Every so often I feel the need to recharge my batteries and immerse myself in some great writing. When I do I find that I consistently turn to P.G. Wodehouse, specifically Young Men In Spats (I particularly love “Good-Bye to All Cats”). I also find myself reading Raymond Chandler, Jane Austen, and, believe it or not, Georgette Heyer. What is the common thread among those authors? From my perspective, they are the best writers (that I have actually read) in the English language.

Reading good SF also gives me a good jolt. Something by Iain M. Banks, Louis McMaster Bujold, or pretty much anything new and in the action-adventure space opera sort of genre.