Literature

Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn people.
(Heinrich Heine)

I used to be quite a bookworm. I loved the library, both the public one and my parents' own. Eventually I have accumulated a library of my own. I especially like (quality) historical novels, (modern) fantasy and scifi.

Some of my literary loves include:

• Umberto Eco: a genius in so many ways.
• Neil Gaiman: the master of myths and modern fantasy. More in comics.
• Laurell K. Hamilton: writes exciting and erotic vampire, were and fae (detective) stories. (Bibliography)
• Ursula K. Le Guin: versatile, intelligent, fantastic and one of the best speculative fiction novelists of all time.
• Sujata Massey: writes detective stories set in modern Japan.
• Alan Moore: the grand old man of comics writing. More in comics.
• J.R.R. Tolkien: the godfather of fantasy. See Grey Havens and The Encyclopedia of Arda for heaps of information.
• Robert Van Gulik: the protagonist of his detective stories, Judge Dee, solves crimes in the 7th century China. More information can be found on this site. Also see the Judge Dee RPG adventure!
• Oscar Wilde

See my comics page, too.

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