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Scott Alexander Howard lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has a PhD in philosophy from the University of Toronto and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, where his work focused on the relationship between memory, emotion, and literature. The Other Valley is his first novel. Connect with him at ScottAlexanderHoward.com.
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Isabel Jones (IJ): The Other Valley is a wonderful read. The imagined world uses physical geography as a means of time travel which is a new and fascinating concept, the characters are engaging, and the language is lyrical. However, the twists and spirals my brain attempted as I tried to align the implications of visiting the past or future are what made it so memorable for me. I have many wonderings about the logic of visiting The Other Valleys and the effects of each action on the inhabitants of the future valleys. I'll limit my question, though, to your process in structuring the integrity of the novel's world. Did you map out the logic of your world and the effects of alterations in each layer? Is everyone's memory instantly adjusted to any changed reality? Is reality in your world being recreated in every moment, a shifting structure affected by every action? Are you clear on the impact that Odile's actions in the past valley have on her adult world or does it rest in an open-ended speculative zone?
(SAH) Thank you, Isabel! When things go smoothly in the valleys, life there isn't so different from our world. All of our own future paths are causally set in motion by our past and present. The difference is that Odile lives in a ...
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