sequoia nagamatsu how high we go in the dark

So, you know, some of those early chapters, I think were just kind of explorations of how do you move on from something? How do you kind of move past any kind of guilt that was associated with a death? I wrote “Melancholy Nights” not long after my grandfather passed away and he helped raise me.

Like, I mean, not everything was, but I think certainly some of it. So, was this some form of therapy for you in a way? Ruiz: Yeah, and you know, writing this book, you got really personal with these characters in how they dealt with grief because so many people die in this book. So, I think that's part of my impetus for tackling difficult issues I acknowledge that some readers might not be ready for that.īut, I also, you know, believe that reading about something that's reflective of the moment can also be cathartic, and can also be a place for action, for thinking about, you know, what comes next, you know, both on a personal level or a societal level. Nagamatsu: I think it's strange for writers to completely ignore that we're living in dystopic times, you know, pandemic aside – politically, in terms of our environment – I think in some ways, science fiction has ceased to be what we think of as a distant, made up beast. So, why did you choose to write a book tackling these themes? Ruiz: But here, you sort of forced us to look at it through a different lens. Tadeo Ruiz: You know, whenever you're looking at a science fiction story or fantasy story, you tend to want to escape from reality.

The Unbound Book Festival is coming up on Saturday, and KBIA has been talking to some of this year's authors in a series we're calling 'Unbound Authors.'

Sequoia nagamatsu how high we go in the dark