What are you working on next?
Currently I'm working on a fantasy story tentatively titled "Mr. Maybe and Doctor Don't"; it's about a young boy named Henry who strikes out with his father and his father's old adventuring buddies to find out what's happened to his long-lost mother. After that, there's some lurking Arthurian fiction, and then perhaps a return to science fiction--fans have been clamoring for a sequel to Duplicate.
Who are your favorite authors?
As with most writers, a long list, and one that has evolved over time. When I was kid, it was A to Z: Issac Asimov, and then a trip down to see what new stuff Roger Zelazny had published. Then I discovered folks like Theodore Sturgeon and Kate Wilhelm and Ursala Le Guin, Damon Knight and James Tiptree Jr., and a pile of others. In the modern era, I cannot help but be influenced by Gaiman and Stross and Scalzi and ...
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