Nostalgia Interviews With Chris Deacy

It was terrific for this week’s Nostalgia Interview to meet Lyle Young. Lyle is a research and innovation coordinator for the University of Kent and was formerly a student at Kent where he studied English for his degree. Originally from Hertfordshire, Lyle talks about Canterbury being his adopted home and we learn about his love of literature and of being a novelist. We learn how he came to work in event organization and comms and about two novels he has written. Lyle wrote for 30 minutes a day on his most recent book which he explains is a work of sci-fi that’s similar to the world of Ready Player One about someone who wants to be a video game streamer. He enjoys writing about young people. Lyle talks about how his girlfriend has been really good at helping him and he discusses one’s motivations for doing things and whether we ultimately do them for ourselves. We learn about Lyle’s influences which include Philip K. Dick and Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days and how they’re not about the future but abo