{"id":15,"date":"2007-07-08T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2022-11-29T11:09:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:09:30","slug":"interview-with-mark-l-van-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/articles\/interview-with-mark-l-van-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Mark L. Van Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/strong><\/span>ark L. Van Name is a science fiction and technology-industry writer who has published over a thousand computer-related articles and multiple science fiction stories. His stories have been included in multiple anthologies, including Year\u2019s Best Science Fiction<\/em>. His first novel, One Jump Ahead<\/em> was made available in June 2007 and features an almost-classic Western duo: Jon Moore, a nanotech-enhanced solider-of-fortune, and Battlewagon Lobo, an A.I.-equipped intelligence and weapons platform of enormous destructive potential.<\/p>\n

You can discover even more about Mark L. Van Name and his work at www.marklvanname.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. [00:00] Introduction by N.E. Lilly<\/li>\n
  2. [00:51] How did you get into writing Science Fiction?<\/li>\n
  3. [01:12] What was your first introduction to Space Western?<\/li>\n
  4. [01:30] How would you define a Space Western?<\/li>\n
  5. [02:30] What would you say the attraction to Space Westerns is?<\/li>\n
  6. [03:18] The Other day you gave a reading for One Jump Ahead<\/em>, which will appear on the Balticon Podcast, In One Jump Ahead<\/em> were there any Space Western themes that came out in that?<\/li>\n
  7. [04:51] What was the inspiration for writing One Jump Ahead<\/em>?<\/li>\n
  8. [06:01] Can you let me in on any exclusive information, unknown insights, or trade secrets?<\/li>\n
  9. [06:50] What are your current projects?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Books & Stories by Mark L. Van Name<\/h3>\n