The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any list meaningless except the list of an illiterate.

I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.

SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world.

Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing.

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.

Today's robots are very primitive, capable of understanding only a few simple instructions such as 'go left', 'go right', and 'build car'.