I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember who somebody is.

Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won't fund stem cell research, but believe me, Japan is applauding. Because they will just do it first and get all the patents.

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your head so you don't have to look everything up and remember everything?

My wife and I are involved in writing/publishing/promotion twenty-four/seven. It isn't a day job; it's life.

There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature.

Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too.