I am pleased to be rejoined this week by Bobby Miller to discuss his new novel, Situation Nowhere. Imagine Brazil by way of Idiocracy but goopier: That’s Situation Nowhere. We talked about some of his influences, the state of our increasingly recursive culture, and why we need to bring back shaming folks for selling out. If you’re in Los Angeles, check out Bobby’s event on Saturday at The Redwood Bar! And if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend. (And listen to last year’s episode with Bobby about the Blu-ray release of his film, The Cleanse.)
Fascinating interview, Sonny, can't wait to find the book. I saw Brazil when it came out in 1985, and it has always haunted me, especially over the past several years. The eerie, steam-punk sets seemed so bizarre to me at the time, and yet now they feel so real. When Mr Miller expressed a desire to see a backlash to extreme technology, and how he loved seeing the young boy filming a parade with a Super 8, it made me think of those rooms in Brazil with shelves and shelves of old adding machines, churning away and delivering rolls and rolls of paper with nonsensical data.
Thanks Helen! Hope you enjoy the book!
(I'll also be buying Brazil on 4K bluray...It's a movie which might hold the record for most versions I've purchased on physical media.)
Very cool to see weird fiction on indie presses covered in this space!
Yes! Major thank you to Sonny!