All good points. I've read vast quantities of Dickens and everything written by L'Engle and L.M. Montgomery. I learned a lot from all of them. But I learned a lot from a lot of authors that wouldn't make anyone's list.

It's amazing how many Dune, Douglas Adams, LOTR, and Shakespeare jokes my friends can squeeze into one gaming session. Amazing and quite fabulous. I think I scan as having read more of these than I've actually read, simply by dint of hearing so many references to them over the sixteen years I've been with Piet.