And that lasted a month, I had a month where I had a document called Mad Scientist Versus Witch that I was putting a bunch of stuff into and then I was like “Actually, what if they’re friends?” and then that went in a different direction. It would be some kind of zany thing where they would be setting death traps, like spy versus spy almost. I think my very early original concept was ‘Witch versus mad scientist’ or ‘Mad scientist versus witch,’ and it would be them fighting each other. I was noodling one day on something else and that kind of popped into my head. It was just the idea of a witch and a mad scientist and what happens to them in their relationship. What was the starting point for All The Birds In The Sky? We spoke to the author about witches vs mad scientists, why middle school is hell and finding the balance between zany and heartbreaking. The debut novel from the Hugo Award winner (for novelette Six Months, Three Days) and managing editor of io9 has got witches, potentially devastating scientific discoveries, talking animals, and what could very well be the end of our world, but at its core, it’s the story of a friendship between two people, witch Patricia and scientist Laurence, who grow up together, grow apart, and find each other again when everything is on the brink of going to hell. Charlie Jane Anders’ All The Birds In The Sky is something special.
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