Goodreads asked James Dalessandro:

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

James Dalessandro What a great question. I actually have to think about this one, since most of the fictional worlds I read about and write about are fictional situations rooted in real worlds. So I can't say "Gettysburg" to hear Lincoln speak, or Ford's Theater to put a beat down on John Wilkes Boothe before he shot the great man, or to Vienna in the last 1920's to strangle Hitler before anyone paid attention to him. Or Dallas in November of 1963 to warn Kenned. Those are too real, correct? How about the awful world of The Handmaid's Tale to join the under ground and help women escape the monsters abusing them - but that's too real, isn't it? I can't think of a fantasy world or sci fi world that really matters to me. I'm firmly rooted in this world. Even if I reverted to my childhood and said "Metropolis" and Superman's sidekick - I'd be doing the same things I'd be doing in the real world. Using whatever I could do to fight injustice. This question demands a lot of introspection, doesn't it? Good one.

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