Bardarov on Human Aggression and How We Might Save Ourselves as a Nation
You probably know him as a spellbinding novelist, but he is a great deal more. Our conversation with Georgi Bardarov begins and ends with the books and stories that make us human. In between, we talk about a way out of the demographic crisis, about our inability to build an elite that can lead us forward as a nation, and about the ease with which a human being turns into a predator capable of unleashing monstrous cataclysms like World War II.
62Words as Inner Islands: The Stories of Viktoria Beshliyska
Viktoria Beshliyska started a travel blog… which suddenly turned into a blog about old Bulgarian words. The words pulled her further into their whirlpool, all the way to Clay, a novel that became a hit on the book market. Join us for a special, word-filled digital encounter…
63Robots vs. Silodeys: The Story of Bulgaria's First Science Fiction Writer
In 1930, Georgi Iliev wrote the first Bulgarian science fiction novel. Instead of “robot,” he proposed the poetic word “silodey.” His life story is worthy of a film, though today his name is almost forgotten…
64Do We Even Feel Like Dreaming Anymore?
Nikolay Tellalov offers some precious reflections in a slow interview about the stars and happiness, love and meaning, and the words someone has to say and write down. Have science fiction writers stopped dreaming, or has technology overtaken them? Is humanity still learning to walk, or has it hit a midlife crisis, and why don't today's young people rebel?
65An Interview in… Short Stories?
Our guest in the Digital Stories Interviews section has a talent for reading the future. Nikolay Tellalov is a beloved writer, and although he has long been an interpreter and connoisseur of technology, he lives at a healthy distance from it. Here is what he has to say in… short stories: digital stories, miniatures that say a great deal in an infinitely small space.
66Momchil Nikolov: I Fear the Absence of Intelligence More Than Artificial Intelligence
We met the writer Momchil Nikolov to talk about colorful lives from the digital and analog worlds. About oddballs and robots. About taking stock and about freedom.
67Valeri Petrov: This Net Doesn't Connect Us—It Catches Us and Cuts Us Off from the Real World
“Despite the undeniable conveniences the internet offers, the virtual connection it establishes between people is fictitious, while the way it cuts us off from our actual neighbor or acquaintance is real and harmful.” Mercilessly relevant today, isn't it? Except that it was said in an interview by the unforgettable Valeri Petrov exactly 10 years ago, along with many other priceless words worth rereading…
