THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

I've had the honor of interviewing Stephen Mellor for his debut novel The Long Sleep. This is a great interview where Mellor veers away from the book to tell more about the events that lead up to the book being published.

Here is a quote that was very interesting to me:

"Really, I think that it’s not for me to say what it is that sets it apart, it’s for my readers. And, whether they think it’s a revolutionary concept in the field of Science-Fiction on a par with Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke or Iain M. Banks or of it’s as clichéd as Battle Beyond The Stars, I really don’t care. All that’s important for me is that they enjoy it. Although, saying that, if someone does think that it’s as clichéd as Battle Beyond The Stars then, frankly, they’re wrong…"

Here is the interview trailer, http://youtu.be/A2U9-NCILZg

Here is the interview, http://h1t.it/PCRrrb