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Prism
A selection of interviews that have appeared in Prism, the newsletter of the British Fantasy Society, and related publications.

Of Sprouts and Men: Robert Rankin Interviewed

After having held "some forty-two or forty-three" different jobs over the period of his life, Robert Rankin settled down to being a writer.
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Christopher C. Teague: an Interview

Christopher Teague for some insane reason runs Pendragon Press in his spare time, when his spare time seems to be ever dwindling by the day... but perhaps one of these days, he’ll be able to relegate running Pendragon Press to the day-job and his spare time will become better wasted on more fruitful endeavours, like getting drunk, more writing, a little bit extra reading, an increase in exercise... who knows? He is interviewed here by Stuart Young.

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Robert Rankin Hallucinated

“There’s not much interesting on this tape for you, is there ... you’re going to be hard pressed to get an interview here. My advice to you is what I always advise people, make it up...” so speaks Robert Rankin, author of nearly 20 novels of pathos, literacy, insanity and surreal humour set in locations as far afield as Brentford, Mars and the occasional parallel universe.

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Neil Gaiman: Stardust Memories

Neil Gaiman discusses his career with David Howe in an interview that first appeared in Prism 23.6 (Nov/Dec 1999).

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I always wanted to be a writer,” muses Neil Gaiman seated in an office in the impressive headquarters of Hodder and Stoughton books in London. Gaiman is in the UK promoting his latest book Stardust and yet, as I look through his credits, it becomes apparent that he has never been one to stick with a single field or subject.

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