Today, we see some "file sharing" sites that rely on fans uploading cracked copies of ebooks, and which then make money off those books by charging for downloads (via cash subscriptions or advertising). Again: I take a dim view of this. They're making money off the back of my work without paying me.

I wrote two million words of crap. Maybe I'm just a slow learner .

I'm an atheist .I was raised in British reform Judaism, which is not like American reform Judaism, much less any other strain of organised religion. So: no cults here.

If I write too much of anything for too long, I burn out on it. So it helps to vary my output from year to year.

The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is "doormat".

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.

For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles.