In his sci-fi novel Lake of Darkness, Adam Roberts set out to write a utopia, a genre predating science fiction that imagines a better or perfect world. “I wanted to investigate the logic of utopia itself. Is utopia possible?” he says. Despite this, he admits that utopia novels are hard: “There can be, by definition, no conflict in the perfect realm.” In this interview with Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club head Alison Flood, Roberts discusses the novel, his quest to understand utopia itself and why he could have called the novel Space SatanÌý¾±²Ô²õ³Ù±ð²¹»å.
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