How the Japanese imperial system inspired a sci-fi book series with Juliette Wade Check the book out here https://amzn.to/39KwCbD Interview Timeline Juliette Wade loves to learn and has degrees in both anthropology and linguistics. She is also a writer of speculative fiction and uses her knowledge to examine our society in her fantastic worlds. We talked about her latest book, about sci-fi and her inspirations. Transgressions of Power (DAW, 2021) 0:28 – Juliette talks about why she wrote this series. 1:32 – Juliette talks about the basics of the book. 5:14 – Juliette talks about the book incorrectly being labeled as post-apocalyptic and galactic empire style. 6:53 – Juliette talks about the research she did for the book. 8:32 – Juliette talks about the books caste system. 11:17 – Juliette talks about the size of her world. 13:18 – Juliette talks about the grounding of her caste system. 14:44 – Juliette talks about the use of violence in her novel. 16:26 – Juliette talks about the sci-fi and fantasy writers she likes. 18:12 – Juliette talks about the aesthetic fell of the book. 22:12 – Juliette talks about the age of the society and the social dynamics in her series. 26:13 – Juliette talks about her writing process. 29:50 – Juliette talks about character shame and guilt in the story. 33:15 – Juliette talks about tracking the elements in her novel. 36:11 – Juliette talks about how her approach to writing has changed. 37:58 – Juliette talks about becoming more science focused. 39:30 – Juliette talks about the language in the book. 42:55 – Juliette talks about Narnia and other fictional places she loved. She also talks about horror being difficult for her. 45:50 – Juliette talks about reading works at different stages of her life. 52:20 – Juliette talks about plot tropes she avoids. 54:12 – Juliette can be found at Juliettewade.com and on twitter, facebook and instagram. Links of interest https://amzn.to/39KwCbD https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607291/transgressions-of-power-by-juliette-wade/ https://juliettewade.com/ Contact Information For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like. Guests: Juliette Wade Host: Cris Alvarez Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, DAW, science fiction, Check the book out here https://amzn.to/39KwCbD