![]() The germ of the conceit for Count to a Trillion was actually an exercise in humility. Is this ambitious display of world-building an example of authorial hubris? In his Big Idea piece, Wright suggest that in fact it’s the opposite emotion that spurred him to paint such on such a large narrative canvas.Įvery novel has a conceit, but not every novelist is conceited. Wright is taking that ability and running with it, positing a civilization that not only reaches for the stars but in a very real way involves the stars themselves. With his latest novel Count to a Trillion, author John C. ![]() One of the things about science fiction as a genre is that it has the ability - some might even suggest the responsibility - to think big. ![]()
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