{"id":25290,"date":"2018-09-21T08:51:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=25290"},"modified":"2018-09-21T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T12:51:25","slug":"binge-on-sushi-with-award-winning-author-pat-cadigan-in-episode-77-of-eating-the-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2018\/09\/21\/binge-on-sushi-with-award-winning-author-pat-cadigan-in-episode-77-of-eating-the-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Binge on sushi with award-winning author Pat Cadigan in Episode 77 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve attended 31 of the annual World Science Fiction Conventions since my first<\/a> back in 1974—Discon II, held in Washington, D.C.—and at this year’s Worldcon it proved as true as it was back at the beginning that the best part of attending any con is often stealing away for a meal with friends. The only thing that’s changed over the years is—now I’m sharing some of those meals with you.<\/p>\n

The first of five meals recorded for my Eating the Fantastic podcast was a lunch with Pat Cadigan at Mizu Sushi Bar & Grill<\/a>, which was a no-brainer when deciding where to host a writer who won the 2013 Hugo Award, as well as the Seiun Award, for her novelette “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi.” <\/p>\n

She also won the Arthur C. Clarke Award twice—for her novels Synners<\/em> (in 1992) and Fools<\/em> (in 1995). She\u2019s a major fan of professional wrestling, and I\u2019m pleased that when I was editing Rampage<\/em> magazine<\/a> during the ’90s, she wrote many articles for me on that subject … when her duties as the reigning Queen of Cyperpunk didn\u2019t interfere. She\u2019s also written tie-in novels for Friday the 13th<\/em> and Lost in Space<\/em>, and forthcoming, the official movie novelization of Alita: Battle Angel<\/em>. She also won a World Fantasy Award in 1981 for editing the magazine Shayol<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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We discussed what it was like being Robert A. Heinlein’s liaison at the 1976 Kansas City Worldcon, why John Brunner hated her when they first met and what she did to eventually win him over, her secret childhood life as a member of The Beatles, what she and Isaac Asimov had in common when it came to convincing parents to accept science fiction, her original plan to grow up and script Legion of Super-Heroes<\/em> comics, what she learned about writing from her 10 years at Hallmark Cards, how editor Shawna McCarthy helped birth her first novel, what effect being dubbed the Queen of Cyberpunk had on her career, who’s Thelma and who’s Louise in her Thelma and Louise relationship with editor Ellen Datlow, our joint friendships with Gardner Dozois, how she came up with her stories in the Wild Cards<\/em> universe, and much more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can join us at the table—<\/p>\n

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1) Subscribe over at the iTunes store<\/a>, where you’ll also be able to check out the 76 previous episodes.<\/p>\n

2) Listen to the episode via the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or listen by clicking on the embed below.<\/p>\n