i think vs naipaul has been a very great influence on me.read a lot of speculative and science fiction and imaginative fiction. a very underrated writer called m john harrison, who thinks very carefully about form. so, m john harrison once said in an interview that always think of what it is that a genre cannot do, and then push it in that direction. i think it's current in my heart, that's a great lesson. and science—fiction writers can imagine things, or they want to imagine things, that others don't. on a cosmic scale, it goes without saying. and that appeals to you, because you seem to believe that the planet would do a lot better without any of us around. yes, this is a central theme of a lot of speculative and science—fiction writers now. saying actually, you know, if you take out the humans as a species, maybe very peacefully and quickly so that there is no pain, i think that the planet would be doing a lot better. it can recover, ifeel. so, when you finished the book, does that mean there was no sense of elation, that you still felt

points out that naipaul's in venice are the cities where tax evasion is the high. where not even the city authorities know precisely how many tourists come it's hard to determine what income they actually generate. among the highest earners in venice all the gondoliers they make up to two hundred euros an hour but the number is limited to three hundred sixty making gondolier licenses highly sought after they're in the hands. as of a few families not in the gift of the city the authorities charge only forty euros a year for using the canals. in the table though up to five thousand tourists being paid from one on the day to the beginning and end this money it's been earned back in about five years time so yeah every nickel for going for a are about one hundred thousand euro for a year the strange thing is although it's an extreme if you did that the license exchanges and the table so there's no proof banks have been financing this kind of operate within. the city tax is going to live on the basis of a new snow income of just thirty five thousand euros no receipts are

points out that naipaul's in venice are just cities where tax evasion is the high. where not even the city authorities know precisely how many tourists come it's hard to determine what income they actually generate. among the highest earners in venice on the gondoliers they make up to two hundred euros an hour but the number is limited to three hundred sixty making gondolier licenses highly sought after they're in the hands of a few families not in the gift of the city the authorities charge only forty euros a year for using the canals. and they will go up to five hundred thousand euro was being paid from one on the day to the beginning and this money's been earned back in about five years time so yes. it's really difficult for you are about one in a thousand euro per year the strange thing is although it's if you did that the license exchanges and the table so there's no proof banks have been financing this kind of operate with and moved across the city tax is going to live on the basis of a notional income of just thirty five thousand euros no receipts are require