Follow For Now
Interviews with Friends and Heroes
Roy Christopher, Editor
Well-Red Bear
ISBN: 0-9776977-0-3
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File Under: Non-Fiction, Interviewpalooza

This is a wide ranging book with short interviews with authors, musicians, scientist and just about anyone else. There are 43 interviews here. The book is separated into six sections; Science, Technology, Media, Music, Culture and Literature.

The interviews are as far ranging as they sounds. They range from Mark C. Taylor discussing The Philosophy of Culture, to media guru Douglas Rushkoff to Al Burian and the rest of Milemarker and the author Philip Dick. The cool thing is most of these interviews are by Roy Christopher so you follow along as he explores the intricacies of his own interest and in doing so makes them interesting to you. As you read these seemingly unconnected interviews you start to piece together parts of Roy Christopher's personality as much as you find out about the subject being discussed. What do I think I have found out about Roy Christopher? I think he is all about new ideas and trying to figure things out. I think he is about trying to make connections between things that no one else has connected. At least to me, after reading a few of these interviews you start to see the connections between people like Douglas Rushkoff and Al Burian.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't all about Roy Christopher. To me the best interviewers ask their questions and get out of the way, giving the person being interviewed enough room to answer the questions. In this book those being interviewed are given enough room to answer. You get the feeling that the interviews are real conversations, just with more interesting people than you usually have conversations with. While we are a bit late to the party, this book was published in 2007, I think it is an interesting read worth you checking out.

Check out his website at http://roychristopher.com

Dave