Goodreads asked Stephanie Barr:

If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Stephanie Barr That's a challenging question. Over the many years, I've read about a lot of different worlds and environments, some real and most not, some fascinating and some oppressive. I love to visit them vicariously.

But I'll tell you, I wouldn't want to *live* in any of them (well, maybe in Saving Tessa's near non-dystopian future). Most of them involve dangers and limitations that are very exciting to read about but scary or challenging to survive in. I wouldn't want to go unless I was confident I could get back. However, if I could visit and not be at risk (yes, I'm only intrepid on paper), places I'd love to see are:

Pern
The Liaden Universe
Several of Heinlein's futures
The near future of the In Death series
Ancient Japan from Shogun

But I'd be very reluctant to do anything but observe as unobtrusively as possible. Most of the worlds have complex rules of engagement and dangers I don't fully understand. I don't think jumping into the adventure would say much for my life expectancy or could do those that facilitated me considerable harm and I surely wouldn't want that. In the end, I'm a practical soul.

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