Q. You have explored the significance of memories in your work before and do so again as Tycho gradually remembers his past. What is it about this theme that makes it so appealing?
A. We are our memories. Our identity turns on where we think we come from, what we think we’ve done and what type of person we think that makes us. Regret is remembering having done one thing and wanting to have done another. It takes courage to regret, and even greater courage to regret and learn from the regret. Tycho’s problem is: what if his memories are lies? What if he remembers incorrectly or simply makes memories up because he has no others? None of us have any proof that what we remember is true. We simply think it’s true because we remember it.
From an Orbit interview posted in week of publication
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