Jonathan Lethem interview about his latest science fiction novel “The Arrest” (Ecco, 2020)

Jonathan Lethem interview about his latest science fiction novel “The Arrest” Check out this book here   https://amzn.to/32Mys8m Interview Timeline Jonathan Lethem is a prolific short story and novel writer. He’s written eleven novels and his latest is The Arrest a science fiction novel about a semi-dystopian society. We spoke about the novel, about society, and about his writing process. 0:32 – Jonathon talks about why he wrote The Arrest. He talks about setting it in Maine. 3:30 – Jonathon talks about the protagonist, setting, and conflict in the novel. 7:09 – Jonathon expands on why he chose to set the novel in Maine. 8:46 – Jonathon goes deeper into the “post-apocalyptic” setting of the book. 13:00 – Jonathon talks about how people communicate in his novel. 14:00 – Jonathon talks about growing up in an apocalyptic atmosphere. 15:35 – Jonathon talks about freedom and communication in his world. 16:51 – Jonathon talks about the research he did for the novel. 18:34 – Jonathon talks about things he learned about Maine. 20:35 – Jonathon talks about micro-differences in communities. 21:46 – Jonathon talks about the feel of the book. 22:39 – Jonathon talks about the musical feel to the book. 25:15 – Jonathon talks about one character being a script doctor and about his various interests. 27:19 – Jonathon talks about being a big reader. 27:53 – Jonathon talks about how he completes his novels. 30:07 – Jonathon talks about how his writing has changed over time. 32:06 – Jonathon started his career thinking he would be a painter. 34:01 – Jonathon talks about editing The Arrest and changing the novel’s POV. 35:16 – Jonathon talks about what changing the POV did for the story. 37:11 – Jonathon talks about growing up being cautioned about the future. 38:58 – Jonathon talks about the adaptation of books into films. 40:45 – Jonathon talks about his approach to films and Hollywood. 44:10 – Jonathon talks about short story writing. 44:31 – Jonathon can be found at JonathanLethem.com Links of interest https://amzn.to/32Mys8m https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-arrest-jonathan-lethem?variant=32117464694818 http://jonathanlethem.com/ 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. You’re sure to find something you like. Guests: Jonathan Lethem Host: Cris Alvarez Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Ecco, science fiction,