see the world: ecstatically and with intentional wonder. I remember feeling about ten years ago that you seemed to have fallen off the SF/F proverbial "map." Is there another "great work" in the offing, like the Radix books? Or have you moved on to other ambitions? Either way, a thousand thanks for your stellar work!

A.A. Attanasio It’s really gratifying to know that my work has held up for you over the years, Brian! Your comments fathom a depth of satisfaction in me where ambition finally rests. And, more than that, I’m uplifted to hear that my art has contributed to a life of intentional wonder! Wonder inspires poetic engagement with the cold mystery of existence, and to pull it off requires inventiveness and a lot of heart. That makes your warm appraisal of my fiction all the more meaningful to me. Yes, I did fall off the sf/f map at the turn of the millennium: A large corporation purchased my publisher in the late ‘90s and let go of their mid-list authors, including me. I haven’t found a publisher since willing to issue my unconventional novels; so, I’m self-publishing my creative efforts as e-books. That’s been a steep learning curve for me. Simply making available the titles from my backlist has taken several years. Presently, I do have three major, new projects in development: Negative Zero (sf), Dragon Dolorous (fantasy) and Reluctant Mirror (paranormal). I’m also discovering Goodreads as an effective venue for disenfranchised authors! I’m looking forward to spending more time here, connecting with responsive readers like yourself, who make me feel that all the hours I spend with my imaginary characters away from real people is worth those erasures.

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