[Don Joe]

191 is the plot of my novel. I wish every Senator and Congressman would read it, to understand where they're dragging this nation.

My novel (if I can ever get it taken care of) is a thinking man's science fiction/love story/greek tragedy. I'm hoping I can 1) get it published, and 2) use the money to stay alive. I'm costing Blue Cross probably in the neighborhood of fifty grand a year to keep alive, and I figure it's just a question of time before they pull the plug on me, so to speak. That's presuming society stays suffiently intact for it to even be an issue, and I try not to think about that too much.

[Travis McGee]

Science fiction is a very tough sell, even harder than contemporary fiction.

[Travis McGee]

Anthony Burgess was once given a year to live by his doctors. He immediately wrote the classic "A Clockwork Orange," desperate to leave an indelible mark of his presence on this world. Well, he didn't die, and he wrote many more great novels. But he is remembered for the first, the one he wrote with a year to live.