{"id":6077,"date":"2012-05-24T13:05:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=6077"},"modified":"2013-02-17T08:01:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T13:01:42","slug":"jean-christophe-valtat-steampunk-biographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=6077","title":{"rendered":"Watch City Festival 2012: Jean-Christophe Valtat"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EapcwS2SoOY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>In this far too brief interview, I spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jean-Christophe-Valtat\/e\/B003ERP9BG\/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0\">Jean-Christophe Valtat<\/a>, noted international science fiction author and teacher, world&#8217;s leading authority on Jules Verne, and keynote speaker at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalsteampunkcitywaltham.org\/\">2012 The Watch City Festival<\/a>. We talked about how Jules Verne&#8217;s works were the predecessors of Steampunk and Verne&#8217;s influence on modern science fiction. You can find Valtat&#8217;s new book, <a href=\"http:\/\/mhpbooks.com\/books\/aurorarama\/\">Aurorarama<\/a>, here.<\/p>\n<p>Our deepest thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crmi.org\/about-the-museum\/staff\/\">Elln Hagney<\/a> for her kindness in helping us obtain this interview. You can check out the kinetic sculpture seen in the background inside <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crmi.org\/\">The Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=6077\" data-text=\"Watch City Festival 2012: Jean-Christophe Valtat\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=6077\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D6077&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fc49ccc512d4f99a9a863cc00915cb240%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dmm%26r%3Dpg&#038;description=Watch%20City%20Festival%202012%3A%20Jean-Christophe%20Valtat\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this far too brief interview, I spoke with Jean-Christophe Valtat, noted international science fiction author and teacher, world&#8217;s leading authority on Jules Verne, and keynote speaker at the\u00a02012 The Watch City Festival. 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