Matt Staggs interviewed me for his blog Enter the Octopus. We talked about geekdom, my grandfather, my new SF Site column, and other related topics.
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| Matt: Is there a history of “geeks” of different sorts in your family?
Rick: Sort of… my uncle is a huge film geek. Matter of fact, about once a month or so, we’ll have a conversation about various monster movies. He goes to serial conventions. My sister treats “geek” like it’s a dirty word or there is something wrong with it. I’ve taken great pride in making my nephew (her oldest son) into a geek. By the time he was five, he knew all the Godzilla monsters and the related mythos. He called me the other day and was discussing the philosopher’s stone and homonculi with me. He’s 11. |
This may be the first interview I’ve ever done with no mention of gorillas or apes!