Interview+Giveaway: A Planet to Nowhere by Nicholas Dufresne

Interview with Nicholas Dufresne, author of scifi novel A Planet to Nowhere

Adrian thought his time as a human experiment was over, that he was done suffering and had finally died. Never did he expect to wake up somewhere new, somewhere alien and far different than he could’ve ever imagined.

Has he found salvation, or is a test subject all he’s destined to be?

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When a scouting mission brings Reya and her team to a star sector that doesn’t support life, they stumble into far more than they first bargained for. The planet they thought was deserted contains secrets with far-reaching consequences.

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Excerpt from A Planet to Nowhere

The last thing he remembered was his futile struggle against the blue. Everything had been blue. He’d felt himself fade as the last vestiges of life fled from his body. His mind had shut down, turning itself off. And then, everything went black.

The darkness.

That crushing, never ending darkness.

Adrian shivered for entirely different reasons as his body heat leached away into the ground beneath him. He breathed deep lungfuls of air, immersed in the simple feeling of being. Blinking owlishly, he rid his eyes of the substance that clouded them while he lay on his back and stared at the ceiling.

Interview with Nicholas Dufresne

-What inspired you to become a writer?

Ever since I was a young child, I’ve loved reading. Stories of dragons and knights, magic and wizard and everything in between fascinated me. I fell in love with fantasy and science fiction. Discovering new and exciting worlds and creatures is a passion of mine. I love seeing what others’ imaginations can come up with.

I’m always looking for the next thing to read and that can be challenging after having read so many stories. At one point, I thought to myself: why don’t I write the story I want to read? And so it got me thinking about all sorts of things I wanted to have in a story.

The thought of being able to read my own imagined worlds time and again is what inspired me to go through with actually writing it down. It wasn’t easy, but I’m so glad I finished what I set out to do.

-If you could visit your book’s world for a day, what one thing would you do?

I’d try the food. On an alien planet full of spices and flavours we’d never find here on Earth, I’d love for nothing more than to see what kind of cuisines that alien society could come up with given the ingredients they have available to them. I’m sure I’d be blown away by the experience and maybe even learn a thing or two about cooking if the residents would be kind enough to share with me how they made their food.

-It’s two in the morning. What does your protagonist reveal in confidence? (Don’t worry, we won’t tell.)

My protagonist, Adrian, undergoes horrific experimentation at the hands of his captors. Truly traumatizing experiences that would make even the toughest of people squirm if they knew the full extent of what was done to him.

Such things are hard to talk about and I’m sure Adrian would love for somebody to lend an ear so that he can get off his chest the true extent of the horrors he faced. I’m sure listening to his story from his point of view would be truly eye opening.

-Which of your characters would you go out for drinks with?

While I’d love the chance to go out for drinks with all of my characters, the one I’d most like to go grab a drink with would be Jyn. Stuck in his military ways and with baggage of his own weighing him down, I’d love nothing more than to get a peek into his mind and how he views the world and events around him.

Jyn’s motivations for acting the way he does throughout the novel are complex as he tries to balance his duties and his own personal interests. I have no doubt he’d have quite the colourful commentary on the events that happen in the novel.

-You’re in a tavern, and a dwarf challenges you to a duel. What do you do?

I clear a table and grab my tankard. It’s drinking time and that dwarf is in for a surprise. No need for beer or watered-down wine, we start with the strongest drink on hand. Something strong enough that the dwarves around us would bet their beards that we wouldn’t even get through the first glass. To which I say, down the hatch!

-Is there a genre you could never write? Which and why?

That’s a tough one. If I really had to think of a genre I could never write in, it would probably be historical fiction. Sadly, history was never my strong suit and doesn’t interest me nearly as much as science fiction or fantasy. While I’m sure I could find a way to combine those genres together, I’d probably end up just creating my own history in my made-up worlds.

About Nicholas Dufresne

Nicholas Dufresne is a Canadian writer from Montreal. An avid reader and lover of stories, delving into the worlds created by others is a passion of his that inspired him to write one of his own to share with the world. Fantasy and science fiction are his preferred genres, both to read and write. When not reading or writing, he’s probably dreaming up new worlds to explore.

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Giveaway

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