{"id":21793,"date":"2016-04-29T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=21793"},"modified":"2017-06-08T09:34:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:34:30","slug":"time-travel-to-2001-for-episode-7-of-eating-the-fantastic-with-samuel-r-delany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/29\/time-travel-to-2001-for-episode-7-of-eating-the-fantastic-with-samuel-r-delany\/","title":{"rendered":"Time travel to 2001 for Episode 7 of Eating the Fantastic with Samuel R. Delany"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest episode of Eating the Fantastic<\/em> was recorded 15 years before Eating the Fantastic<\/em> began.<\/p>\n

How is that possible? <\/p>\n

Well, when it comes to Chip Delany, all<\/em> things are possible.<\/p>\n

On June 18, 2001, while Chip was in the middle of a book tour supporting the 25th anniversary republication of Dhalgren<\/em>, I interviewed him at Bistro Bis in the Hotel George. The recording I made that day wasn’t created to be heard, but was merely a tool so it could be transcribed and run as text in Science Fiction Weekly<\/em>, a site I edited during my 13 years at the Syfy Channel.<\/p>\n

It had been awhile since I\u2019d thought of that interview, but once I got the first half dozen episodes of Eating the Fantastic<\/em> live—all of which you can download from iTunes<\/a>—I dug deep into the vault and found the tapes of that meal. And when I asked Chip if he\u2019d mind me sharing that audio with you, he was gracious enough to say—go for it!<\/p>\n

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We took no photos that day— of either the food or each other—so this pic of us together during the 2014 Nebula Awards weekend will have to suffice. Knock off a decade or so of age and you’ll get the idea.<\/p>\n

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And now it’s time to time travel back to 2001 for lunch with Chip as we discuss the 25th anniversary edition of his magnum opus Dhalgren<\/em>, the \u201csheer madness\u201d of trying to write such a book in the first place, the state of the science fiction field during the mid-\u201870s, the joys he receives from teaching, and much more.<\/p>\n

Here’s how to pull up a chair at the table—<\/p>\n

1) Subscribe at the iTunes store<\/a> (and while there, perhaps download some of the older episodes as well).<\/p>\n

2) Or use the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> to snag episodes on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or simply listen below.<\/p>\n