It's been my experience that writers also love to read. I know I do. I've always been a pretty slow reader, so have not taken the time to read a lot of the classics in my misspent youth. But lately, I've been checking out unabridged books on audio CD from my library to listen to while I do my treadmill exercise. It works out great! So far I've read The Odyssey by Homer, O Pioneers by Willa Cather, A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (not a classic), and Anthem by Ayn Rand. I liked them all but really enjoyed O Pioneers and Anthem. I write a lot of SF where folks are settling new worlds, and O Pioneers was good food for thought. Reminded me of Giants In the Earth by Olga Edvart Rolvaagt which I read way back in my high school days before they invented electricity. And Anthem must be so deeply embedded into the psychic of the SF genre that even though I had never read it, it felt like I had, the themes were so familiar. I hope they have some more of Ayn Rand on CD at my library, I'll definitely read them. If not, I may just go out and buy the book. Speaking of books, my latest actual read (with a physical book) was Antartica, by Kim Stanley Robinson. I liked it a lot. I think KSR is one of the best SF authors out there, and never miss anything he puts out (though I have not read a lot of his early works). Anyway, I was just wondering what you all may have read lately. And if you all have any suggestions on classics I ought to catch up on. I need to do Moby Dick and Ivanhoe for sure. jon

 
~jon
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