I wish I'd written to Ballard while I had the chance; I had his Shepperton address for years.

How did you come by it? I didn't know most of my authors' addresses except through their publishing houses, growing up.

The jury's out on tequila, but I'm not much of a spirits man these days.

I like whisky a lot. I like weird mixed drinks, mostly the astringent, herbal kind. If it is sticky and has a paper umbrella in it, I'm only staring at it for the comedy value. With any luck, that's the only reason they're serving it.