I once heard it said that the best way to fully appreciate the things you enjoy most is to learn what influenced those things.  Then when you discover those influences, go back and discover what inspired those influences, and so forth.  It might have been Jon Bon Jovi that said...

BBC Books have announced that for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who in 2013 they are going to start publishing original Past Doctor Stories. Starting with Harvest of Time written by Alastair Reynolds, who worked for the European Space Agency for over a decade. He has won the British Science...