First someone asked something about him learning to read.
He said that he had only read one children’s book—something about a pig, I think—and that the first book he ever read was the second half of White Fang . His brother had started reading it to him, and he wanted to finish it himself. He talked about a book that came out in the 40s which he said was the first bodice-ripper, and that he read it when he was five. He said that he was confused for quite a while after that and got in trouble for calling girls “wench”. A while after that he got his first library card. He was disappointed to find out that he was supposed to stay in the children’s section of the library, and that the librarian wanted to read The Velveteen Rabbit to him. He made a habit of sneaking into the adult section, grabbing a book at random, and taking it back to a reading room in the children’s section. He found that if the book wasn’t any good, he could leave it on the table there, and it would get returned to its proper place, but if he liked it, he would put it in the shelves of the reading room, and it would stay there until he was done with it.
Someone asked what he’s reading right now, and he said Salt , which is, I guess, actually all about salt. There were other questions like that and he recommended the fantasy of C.S. Friedman, John M. Ford, and Guy Gavriel Kay. He also recommended the essays of Montaigne and Guns, Germs, and Steel .
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