Literary Alchemist: Lee Harris

Literary Alchemist: Lee Harris
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By Dave Robison Literary Alchemists May 17, 2012
Lee Harris
Literary Alchemist: Lee Harris

 

Showcase Episode: 20 Minutes with Lee Harris

Workshop Episode: Workshop Episode 12 (Guest Host: Lee Harris)

Website/Blog: www.angryrobotbooks.com

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/angryrobotbooks

Lee Harris is the editor with Angry Robot Books. A science fiction and fantasy publisher, based in the UK, but publishing worldwide, Angry Robot titles have won many awards, including the Arthur C Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2011.

Lee also founded Hub Magazine – a monthly short fiction dead tree zine, which became a weekly online publication before half-collapsing at around issue 150.

He loves mince pies, but hates dried fruit, and no, he doesn’t understand that, either.

Works to be aware of…

Absolutely everything at The Robot Trading Company

Favorites

Novels:
1984 (Orwell), The HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy (Adams), Night Watch (Pratchett), The Grin of the Dark (Campbell), The Player of Games (Banks), the Felix Castor series (Carey)

Non-Fiction:
The Year of the King (Sher), Michael Palin Diaries, Untold Stories (Bennett)

Comics:
Watchmen
BatWoman (current run)
Anything by Gail Simone
Knight and Squire (Cornell)
Swamp Thing
Animal Man
Daredevil
Captain America (Brubaker run)

Movies:
Daredevil (no, really)
Alien
The Orphanage
Let The Right One In
Ptang-Yang-Kipperbang

TV:
The West Wing
Veronica Mars
Farscape
Doctor Who
Rome
Deadwood
How I Met Your Mother
Weeds

Quote

“Most editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.”– TS Eliot

Dave Robison / About Author
Dave Robison has indulged in creative pursuits his entire life. His CV includes writing Curious George fan-fiction at the age of eight, improv theater at age ten, playing trumpet at age twelve, as well as a theater degree, creating magazine cover art, writing audio scripts, designing websites, creating board games, hosting mythological roundtables and generally savoring the sweet drought of expression in all its forms. His years of exploration give him a unique, informed, and eloquent perspective on the art of storytelling.
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Comments (1)

Christopher Wright
May 18, 2012 at 8:07 am

Another Farscape fan! It was an under-appreciated show. One of my favorites.

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