Ask the Author: Bruno De Marques
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Bruno De Marques
They say an author’s first book is often biographic. This is almost the case.
I feel a lot like Vincent De Marcos, the protagonist. The 21st century is nothing like classic sci-fi writers had foreseen it would be. I’d like it to be different. Or, at least, be able to identify a trend that might lead us to the future promised to us in the 20th century, but there isn’t one. And I feel as powerless as he does to change it.
More than 10 years ago, I went with my boss to see a presentation I thought would be about Antarctic’s geology and tourism potential, by Rainer Daehnhardt, but it was actually about the history of the Antarctic, namely the evidence of the III Reich’s presence in that territory during WW2 and beyond. Something clicked immediately in the sense that one-man-could-make-a-difference after all!
I was on the verge of going looking for them myself but my life, at the time, didn’t lead to it. Vincent’s life, however, will ask big decisions of him and, eventually, he will do what I never got the chance to do. And, for better or for worst, he will experience what I expected to find there.
I feel a lot like Vincent De Marcos, the protagonist. The 21st century is nothing like classic sci-fi writers had foreseen it would be. I’d like it to be different. Or, at least, be able to identify a trend that might lead us to the future promised to us in the 20th century, but there isn’t one. And I feel as powerless as he does to change it.
More than 10 years ago, I went with my boss to see a presentation I thought would be about Antarctic’s geology and tourism potential, by Rainer Daehnhardt, but it was actually about the history of the Antarctic, namely the evidence of the III Reich’s presence in that territory during WW2 and beyond. Something clicked immediately in the sense that one-man-could-make-a-difference after all!
I was on the verge of going looking for them myself but my life, at the time, didn’t lead to it. Vincent’s life, however, will ask big decisions of him and, eventually, he will do what I never got the chance to do. And, for better or for worst, he will experience what I expected to find there.
Bruno De Marques
I've just started becoming more active on twitter (@brunodemarques) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bruno.demarq...) and I am now regularly blogging at BrunoDeMarques.com. I'd love to connect with you on any platform.
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