Interview with an Author: LoneGunGuy
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| Title: | Interview with an Author: LoneGunGuy |
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| Interviewee: | LoneGunGuy |
| Date(s): | 2001 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | The X-Files |
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Interview with an Author: LoneGunGuy took place in roughly 2001.
It was posted to LoneGunGuy's fiction page, which was a part of the X-Files website IOHO... In Our Humble Opinion.
"Just a little information about myself, recently revised after I realized that my interview with Amanda Summers (which occupied this space for a very long time) was five years out of date. 26K. Rated G, pretty much." [1]
Excerpts
What kinds of non-XF fiction do you write?
I've tried my hand at several novels, the first one written when I was thirteen years old: it was a science-fiction work of 70,000 words called Apocalypse by Water. (I was a bright, lonely kid.) I've since begun several ambitious projects that were never completed, although publishing a novel remains one of my long-term goals. I write some short fiction when I can, but the results rarely satisfy me.
How do you feel about the current incarnation of The X-Files?
I don't watch much television while I'm at college, but what I saw of the eighth season, I enjoyed. Personally, I think that the chemistry between Mulder and Scully was growing rather tired near the end, and because the show was forced to work harder upon Mulder's departure, the scripts and direction for season eight were stronger than they had been for quite some time. However, I don't plan to watch the ninth season (or beyond, God forbid.) The show would have been well-advised to call it quits after season five. Looking back at the first few seasons on DVD, it's a shock to see how good the show used to be, before its exhaustion began to show. At this point, even uninspired early episodes like "Ghost in the Machine" are beginning to look like masterworks.
Who are your favorite fan fiction authors?
Strange as it may seem, I never read fanfic for my own pleasure. I enjoyed writing much more than reading, and usually would only read a story if an author specifically asked for my opinion. Of the very few stories I did read, the best were Vestigy by Lisby, Hell and Back by Livengoo, and Carol-Lee by WestShore. Frankly, I wrote the kinds of stories that I missed seeing online, so I guess I'm still my favorite author of fan fiction. Many of my own stories embarrass me now, but I still enjoy reading The Tiger Complex and Inversus.
What's your favorite movie?
There's no obvious choice, but contending for the top spot are: David Lynch's Blue Velvet; Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Red Shoes; Carol Reed's The Third Man; and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Other movies I love dearly include Eyes Wide Shut, Casablanca, The Seven Samurai, The Long Goodbye, Citizen Kane, L.A. Confidential, The Searchers, and Dancer in the Dark.
What published authors do you enjoy reading?
The Divine Comedy is my desert island book, and Dante is my role model in many ways. The Pilgrim of the Comedy is my ideal of young manhood: vehement in love and hate, strong in his beliefs but not untouched by doubt, intellectual, spiritual, flawed, questing, ambitious, and ultimately motivated by his passionate love for a mortal woman. Other works that lie very close to my heart include The Iliad, the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories (in Baring-Gould's annotated version), and Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine trilogy. The best book I've read recently is Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.