Robert Charles Wilson is the award-winning author of Spin. Some of his other books include the two sequels to Spin: Axis and Vortex, as well as Mysterium, The Chronoliths, and Julian Comstock. In the interview, Wilson talks about how he got into writing, where the idea for Spin came from, what he’s working on now, what he hopes people get out of reading his books, and what he likes to do in his spare time. Read the interview . . .
From Robert Charles Wilson, author of Spin, comes an original future tale in the style of The Postman and Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. It is the 22nd century and our world is a different place, just as we know it will be. After the halcyon days of the early 21st century, there were decades of war and suffering and a reset for the planet. After the Efflorescence of Oil and a number of cataclysmic events: The Fall of the Cities, the Plague of Infertility, the False Tribulation, and the days of the Pious Presidents, the American flag now stands proud with sixty stars and thirteen stripes under the control of the Dominion. But one man named Julian Comstock is looking to change that.
President Deklan Comstock rules with a mighty fist, hand in hand with the Dominion, subjugating Americans while sacrificing thousands of troops in the ongoing war against the “mitteleuropans”. He has already sent his brother into harms way and had him “sacrificed,” keeping his rule as President certain. But in the small town of Athabaska his nephew Julian Comstock is a young boy with dreams of becoming a great man. Told from the viewpoint of his best friend who has hopes of becoming a writer, Adam Hazzard chronicles Julian’s life from a young age as close friends, to fighting in the army and become a national hero, to overthrowing his evil uncle and becoming rightful president. Always a leader, he has goals of ending the rule of the Dominion and reestablishing the former atheistic doctrine, the age of reason, and celebrating his hero, the great Charles Darwin, in a biographical film. Told in a strong, chronicling voice, Julian Comstock is a powerful novel.
Wilson has created an incredible and memorable world with some fascinating events that have come to pass. While the story of Julian Comstock is an important one, readers are left wanting more about the last century and exactly why things are the way they are, what’s going on with the rest of the world exactly, and what’s in store for the future. This is hopefully a strong first book in a series that will explore this unforgettable world that Wilson has put so much work into creating.
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Originally written on August 28th, 2009 ©Alex C. Telander.
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