Originally from Nigeria, R.T. Ester moved to the United States in 1998 and, catching the creative bug early on, studied art with a focus on design. While working full time as a graphic designer, he began to write speculative fiction in his spare time and, since then, has had stories published in Interzone and Clarkesworld.
Ester's new novel is The Ganymedan.
Recently I asked the author about what he was reading. Ester's reply:
I started a novel recently called Extremophile by Ian Green. It's one whose very bold cover design I had been captivated by for months. So far, I've enjoyed the book's vision of a near-future London that sort of reminds me of the gritty,Visit R.T. Ester's website.neon-streaked streets that make up much of the Night City setting of William Gibson's Neuromancer. It's also written in a prose style that doesn't use dialog markers and often has me feeling like a fly on a wall to the story's proceedings, which is something I generally enjoy when I read books in the cyberpunk genre. There are times when I prefer a 'guided tour' when I'm reading, but this book has such a familiar setting from so many other stories in the genre that it almost made no sense not to try something bold and maybe even new. I would say it delivers on both. It's also a very layered story about eco-terrorism and biohacking, and the central characters are as captivating as you would find in some of the genre's most memorable examples.
--Marshal Zeringue
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