Charles Platt
Multiple award-finalist and award-winning science fiction writer Charles Platt spent two years travelling America and England on a personal odyssey to interview thirty top writers in the field of science fiction:Isaac Asimov + Thomas M. Disch + Robert Sheckley + Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. + Norman Spinrad + Frederik Pohl + Samuel R. Delany + Barry N. Malzberg + Edward Bryant + Alfred Bester + C. M. Kornbluth + Algis Budrys + Philip José Farmer + A. E. van Vogt + Philip K. Dick + Harlan Ellison + Ray Bradbury + Frank Herbert + Kate Wilhelm + Damon Knight + Michael Moorcock + J. G. Ballard + E. C. Tubb + Ian Watson + John Brunner + Gregory Benford + Robert Silverberg + Brian W. Aldiss. Praise for Dream Makers 'There has never been a better book about science fiction; it is doubtful that there has ever been a better book about writing of any kind.' -The Cleveland Press. 'For the first time ever in a popular work of sf nonfiction, someone is reaching into the core of the sf experience, and finding in the midst of the implausible a kind of truth that holds for attentive writers, in or out of the genre. . . . Pure genius.' -Heavy Metal magazine 'A book of sharp, insightful, beautifully written essays . . . . This is quite probably the finest book of its type yet to appear.' -Publishers Weekly. 'A magnificent achievement, exemplary in its insights, its structure, its editorial restraint and perspective . . . a monumental book.' -Robert Silverberg. 'Indispensable.' -The Village Voice. 'Platt held me spellbound for hours. . . . These are some of the best [interviews] I’ve ever seen.' -Analog magazine. 'A superb piece of work . . . full of color and warm empathy, it makes for charming reading.' -Alfred Bester.
