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Published · transcript-backedEmily St. John Mandel: belief
8 Apr 2020 Conversations with Tyler Emily St. John Mandel on Fact, Fiction, and the Familiar
“There are just not that many Canadians relative to Americans. So, for us, it’s a major city, and I think a lot of Canadian novels are set there.”
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- 8 Apr 2020
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…Why are so few novels set in Toronto? It’s like this secret city. It’s weird. If you grow up in Canada, Toronto is the city, but this goes back to the population thing I alluded to earlier. There are just not that many Canadians relative to Americans. So, for us, it’s a major city, and I think a lot of Canadian novels are set there. But those novels don’t necessarily even find American publishers. It’s weird — living in the States, thinking about Toronto. It’s this secret metropolis of 2.8 million people right on the other side of the border, and Americans never think about it. How has science fiction changed since you read so much of it as a teenager?…
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