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Interview with Elizabeth Fountain

5/4/2014

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May is sci-fi madness month here on my blog. I’m interviewing two authors of science fiction each week. Today I’ve invited Elizabeth Fountain, author of An Alien’s Guide to World Domination to stop by. Thanks for being here, Elizabeth!

What do you like most about science fiction as a genre?


I love the permission writing (and reading) science fiction gives us to explore human behavior in fun and interesting ways. How many times do we catch ourselves looking around a crowded room and feeling like everyone else must be from another planet? Or vice versa, like we just landed on a strange world and cannot figure out its even stranger inhabitants? These experiences are universal (no pun intended), and in writing sci-fi, we get to make them visceral.

From where did you draw inspiration for your sci-fi novel?

From my own life, of course, but also from some of my favorite authors. The wacky humor of Douglas Adams in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, and the skewed alternative universe of Jasper Fforde in the Thursday Next series, both made me feel like writing a story like An Alien's Guide was possible. Readers might even like it. And believe it or not, this story owes a big debt to The Wizard of Oz. Probably, if we were honest, just about every tale of misfit friends on a journey owes a debt to L. Frank Baum's story.
 

If they were to make a movie of your book, who would you want to play the lead roles, and why?

I adore Alan Rickman. Can he play all the leads? Okay, we'll save him for the villain, Sergio, because we know how well he can play a black-eyed sneak. Laura Linney might be my favorite actress, so I'll wish for her to take on Louie, who understands dogs and cats but not her fellow humans. And Jack, Louie's partner in trying to save the world? Colin Firth is a bit older than Jack is written, but he's got the right hair and eyes. (Obviously I'm not going to make it big as a Hollywood casting director...)
 
Describe your sci-fi novel in 25 words or less.

When humanity's future is in the hands of the one person on the planet who questions whether they are worth saving, it's lucky her dog knows what to do.

THIS or THAT:

Star Wars or Star Trek?


Star Trek. The - original - series - with - William - Shatner (I'm trying to write that like he talks!). Hands down. Although I had a crush on Han Solo in high school (alert! the author dates herself!). But you have to love the original Star Trek series, as long as you don't have to play one of the non-essential personnel heading out on the probe. For dog's sake, those poor people never come back!

Dr. Who or Dr. Frankenstein?

New Dr. Who series one, Christopher Eccleston. Or Gene Wilder as Dr. Frahn-ken-steen. It's a toss up!


Are aliens here for Invasion or Exploration?

As the natives on almost every continent said to the Europeans, what's the difference?

Original Battlestar Galactica or Remake Battlestar Galactica?

I never watched either, but on principle, I have to choose the original. Any television from the late 1970's is so dang awesome.
 

Where can we learn more about your books?

My blog/website is the best place to start: Point No Point (http://lizfountain.wordpress.com). You can also find my books on my Amazon author page (http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00B0I5RM2). And you can follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethFountainAuthor)




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Elizabeth Fountain link
5/5/2014 05:22:06 am

Thanks so much, Audra, it's fun being interviewed by you!

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Audra Middleton link
5/6/2014 09:44:54 am

Happy to have you, Liz!

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