MTToday we interview Peter Watts, a Canadian science fiction author whose name popped up three times in our underrated writers Brain Parade a while back. His debut novel Starfish is one of the best science fiction novels I’ve read in the decade. I pestered Peter about his upcoming novel Blindsight.

You’ve probably noticed that blogging Canadian SF writers are overepresented here. Well that trend continues. Today I bring you Mark Rayner a hilarious blogger and new kid on the block in the Canadian SF scene. His debut novel is Amadeus Net, you can read more about it here (link) Here’s our exchange:

We kick the week off with a chat with Robert Charles Wilson author of Spin.

MTHow is work coming along on Axis? I realize its probably too early to ask you about it, but… Can you tell us anything about it?

We kick the week off with an interview with fellow Canadian Robert J. Sawyer. Rob writes hard sf that likes to tackle big philosophical questions. He’s a Hugo and a Nebula award winner and I don’t doubt that readers in Canada and the United States are already familiar with him. I am suprised at the number of Brits who haven’t though.