Comments on: Book Blog Tour: Interview with author Marcus Chown http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:01:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marcus Chown http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648&cpage=1#comment-785 Marcus Chown Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:56:16 +0000 http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648#comment-785 Elena: Yes, I think I overstepped the mark in answering your question: "Can you share with us a couple of your favourite (fiction and non-fiction) books of all time?"! "All in the Mind" by Alistair Campbell, "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngoze Adichie... Whoops, sorry, I've started again! Yes, I quite fancy a Tim Tam roo. Trouble is the shops in London aren't open yet. And it's 12,000 miles on a plane to get one in Australia! Best wishes, Marcus Elena:

Yes, I think I overstepped the mark in answering your question: “Can you share with us a couple of your favourite (fiction and non-fiction) books of all time?”! “All in the Mind” by Alistair Campbell, “Half of a Yellow Sun” by Chimamanda Ngoze Adichie… Whoops, sorry, I’ve started again!

Yes, I quite fancy a Tim Tam roo. Trouble is the shops in London aren’t open yet. And it’s 12,000 miles on a plane to get one in Australia!

Best wishes,
Marcus

]]> By: elena http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648&cpage=1#comment-784 elena Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:35:23 +0000 http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648#comment-784 Phill: Thanks/You're welcome :P Kayleigh: Thanks! You finally started reading it! Awesome. I think it's a good list Marcus: Can't blame you for missing a few people in those lists - questions like that can be answered forever I think. Okay all this talk about Tim-Tams is seriously bringing on the cravings... Phill: Thanks/You’re welcome :P

Kayleigh: Thanks! You finally started reading it! Awesome. I think it’s a good list

Marcus: Can’t blame you for missing a few people in those lists – questions like that can be answered forever I think.

Okay all this talk about Tim-Tams is seriously bringing on the cravings…

]]> By: Marcus Chown http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648&cpage=1#comment-783 Marcus Chown Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:27:02 +0000 http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648#comment-783 Dear Phill, Thanks! Hope you manage to get your dream job. I have been very lucky. But I have also been persistent and had a lot of rejection. As I say, persistence is the key! Good luck with your PhD! Yes, I could have mentioned Briane Green's The Elegant Universe. But I forgot! Even now I can think of lots of people I left off the list! Best wishes, Marcus Dear Phill,

Thanks!

Hope you manage to get your dream job. I have been very lucky. But I have also been persistent and had a lot of rejection. As I say, persistence is the key! Good luck with your PhD!

Yes, I could have mentioned Briane Green’s The Elegant Universe. But I forgot! Even now I can think of lots of people I left off the list!

Best wishes,
Marcus

]]> By: Marcus Chown http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648&cpage=1#comment-782 Marcus Chown Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:18:25 +0000 http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648#comment-782 Dear Kayleigh, Thanks! Haven't read much Chricton since "The Andromeda Strain", years and years ago. Maybe I should read more of his stuff. Penguins are bigger and denser. Tim Tams are... just right! Best wishes, Marcus Dear Kayleigh,

Thanks!

Haven’t read much Chricton since “The Andromeda Strain”, years and years ago. Maybe I should read more of his stuff.

Penguins are bigger and denser. Tim Tams are… just right!

Best wishes,
Marcus

]]> By: Kayleigh http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648&cpage=1#comment-781 Kayleigh Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:08:21 +0000 http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648#comment-781 Great interview! And props to you to being recommended - looks as though you're getting noticed! Would have been good to hear more of Chown's thoughts on Crichton, but then I'm a bit Crichton-crazy at the moment (devouring Jurassic Park). Interesting reading list he has there too. Oooh and their are Tim Tam-ish things in the UK called Penguins, but they're not nearly as nice :) Great interview! And props to you to being recommended – looks as though you’re getting noticed! Would have been good to hear more of Chown’s thoughts on Crichton, but then I’m a bit Crichton-crazy at the moment (devouring Jurassic Park). Interesting reading list he has there too.

Oooh and their are Tim Tam-ish things in the UK called Penguins, but they’re not nearly as nice :)

]]> By: phill http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648&cpage=1#comment-780 phill Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:57:53 +0000 http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=648#comment-780 Great interview guys! By the end of this I was incredibly jealous, as Marcus has one of my absolute dream jobs (writer for New Scientist). Perhaps once I finish my PhD I should contact him for a referral? :P <i>"When I was at school, I liked English and I liked physics. But, in British schools, they didn’t let you do both arts and sciences, which is a terrible shame."</i> It certainly is. :'( I was very surprised not to see any Brian Greene on his list of non-fiction? I'm going to have to hit up my local library for some of the others. Thanks again both of you! Great interview guys! By the end of this I was incredibly jealous, as Marcus has one of my absolute dream jobs (writer for New Scientist). Perhaps once I finish my PhD I should contact him for a referral? :P

“When I was at school, I liked English and I liked physics. But, in British schools, they didn’t let you do both arts and sciences, which is a terrible shame.”

It certainly is. :’(

I was very surprised not to see any Brian Greene on his list of non-fiction? I’m going to have to hit up my local library for some of the others. Thanks again both of you!

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