{"id":64,"date":"2008-05-04T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T04:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/?p=64"},"modified":"2022-12-14T13:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:57:24","slug":"interview-with-russell-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/articles\/interview-with-russell-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Russell Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"

R<\/strong><\/span>ussell Davis is the author of more than a dozen novels, forty short stories and a handful of poems. He\u2019s been the editor or co-editor of numerous novels and anthology titles in every fiction genre published today. His most recent anthology title is Lost Trails<\/em> and his next anthology is Ghost Towns of the American West<\/em>. He is an active member of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America<\/em> and<\/em> the Western Writers of America<\/em>, and has served both the Science Fiction and Western writer\u2019s communities in positions ranging from the Western Regional Director for SFWA, to acting as a judge for the Spur Awards<\/em> and the Western Heritage Awards<\/em>. In 2008 he was elected to the office of SFWA President.<\/p>\n

You can discover even more about Russell Davis and his work at westernsensibility.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Introduction by N.E. Lilly<\/li>\n
  2. (00:54) When did you begin writing?<\/li>\n
  3. (01:33) How did you get involved with the Science Fiction genre?<\/li>\n
  4. (02:20) How did you get involved in publishing?<\/li>\n
  5. (03:37) What was your first introduction to Space Westerns?<\/li>\n
  6. (04:51) How do you define \u201cScience Fiction\u201d?<\/li>\n
  7. (06:30) How do you define \u201cWestern\u201d?<\/li>\n
  8. (08:24) How do you define \u201cSpace Western\u201d?<\/li>\n
  9. (09:36) How has your interest in Westerns influenced your Science Fiction writing?<\/li>\n
  10. (10:34) You\u2019ve been quoted as saying: \u201cThe Western isn\u2019t gone… it\u2019s changing and evolving.\u201d How do you think Space Westerns fall into this?<\/li>\n
  11. (12:15) Time and time again both the Western and the Science Fiction genres have been declared dead or dying. What is your outlook on this?<\/li>\n
  12. (15:37) Ridley Scott recently said in an article on the Times Online<\/a> that Science Fiction is as dead as Westerns. What is your response to that?<\/li>\n
  13. (17:37) On your blog Westerns for Today<\/a> you wrote an article entitled \u201cHow the West was Lost & How We Can Find it Again<\/a>\u201d that cites three key problems of Western genre publishing (focusing on the past of the genre, apathy, and resistance to change) and covers six points that the WWA should follow to help the Western genre be more relevant to modern readers. How much of this do you think applies to Science Fiction as well?<\/li>\n
  14. (24:42) What do you think the attraction is to Space Westerns?<\/li>\n
  15. (27:28) Can you tell me more about the \u201cRead the West\u201d program?<\/li>\n
  16. (29:10) Can you let me in on any exclusive information, unknown insights, or trade secrets?<\/li>\n
  17. (31:58) What else can we expect to see from you in the near future?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n