T. Coraghessan Boyle
I like the notion, Judy. Maybe so. It's time, isn't it? When I wrote the book in the late 90s (for 2000 publication) I was too optimistic about global warming, taking us all the way to 2026 before things turned to merde. But here it is, merde, merde, merde, right here in 2016.
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Todd Palmer
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T. Coraghessan Boyle:
Has there ever been discussion of of a screen adaptation for A Friend of the Earth? I cite it often during discussions of climate change deniers and count it among the most compelling dystopian novels, handled with satire that would transform into a series as engaging as the Handmaids Tale. I'd love to cast it! The time is right!
Ray Nessly
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T. Coraghessan Boyle:
I love film but it can't capture human thought like fiction can. I admire (along with your very realistic-sounding, first-person voices), your interior monologue style. James Joyce and Virginia Wolff are among those, I think, (pun intended), who introduced interior monologue to fiction. Can you describe how your own, unique, third-person interior monologue style developed?
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