Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg -- Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

When I was a  youth and started reading SF, Robert Silverberg, just a few years older than I am, was starting his writing career.  He might not overly fond of his early stories now, but at the time many of them resonated with me.  I didn't know all the pen names he used, but I did know a couple.  I followed his career with interest, and he's always been one of my touchstone SF writers.  So I'm the target audience for the quite marvelous Traveller of Worlds, a series of wide-ranging interviews with Silverberg. 

When I say wide-ranging, I mean it.  Zinos-Amaro is a fine interviewer, and he knows Silverberg's life and work intimately.  He covers everything: art, writing, travel, food, work habits, politics, reading -- you name it.  Silverberg proves to be just what I always thought he was, a man of wide knowledge and a memory that never seems to fail.  For anyone who's read and admired Silverberg's work, this is an essential book.  For everyone else it's fascinating and absorbing.  Highly recommended.