Greg van Eekhout Quotes

Greg van Eekhout — Writer

Greg van Eekhout is a science fiction and fantasy writer. His "In the Late December" was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and his middle-grade fantasy novel The Boy at the End of the World was nominated for the 2012 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy... (wikipedia)

In high school, I stole a six-foot submarine sandwich from a banquet room in front of several hundred people. I did it because I was in marching band, and we were promised food if we played, and they broke their promise. It was my first and only heist, motivated by justice and hunger.

As a kid, I didn't need to be convinced the future promised peril and oppression, so when I started thinking up the middle-grade science fiction novel that became 'The Boy at the End of the World,' it seemed only natural to build the story around a dark vision of the future. In my book, civilization has nearly destroyed itself.

I don't think that eating bones is necessarily gruesome unless you're a vegetarian.

As a reader, I tend not to get too much from tales of unrelenting grimness.

Being part of the original 'Star Wars' generation, I have always known a dark future.