Bio
Vidar Hokstad grew up near Oslo, Norway. He started writing at an early age, but put it aside to focus on technology - his other passion. He has co-founded a number of technology companies, and moved to London with one of them in 2000.
Ca. 2016 he started thinking about an expansive series of sci-fi novels that became "Galaxy Bound", but put aside for other commitments. In 2020 he picked it up again, and wrote and published the first Galaxy Bound novel.
Vidar lives in London with his son.
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Contact / Social Media
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Phone/SMS/Whatsapp: +44 0795 867 7857 (London, UK; unless urgent please do not call without prior appointment; whatsapp/text message is ok)
- Blog
- My website: https://galaxybound.com (that's this right here)
Suggested Interview Topics and Questions
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I'm primarily interested in interviews about my books / my series or about writing, but I am available to talk about "adjacent" topics relating to sci-fi in general, with a special interest in simulation / AI and space, or wider technology / futurism.
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What my first/newest/next novels are about.
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My series - Galaxy Bound - is planned as a cohesive story across up to about 60 novels. Questions about the larger plan and the ambition for the series are very welcome
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Inspiration for the series - drawn from a 1960's Norwegian Western pulp series.
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What the name of the series implies?
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Wider inspiration (authors, titles, subjects)
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"Hard" scifi vs. "soft" scifi.
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The constraint of trying to stay mostly within believable / realistic science.
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Writing process.
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Diversity in science fiction; Strong female leads (the two most central characters are female, and the series will feature additional strong female leads)
... but I'm open to answering most questions.
Titles and Related Resources
For details on currently planned titles, see this page. The below are the currently most relevant/recent titles. See the individual book pages for blurbs.
- The Year Before the End (Sovereign Earth 1) (Nov 2020)
- My site: https://galaxybound.com/b01
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NXXM64P
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- Paperback Cover (PDF)
- Galaxy Bound (Sovereign Earth 2) (June 2021)
- My site: https://galaxybound.com/b02
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098BKVQ8Y
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- The Web Beyond Centauri (Sovereign Earth 3) (Planned late autumn 2021)
- No full blurb available. Brief summary: A scientific team has found a potentially game-changing way to alter the gates, but in the process of testing it they set in motion events that will escalate tensions across three starsystems.
