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Author Normand R Bernier Interviewed by the BookInsidercom About His...

Excerpt from TheBookInsider.com's interview with Normand Bernier:



TheBookInsider.com: What did you like to read when you were a young boy



Normand R. Bernier:I was the youngest member of a very interactive extended family. Story telling was a popular family pastime. My grandmother would weave wonderful tales of the struggle between good and evil in a small French Canadian village where she was born. French was spoken in my home and a great deal of respect was given to the traditions passed on by ancestors. It was the beginning of a love affair with history and I spent much of my youth and later academic life devouring works by historians. I enjoyed reading books about ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. I also developed an interest in Science Fiction. I particularly liked the works of Robert Heinlein. He was a Science Fiction writer who focused on sociological and cultural issues.



TheBookInsider.com: What drew you to the Science Fiction/Fantasy book field



Normand R. Bernier: Science Fiction/Fantasy in many ways seemed to be an extension of historical works focusing on different cultures. Moving from the study of past cultures to imagined cultures was not a great leap. Good history and good Science Fiction/Fantasy have many similar qualities. I especially enjoy questions that raise philosophical and existential issues. The interplay between the individual and humankinds struggle for self-understanding through confrontations with the unknown is beguiling. Conflicts that result from deep-seated ethical differences and the struggle for survival can be especially riveting.



TheBookInsider.com: Who and/or what have been your biggest influences with regard to your writing and why



Normand R. Bernier: I received a great deal of encouragement to improve my writing skills from my Jesuit teachers at Boston College. My doctoral advisor, Professor Margaret Lindsey, at Columbia University encouraged me to extend the boundaries of my imagination



The full interview with Normand Bernier may be read at http://thebookinsider.com/Interviews/NBernier.htm.



Mindlings: Encounters Within Inner Space

by Normand R. Bernier



Book Description

When Professor John Robis becomes a subject in a secretive sensory-input experiment, he doesn't anticipate that he will enter a portal more mysterious than a black hole. Crossing a chasm between matter and spirit, he discovers a world inhabited by mindlings, beings much like ourselves who live within us. His odyssey propels him into a strange medieval world, where the mindlings who comprise his identity struggle among themselves. In a riveting struggle between love and power, John and his inner allies confront a fate that neither he nor they could have imagined. His final discovery, which brings him face to face with death itself, has the power to transform those who dare to journey with him.



Paperback: 216 pages

Publisher: Hats Off Books

ISBN: 1587363976

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1587363976/booksandaut0e-20/103-1796584-1455839



Further information about "Mindlings" and the characters can be found at http://www.mindlings.com.

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