![]() ![]() ![]() My mother gave me a copy and I’ve never stopped being grateful for it. “The Elements of Style,” by William Strunk Jr. What’s the best book you’ve ever received as a gift? What book might people be surprised to find on your shelves? And I usually read one book at a time, in the evenings (and occasionally until well after midnight.) ![]() I don’t mind reading on my Kindle, but I still prefer paper. What kinds of books bring you the most reading pleasure these days?Ībove all else, I love a good adventure story. Martin, Mary Robinette Kowal, Neal Stephenson, Cherie Priest, Jo Walton, Andy Weir, Hugh Howey, Annalee Newitz and John Scalzi. These days, I really admire the work of Jonathan Tropper, George R. Le Guin, Jack Vance, Judy Blume, Robert McCammon, Gary Gygax, Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert, Mary Oliver, Shel Silverstein and Robert Frost, just to name a few. Tolkien, Dean Koontz, Frank Herbert, Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. Which fiction and nonfiction writers - playwrights, critics, journalists, poets - inspired you most early in your career? And which writers working today do you most admire?Įarly inspirations include Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Sagan, Stephen King, Robert Heinlein, Jules Verne, Madeleine L’Engle, William Gibson, J. “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood. Which classic novel did you recently read for the first time? What’s the most interesting thing you learned from a book recently?Īpes don’t ask questions, even if they know sign language. ![]()
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