CD92: Mandibles with Lionel Shriver
Citadel Dispatch
How to Write a Dystopian Novel
When i first submitted this book to my publisher my editor absolutely hated it and uh she showed it to the publisher. He spent 45 minutes on the phone with me telling me all that was wrong with it he couldn't keep track of the characters. When my editor did edit the book i already had a contract so it was harder for they could have gone out of it but they didn't want to alienate me. I think you probably enjoy the original even more because it had more economics in it um because that's really what makes the book special there are any number of dystopic stories out there but this was very particular it is an economic dystopia.
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