"We didn’t have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn’t have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library – and anyway, I told myself stories."
- John SladekAuthor John Sladek is well-known for his humorous and science fiction works. He was born in Czechoslovakia, immigrated to England as a youngster, and went on to write a great deal of fiction that frequently combined fantasy and satire. His ability to amuse himself in the absence of contemporary conv…