Alan Dean Foster

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous person!

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.