I'm A Science Fiction And Fantasy Geek.

I Differ With Myself Then Agree, Like The Rock That Was Broken And Cemented Together. I Change My Opinion.

When I Write My Novels, I'm Not Writing Them To Make Political Points. I'm Writing Them Because I Passionately Love Monsters And The Weird And Horror Stories And Strange Situations And Surrealism, And What I Want To Do Is Communicate That. But, Because I Come At This With A Political Perspective, The World That I'm Creating Is Embedded With Many Of The Concerns That I Have. But I Never Let Them Get In The Way Of The Monsters.

My Parents Were Hippies, And The Story Is That They Went Through A Dictionary Looking For A Beautiful Word To Name Me. They Nearly Called Me Banyan, But Flipped A Few Pages On And Reached "china," Thankfully. The Other Reason They Liked It Is That "china" Is Cockney Rhyming Slang For "mate." People Say "my Old China," Meaning "my Old Mate," Because "china Plate" Rhymes With "mate.

Word Spread Because Word Will Spread. Stories And Secrets Fight, Stories Win, Shed New Secrets, Which New Stories Fight, And On.

I Think The Role Of Science Fiction Is Not At All To Prophesy. I Think It Is To Tell Interesting, Vivid, Strange Stories That At Their Best Are Dreamlike Intense Versions And Visions Of Today.