SFR: Are Heroes a good thing to have around? They seem pretty disruptive to peace Integrity would seem to be the key to success in the Golden The villainsįail in the end because they lack character they (literally) end up fighting To act as befits his character, even when his memory is erased. The protagonist in my book prevails because he has so much self-consistency and that he can even continue One can read the moral out of any situation, real or imagined, by seeing whatĪllowed the victor to prevail, and at what cost. JCW: Lesson? I am not wise enough to be a tutor, and it would be presumptuous of (like me) can get? Or should we just read it and hope that it seeps in on some SFR: Can you boil the 'lesson' in the book down into a short bit that simple folk The ox that is not muzzled while he treads the corn, is allowed a small mouthful or two of the grain he tramples, so that the work is not pure I am goaded to my task by muses of Helicon like an ox lumbering to the JCW: Fun does not enter into the equation. SFR: Did you have fun writing the story? I've certainly enjoyed reading it. On the other hand, I am happy that I had children before I had a book published, so that I have not lost track of what is important and unimportant in life. Wright: On the one hand, it is a dream come true.

How do you feel now that it's all out there? SFRevu: Congratulations on the finish of the Golden Oecuneme, and a wonderful first Interview: John C Wright with Ernest Lilley

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