Tom Fletcher

Tom Fletcher asked Elan Mastai:

Late to the appreciation party, but AOWT really is a superb time travel novel, both in concept and execution. Time travel is obviously a difficult sub-genre to make an original and believable story out of, but which would you say is the most difficult (either ones you plan to tackle, or do not)? Which would you say is your Everest... so to speak??

Elan Mastai Thanks for the kind words, Tom. I'd say an alien contact story that grapples with the challenges of communicating with a lifeform that's unlikely to share any common reference points with us. Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" handled this deftly. Until I figure out how to improve on that one, that'll probably be my Everest...

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Srishti Singh

Srishti Singh asked Elan Mastai:

All our wrongs today might just be the best time travel based novel I've read so far! Thank you for this amazing creation! This may be a long shot and probably out of line but are you upcoming books based on a Sci-fi ground too or are you considering some other genre?

Chelsea Taylor

Chelsea Taylor asked Elan Mastai:

Did any books or movies inspire you to write this book?

Georgesear

Georgesear asked Elan Mastai:

One of the things that stuck with me the most after reading your book was Greta's philosophy that what we do in our everyday life best reflects what we actually believe. Do you agree with her ?

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