tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683997355382813239.post2827555108686153393..comments2024-02-12T00:18:28.782-08:00Comments on Adventures in Networking!: Last night an author saved my life….Paul Nazarethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02916802238599116407noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683997355382813239.post-59949884407484949982013-09-16T12:35:21.265-07:002013-09-16T12:35:21.265-07:00Although I am a die-hard historical non-fiction fa...Although I am a die-hard historical non-fiction fan (Kurlansky's Salt: A World History and Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything top my list) I have a special place in my heart for two fiction authors:<br /><br />Terry Pratchett, whose Discworld satirical fantasy books accompanied through my most awkward teenage years and served as a deep and distant escape well in to my 20s (so... now)...<br /> <br />and <br /><br />Ray Bradbury, whose Something Wicked This Way Comes I read every October and means something different to me each time I read it, and whose Illustrated Man, a collection of short stories, leaves me breathless. And yet I have not read his Fahrenheit 451. Go figure.<br />Emma Jenkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122507647462672870noreply@blogger.com