Saturday, 3rd of April, 2004

Chris Lawson, Melbourne doctor and science fiction author, has a beautiful post about the Rwandan massacre, the tenth anniversary of which is this month. A horrendous and tragic piece of international history, in which a baleful finger seems to point at just about everyone, from the UN to the US to France… At some stage I really must steel myself to read Philip Gourevitch's We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.

Chris is working on his first novel, Proof of Concept, which promises (without wanting to pressure the man too much *grin*) to place him in the field with Greg Egan, Paul McAuley and others as a writer with a deep understanding of science who is also an eloquent defender of human rights and politics – as well as storytelling… McAuley's recent thrillers (White Devils review in the works right now! Stay tuned) walk similar ground, and I can't wait to see what Chris does with the concepts – for a brief hint of the themes look at his cute FAQ.
(Maybe he'll need an enthusiastic beginner-editor somewhere along the way…)

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