Sarah asked Jo Walton:

Hi Jo, I loved this book. I found it extremely empowering, as I happened to be reading it while going through some personal stuff. How much of this was based on your own experiences? My mom has borderline personality disorder. I'd bet you have experience with mental illness in your own family, the story rang too true to life to not be the case...

Jo Walton You don't say which book, but I am assuming Among Others.

And yes, very much from my own experience, as is a whole lot of stuff in that book. My mother was a paranoid schizophrenic.

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Hi, I had a lot of questions about "The Just City" after I finished reading it. I thought it was really clever how you sculpted the utopia to fit the theme of justice. I was just wondering about your opinion of Plato's republic and whether or not you would classify the Just City as a utopia or a different category? Do you agree with Sokrates or Pallas Athene?

M Scott asked Jo Walton:

Just finished Lathe of Heaven - and chanced on a review you penned. You wrote of the contrast between Le Gun and Dick in a way I found thoughtful and perceptive. I wonder, are there Dick novels that have resonated with you? Thanks much for your time and attention, M

M Scott asked Jo Walton:

In Among Others, the action takes place after the climactic battle. Was that the intent form the beginning? Did you write (or at least sketch out, think about writing) the earlier conflict? How were your choices made? Thanks.

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Just finished Lathe of Heaven - and chanced on a review you penned. You wrote of the contrast between Le Gun and Dick in a way I found thoughtful and perceptive. I wonder, are there Dick novels that *have* resonated with you? Thanks much for your time and attention, M

In Among Others, the action takes place after the climactic battle. Was that the intent form the beginning? Did you write (or at least sketch out, think about writing) the earlier conflict? How were your choices made? Thanks.

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Just finished Lathe of Heaven - and chanced on a review you penned. You wrote of the contrast between Le Gun and Dick in a way I found thoughtful and perceptive. I wonder, are there Dick novels that have resonated with you? Thanks much for your time and attention, M