Kun kirjoitin Sunnurbanista, se tuli mieleen. Se tuli mielestÀni hyvin vahvasti. Erityisesti maailmassa on erityisesti erilaisia paikkoja, joilla voi kÀydÀ mielestÀsi ja mielipidestÀsi niin hyvin, ettÀ tunnet, ettÀ he kirjoittavat sinut.
Ja se on todella paljon parempi kuin se. Toisaalta, minulle on ongelma Cli-Fi tai mitÀ tahansa. MeidÀn ei tarvitse uutta genreÀ, jotta puhutaan maailman todellisuudesta, jota olemme. TÀmÀ on oikeastaan se, mitÀ kaikkien jÀrjestelmien tÀytyy olla. Me ei ole kirjoittaneet.
about a disrupted planet anymore. We are writing within a disrupted planet. And our work has to express this reality. We've talked about having a river as a co-author. Is what you're talking about having the planet as your co-author? That would be a very grand claim. Certainly not a claim that I would be willing to make. I was trying to make you make it.
HyvÀ asia on se, ettÀ olen novelistinen. Olen kirjailijana ja tekevÀn asioita. Jos tietokirjailija sanoisi jotain tÀllaista, he olisivat rauhoittaneet. Mutta kirjailijana voin sanoa, mitÀ haluan.
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So in Bengal and eastern India generally, there's a very long tradition of legends about a merchant.
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And the most famous of these merchants is a merchant called Chad Shadagor.
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And the story really goes that Chad Shadagor was persecuted by the goddess of snakes.
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And the goddess of snakes wanted him to declare his sort of his fealty to her.
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But he kept refusing and he was very recalcitrant.
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So she chases him, you know, pursues him with all sorts of disasters, you know, storms and waves and plagues of snakes and so on.
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He gets into a boat and runs away to foreign climes.
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It's a story which is somehow very important in my part of the world.
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I mean, it's been told and retold many, many times.
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So in a way, this is my version of that story, if you like.
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