It might be my age, or having a family, but I really like quick reads. I started Sleeping Giants without any thought of publishing it. The only rule I follow is to write something I would want to read. Was this why you decided to write Sleeping Giants and maybe Waking Gods that way? Now I can’t speak for everyone, but I find novels written in this style to be quick reads. The types of documents we see from one book to the next will vary a bit, but the format of Waking Gods will feel familiar after Sleeping Giants. I thought…I still think it fits the story well, and I’m having too much fun writing these books. From the start, I knew I wanted to tell this story in an epistolary format. If there weren’t any, the universe would be unbalanced, kittens would die. The series is called The Themis Files, so you can expect…files. Sleeping Giants was told through interview transcripts and journal entries. The stakes are higher this time, for everyone.
Waking Gods is darker than the first book, faster. We open with another giant robot materializing in the middle of London. Rose is still struggling with what happened to her, and for Vincent and Kara, it’s mostly parades and photo ops, as the interviewer suggested. There are Themis action figures, t-shirts. Themis has become a part of everyday life. Waking Gods takes place nine years after the events of Sleeping Giants. To begin, what is Waking Gods about, and how does it connect both chronologically and narratively to the previous book in The Themis Files, Sleeping Giants?
Though in talking to him about the new book, and this series, it seems like he’s more concerned with baby cats and plastic toys. Now he’s continuing the story, and the format, with Waking Gods ( hardcover, digital, audiobook), the second book in what he calls The Themis Files. In his novel Sleeping Giants, writer Sylvain Neuvel told his giant robot sci-fi story through a series of interviews and journals, which made for a quick and fun read.
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