Dystopia – Tom Vater

Interviewing Pyra – Thailand’s Dystopian Pop Deity.

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021tom

Had a great time interviewing Pyra, a Thai pop diva with things to say about her country and culture. A few years ago, I had the chance to meet Jack Ma. I told him I had met a lot of rich people who were very unhappy. He agreed with me. He said he’d given all […]

Bag Times At The Blue Parrot – Short Story

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020tomLeave a Comment

Cambodian literary online platform Howl invited me to contribute a 500 word short to their Lockdown series. Read Bag Times At The Blue Parrot here. I originally used The Blue Parrot in my first novel, The Devil’s Road to Kathmandu. In its first incarnation it was located in Iran. In this short tale, the Blue […]

Tomorrow’s Bangkok Noir – The Windup Girl

April 27, 2011April 27, 2011tomLeave a Comment

The definitive Bangkok novel has not been written yet. But The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, a dark and fast-moving Sci-Fi novel set following the reign of Rama XII, gets pretty close. Local hacks should take note – this 500 page tome is light years ahead of the rather tepid Bangkok Noir genre. The dystopian […]