David Wellington interview about his science fiction novel “The Last Astronaut” (Orbit, 2019)

David Wellington interview about his science fiction novel “The Last Astronaut” Check the book out here https://amzn.to/35vVtyQ Interview Timeline David Wellington has been writing fantasy for years [and] before turning his hand to science fiction. His latest novel The Last Astronaut is a look at horror in deep space. The book was nominated for the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke award and we spoke about the story, about horror and sci-fi, and about writing in general. 0:33 – Dave talks about why he wrote this book. he talks about being a huge monster fan. 3:34 – Dave talks about The Last Astronaut being hard sci-fi and being as scientifically accurate as possible. 5:28 – Dave talks about how he got interested in science fiction. 7:37 – Dave talks about the details of the novel and what it’s about. 10:12 – Dave talks about the research he did for the book and how much he has followed NASA’s work. 14:51 – Dave talks about what most surprised him when he interviewed two astronauts. 17:29 – Dave talks about a commercial space company in his book. 18:18 – Dave talks about the horror aspect of his novel. 20:53 – Dave talks about his horror inspirations. 24:56 – Dave talks about Predator as sci-fi and horror. 26:31 – Dave talks about humanoid versus weird monsters. 28:42 – Dave talks about the fantasy novels he enjoys. 31:30 – Dave talks about not listening to music while writing. 33:45 – Dave talks about the book having a synth-wave soundtrack. 36:56 – Dave talks about having worked as a data entry temp with the United Nations. 39:46 – Dave talks about having re-written Last Astronaut from scratch six times. 44:41 – Dave talks about having wanted to be in space when he was young. he also discusses the space shuttle tragedies. 48:17 – Dave talks about how his main character suffers from not having been able to go to Mars. 49:49 – Dave talks about recently finishing a horror novel. 54:00 – Dave talks about writers who are able to make money and tie-in writers. 55:37 – Dave can be found at davidwellington.net and on twitter @lasttrilobite and contactmonster@hotmail.com Links of interest https://amzn.to/35vVtyQ https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-wellington/the-last-astronaut/9780316419550/ https://davidwellington.net/ https://twitter.com/lasttrilobite?lang=en Contact Information For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts.