An Interview with Author Andrew Fox

Liberty Island Magazine ^ | 11/7/2020 | Tamara Wilhite

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Science fiction and horror author Andrew Fox’s first novel was Fat White Vampire Blues. He’s continued to put out a steady stream of science fiction and fantasy that’s equally edgy and entertaining. For example, he recently released a short story collection titled Hazardous Imaginings: The Mondo Book of Politically Incorrect Science Fiction. And I had the opportunity to interview him.

Tamara Wilhite: Hazardous Imaginings seems to be modeled off of Harlan Ellison’s Dangerous Visions. Is that intentional?

Andrew Fox: Most assuredly. Not long after Harlan died, I watched a documentary on him that had been made pretty late in his life. Watching it and mulling over his career, I thought, “If Dangerous Visions were published today, what kinds of stories would it include?” That got me thinking about the issue of taboos in science fiction, what gatekeepers, editors, and opinion leaders in the field shy away from, discourage, or ignore. What was taboo back in 1967 is not only acceptable in the science fiction field today, it is celebrated and widely published and awarded. Today’s science fictional taboos are viewpoints and ideas that fall outside the progressive bubble that so many of present-day editors and gatekeepers inhabit.

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An Interview with Author Andrew Fox
https://libertyislandmag.com/2020/11/07/an-interview-with-author-andrew-fox/

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Interesting! I’m up for any decent fiction that is not PC.