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Biblical References About Knowledge And Good And Evil Often Get Tangled Up.

Books Are Keys That Open Many Doors -- James Rollins

I Think The Worst And Most Insidious Procrastination For Me Is Research. I Will Be Looking For Some Bit Of Fact Or Figure To Include In The Novel, And Before I Know, I've Wasted An Entire Morning Delving Into That Subject Matter Without A Word Written.

I've Mis-signed Many A Book Rollins Or Clemens. My Readers Quickly Become Aware. Booksellers Will Often Promote Me Under Both Names, And I Do Plug Both At Signings. Generally, The Fantasy Reader Has No Problem Going Into The Suspense Genre. It's Harder For The Typical Suspense Reader To Go The Other Direction.

I Read Anything I Could Get My Hands On: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Thrillers. I Even Became Hooked On The Bantam Reprints Of The Old Pulp Novels From Thirties And Forties: Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Avenger.