Nice interview. He's a terrific guy (a bunch of us spent an evening with him in Sydney after a "writer's workshop" he gave at the Powerhouse Museum). Another gr

Nice interview. He's a terrific guy (a bunch of us spent an evening with him in Sydney after a "writer's workshop" he gave at the Powerhouse Museum). Another great book of his is Worlds. One thing I observed about his SF novels is that the futuristic weapons are invariably practical and brutally efficient, rather than pew pew weapons that are ultimately no more useful, and often rather less, than modern firearms.