Today we welcome Carlie Simonsen to Promote Me Please to talk about the
last two books in her Letters Across
Space series. Carlie Simonsen is the pen name used by C.M. Simpson so that
her YA fiction doesn’t get mixed up with the science fiction novels she writes
for an older audience.
Q.1. Dear Tiger: Let’s Go A-Hunting is an
intriguing title. Would you tell us who, or what Dear Tiger might be?
A.1. Tiger is the sixteen-year-old boy on the other end of the main
character’s emails and letters. He’s a bit of a whiz with computers and a
genius, but that doesn’t stop him from getting into trouble. He also writes
back.
Q.2. The
title of Dear Tiger: Help Me Find My
Sisters suggests the story is told in the first person. Who is the
narrator?
A.2. The narrator is Simone, a sixteen-year-old girl, and the daughter
of a scientists who are part of a space exploration team. Unfortunately, Simone
received a package containing some alien slime moulds that turned out to be
mutagenic, and was infected when she opened it. Now, she’s having to deal with
the changes.
Q.3. Are the
sisters in Dear Tiger: Help Me Find My
Sisters literal sisters or figurative?
A.3. When Simone was infected by the slime mould, she was also infected
by some alien DNA. Now, she feels like she is part of the same family of others
she has discovered were also infected, when the contents of her package escaped
into the ventilation system of the building she was in. Short answer, I guess,
is figurative, even if she feels that it’s literal. Of course, given they were
infected by the same DNA and have now incorporated that into their systems, it
could also be literal…
Q.4. These
books follow another one in the same series. Do the three volumes tell a single
story as a serial?
A.4. There are six volume in the series. They can be read as
stand-alone, but are better read as a serial as each ends in a way that leads
to more questions. Because of that, I’ll be incorporating them into a single
volume, so they can be read in one sitting, if that’s what a reader prefers.
Q.5. Describe
the ideal reader for the Dear Tiger series.
A.5. Ooh, that’s a hard one. I guess the ideal reader would be someone
who enjoyed science fiction with a touch of horror, a little bit of action and
adventure, and just the tiniest hint of romance – as the two characters try to
reach the same location. It would also be someone who enjoyed reading about
aliens, planetary exploration. That reader could be a girl or a boy, and I
think the age could range from around twelve through to adults.
Dear Tiger: Let's Go A-Hunting: April 13, 2018
Dear Tiger: Help Me Find My Sisters: April 27, 2018
The Dear Tiger Omnibus: May 25, 2018
Links are as follows:
Dear Tiger: Let's Go A-Hunting
Dear Tiger: Help Me Find My Sisters
The Dear Tiger Omnibus
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