In both 'Tigerman' and my first book, 'The Gone-Away World,' there are characters who never really get names. They're too fundamentally who they are to be bound by a name, so I couldn't give them one. Nick Harkaway bindbookcharacter Change image and share on social
I'm a novelist: I spend a great part of my day pretending to myself that I'm in a different world, being a different person, faced with decisions I pretend I haven't created. Nick Harkaway createdaydecision Change image and share on social
Knowledge is not just power - it is control. Nick Harkaway controlknowledgepower Change image and share on social
As I work, I see my writing - each scene, each chapter, each section, each book - in three-act structures and classic myths, and I analyze them through the handy filter of the detective story. Nick Harkaway actanalyzebook Change image and share on social
We lose stories every day because they drift out of use and into the vast limbo of in-copyright, out-of-print books whose ownership is unclear. Nick Harkaway bookcopyrightday Change image and share on social
In a novel, even if you put a country in the wrong hemisphere, which I've done, I can always claim it was part of the additional weirdness of the story. Nick Harkaway additionalclaimcountry Change image and share on social
The mainstream of literary culture in the U.K. is very averse to writing about technology. Nick Harkaway aversecultureliterary Change image and share on social
We are bodies which think, and we're at home with steampunk because it is an ethos of design and creativity which acknowledges the humanly physical: that which we can understand with our fingers. Nick Harkaway acknowledgebodycreativity Change image and share on social
My dad and I compete on the pool table; that's the most important competition of our lives. The fact that I'm writing and it works for me is one of the great joys for him. We talk about writing, and it's great. Nick Harkaway competecompetitiondad share on social
Suddenly, the idea of writing a book was like coming home. I didn't tell anyone except my wife, Clare. I just began. Nick Harkaway beginbookclare Change image and share on social
