The state is home to an unusually high concentration of science fiction writers and a strong mix of science and superstition.
The book is set in Snodgrass’ home state of New Mexico, a place where science and superstition clash in a particularly striking way. “It’s a very weird place, where you have Los Alamos laboratory, Sandia laboratories, high-tech, high-energy centers,” Snodgrass says, “Some of the finest scientific minds in the world come here to lecture and study and commune with each other, and then on the other side you have people who will balance your aura and sell you a crystal to deal with your cancer.
New Mexico is home to an unusually high concentration of science fiction writers, a group that Santa Fe residenthas jokingly dubbed “the New Mexico mafia.” “Sadly we’ve lost two of our greats,” Snodgrass says. “We lost Roger Zelazny and we lost Fred Saberhagen, but Suzy McKee Charnas is here, Steve Stirling, Stephen R. Donaldson is here, Walter Jon Williams. It’s a very prolific group of writers here.
Snodgrass, who has several TV shows in development, is hopeful that New Mexico can become a powerhouse of fantasy and science fiction filmmaking, as well as novel writing. “I’ve been mentoring writers through the, which is one of George’s projects, and we have a lot of talent here, a lot of young talent here,” she says. “We don’t need to set up a writers room in Los Angeles. We can do it here in New Mexico. That’s my ambition and goal.
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