[PJ-Comix]

The best SF writers I know of do NOT restrict themselves to reading SF. In fact, they tend to be more well-read--certainly wider-read--than just about anyone else.

Too bad too many of their fans don't have the same attitude. However, I do know that Asimov read widely and wrote the best guide to Shakespeare that I've ever seen.

[Illbay]

Well, see my post No. 62 about my opinion of the latest generation of SF writers.

[luvbach1]

When the heck did Asimov have the time to read? Amazing. Of course he must have read widely to have acquired the fund of knowledge he possessed.And he didn't have much extra time in his youth. He was published while still in his teens.