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Interview #150: Orbit Interview, Entry #9

Orbit Books

And, finally. This is sort of a variation of Desert Island Disks. If you were caught up in a vortex and deposited in the world you have created…

Robert Jordan

What sort of evil monster would do that to me, I wonder?

Orbit Books

…what three things would you take with you?

Robert Jordan

The best “barefoot doctor” manual I could find, the best manual I could find of industrial chemical processes of the 18th and 19th Centuries, and an M-14 rifle with a good scope and as much ammunition as I could carry. The first is for obvious reasons; unless you have access to an Aes Sedai, healthcare depends completely on how good your local Wise Woman is and whether you even have a local Wise Woman. Additionally, the ability to treat injury and illness is a good way to be accepted as a stranger in a strange land. The second would be a source of obtaining an income until I could find my way back here. The third also is for obvious reasons. That world is dangerous, boys and girls!

Orbit Books

What would you do in your new home?

Robert Jordan

Spend most of my time trying to find a way back out of it. Do you remember the old Chinese curse, ‘May you live in interesting times’? Well, that world is much too interesting for comfort.

Orbit Books

And which novelist’s next book would you most regret not having the chance to read?

Robert Jordan

John M. Ford, Arturo Peres-Reverte, Thomas Harris… No, there are just too many to name.

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