WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula le Guin; On Writing by CS Lewis; and Conversations on Writing, featuring interviews with le Guin.

WHAT are you reading now? I am paying more attention to Into the Planet, a cave-diving memoir. Does that count?

WHAT are you reading next? Oh, the options. Amazon keeps suggesting Ramez Naam’s Nexus would be of interest, and I’ve also been nosing into Trouble and her Friends, a mid-90s bit of cyberpunk that reminds me slightly of Vinge’s True Names.