{"id":17646,"date":"2015-05-05T10:12:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T18:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=17646"},"modified":"2015-05-05T10:12:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T18:12:02","slug":"the-end-has-come-an-interview-with-carrie-vaughn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/interviews\/the-end-has-come-an-interview-with-carrie-vaughn\/","title":{"rendered":"The End Has Come: An Interview with Carrie Vaughn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Buy The End Has Come<\/em><\/a>, edited by John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey<\/p><\/div>\n

In collaboration with editors John Joseph Adams<\/a> and Hugh Howey<\/a>, A Dribble of Ink is proud to introduce a series of interviews with the authors of The End Has Come<\/em>, the final volume in the The Apocalypse Triptych<\/em>. Following on The End is Nigh<\/em>, and The End Is Here<\/em>, The End Has Come<\/em> contains 23 stories about life after the apocalypse.<\/p>\n

Interview with Carrie Vaughn about \u201cBannerless\u201d<\/h2>\n

(Interview by Jude Griffin)<\/em><\/p>\n

What was the seed for “Bannerless”?<\/h3>\n

\u201cBannerless\u201d is something of a prequel to an earlier story of mine, \u201cAmaryllis,\u201d which was nominated for a Hugo in 2011. In almost the first line of \u201cAmaryllis,\u201d the narrator wonders about her mother and why would have tried to go through with an unauthorized pregnancy. \u201cBannerless\u201d is the answer to that question. I\u2019ve been wanting to tackle this story for a long time, based on the premise that the answer isn\u2019t what anyone would have expected.<\/p>\n

I loved the world-building detail of the banners, so small a part of the story, but so rich\u2014what was the inspiration?<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s a detail that carried over from the first story, so I don\u2019t entirely remember the exact reasoning behind it. But people love trophies. Abstract rewards are all well and good, but a thing that people can display and be proud of, concrete representation of an accomplishment, is an idea that\u2019s been around as long as civilization. This is a world where people need to earn the right to have children, and the banner has become something of a merit badge to show off to the world that accomplishment. For a simple agrarian society like this, a piece of cloth\u2014a flag\u2014is an inexpensive and effective way to show off.<\/p>\n

Why does the complex, imperfect resolution of the case cause Enid to change her mind about retirement?<\/h3>\n

I think this case reminds her that it isn\u2019t about the entire society, it isn\u2019t even necessarily about enforcing the rules\u2014it\u2019s about helping one person. Aren puts a face on the work Enid\u2019s been doing, and I think that inspires her.<\/p>\n

Which post-apocalyptic story\/ies left the greatest impression on you?<\/h3>\n

A Canticle for Leibowitz<\/em> by Walter M. Miller for sure. In fact, I imagine that\u2019s a big inspiration for these stories\u2014it\u2019s about what society saves from before, what new society they have to build to carry on. As a child of the last gasp of the Cold War, all the nuclear apocalypse movies and stories from the early 1980\u2019s\u2014everything from \u201cThe Day After\u201d to \u201cThreads\u201d to \u201cMad Max\u201d to \u201cRed Dawn\u201d have all stayed with me as well.<\/p>\n

Any projects\/news you want to tell us about?<\/h3>\n

The last book in the Kitty<\/em> series, Kitty Saves the World<\/em>, is due out in August. That\u2019s the big one! I also have the usual round of short stories and other projects lined up. Check out my website<\/a> for news.<\/p>\n\"Vaughn-Carrie\"\n

About Carrie Vaughn<\/h2>\n

Carrie Vaughn is the author of the New York Times bestselling series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty, the most recent installment of which is Kitty Saves the World<\/em>. She\u2019s written several other contemporary fantasy and young adult novels, as well as upwards of 80 short stories. She\u2019s a contributor to the Wild Cards<\/em> series of shared world superhero books edited by George R. R. Martin and a graduate of the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop. An Air Force brat, she survived her nomadic childhood and managed to put down roots in Boulder, Colorado. Visit her at carrievaughn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About the anthology<\/h2>\n

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare\/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.<\/p>\n

But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild.<\/p>\n

Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, The Apocalypse Triptych<\/em> is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. The End Is Nigh<\/em> focuses on life before the apocalypse. The End is Now<\/em> turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And The End Has Come<\/em> focuses on life after the apocalypse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Buy the book<\/h2>\n

The End Has Come<\/em> is available as a trade paperback<\/a> or eBook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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