The writer's writer, held in high regard by such as Gaiman, M. Swanwick, P. Oswalt, and S. Delany, but I didn't come here for their opinion on them, I came here for yours. If you're like me, you only know about him because Sam Hyde recommended his debut novel Past Master at least twice.

>Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names … Things are set up as contraries that are not even in the same category. Listen to me: the opposite of radical is superficial, the opposite of liberal is stingy; the opposite of conservative is destructive. Thus I will describe myself as a radical conservative liberal; but certain of the tainted red fish will swear that there can be no such fish as that. Beware of those who use words to mean their opposites. At the same time have pity on them, for usually this trick is their only stock in trade.