Oct 16, 2012
Interview Daniel Suarez
Daemon and Freedom were fairly epic. How difficult was it to
begin Kill Decision knowing that you had a gang of fans with such
high expectations for your next book?
Tell us about Kill Decision
There was a fair amount of drone usage in FreedomTM). Was there a
particular event or news story which inspired you to concentrate on
drone warfare for Kill Decision?
What was the germination like for Kill Decision? Was it formulated
before or after Daemon and Freedom(TM)
What kind of research did you do to get the drone hardware to be
realistic in the book?
In a recent interview, you indicated that technology was being
siphoned out of high tech meccas into other parts of the world via
both Globalization as well as good old fashioned Espionage. Do you
think, at least for the US, we're past the point of no return when
it comes to ensuring that we're not giving away our intellectual
property when we farm out our manufacturing overseas?
Similar to the above, one of the warnings in Freedom(TM) appeared
to be that a nation has to safeguard its food sources - not to be
complacent about the importance of being able to grow your own food
to feed its citizens. Do you feel that the government is aware of
this issue or that more needs to be done?
Where do you see the future of drone warfare going?
Since the book has been published, have you been given any
additional information concerning how close we are to the reality
seen in Kill Decision?
There was one term which we're told gives a lot of writers "grief":
making love. How tough was the love scene to write in Kill
Decision? :)