Question Tiem

   When did you first become interested in reading?

   What’s the best book (or article) that you’ve read in the last year?  What made it good?

   Have you ever read a book (or an article) that helped you understand a different culture or a different set of values?  What was the book?  What did you learn?

   When you encounter an unfamiliar word while reading, what is your typical strategy for figuring out its meaning?

   Do you think that reading helps you to express, either verbally or in writing, your own ideas better?  Explain.

   Does casual reading help you in your professional endeavors in any way?  Explain.

   If you could select one work of literature for all high school students to read (other than a religious text), what would it be and why?

When did you first become interested in reading?
When I was about 12.
  What’s the best book (or article) that you’ve read in the last year?  What made it good?
King's "Duma Key," because it's well written. Oh, wait, scrap that, I read "Great Expectations right before that and it was absolutely awesome.
  Have you ever read a book (or an article) that helped you understand a different culture or a different set of values?  What was the book?  What did you learn?
Intelligent people are similar in all cultures and ages. Only fools vary; this much I've learned through reading, and that's the best lesson books taught me.
  When you encounter an unfamiliar word while reading, what is your typical strategy for figuring out its meaning?
I usually try guess it.
  Do you think that reading helps you to express, either verbally or in writing, your own ideas better?  Explain.
What? No. Don't fool yourself, kids.
  Does casual reading help you in your professional endeavors in any way?  Explain.
I'm a professional writer. Reading is the flour of my bread.
  If you could select one work of literature for all high school students to read (other than a religious text), what would it be and why?
It would have to be Stanislaw Lem's "Observation on the Spot" because it really is great. Stop reading his crap like Solaris; THIS is where true Lem is.