Jed's Interests: Art Appreciation

My tastes are somewhat eclectic. Here are some forms of art I enjoy:

• reading fiction, especially literary sf; also especially the works of these authors (among many others):
  • Joan Aiken
  • Eleanor Arnason
  • Peter S. Beagle
  • Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
  • John Crowley
  • Samuel R. Delany
  • Harlan Ellison
  • Zenna Henderson
  • Norton Juster
  • Raphael Aloysius Lafferty
  • Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Ian R. MacLeod
  • Ellen Raskin
  • Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
  • Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger)
  • Charles Stross
  • Theodore Sturgeon
  • James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon)
  • J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Connie Willis
• listening to folk, a cappella, bluegrass, and other music—favorite performers include:
  • Laurie Anderson
  • The Bobs
  • Lui Collins
  • Cross Country
  • Echo's Children
  • Nanci Griffith
  • Kallet/Cicone/Eppstein
  • John McCutcheon
  • The Short Sisters
  • Fred Small
  • Judy Small
  • Steeleye Span
  • Talisman
  • Dar Williams
• eating at such highly-recommended places as
  • Pasand (Santa Clara)
  • Sue's Indian Cuisine (Mountain View)
  • Palermo (Palo Alto)
  • La Costeña (Mountain View)
  • Señor Taco (Palo Alto)
  • The Opposition (Stratford Upon Avon)
• theatre in general—some favorite shows include:
  • A Little Night Music, by Stephen Sondheim
  • Deathtrap
  • Equus
  • Our Country's Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard
  • Sweeney Todd
  • Talking With...
  • The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
  • Yeomen of the Guard, by Gilbert & Sullivan
• moviesa few of my favorites (with links to the IMDB) are:
  • After Hours
  • Birdy
  • Blade Runner
  • Casablanca
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • The Sting
  • The Wedding Banquet
• comic books, including
  • A Distant Soil
  • Albedo (specifically the Erma Felna stories)
  • Amy Unbounded
  • Castle Waiting
  • older Cerebus
  • Finder
  • Flaming Carrot
  • Love and Rockets
  • Sandman (and anything else by Neil Gaiman)
  • Stinz
  • Strangers in Paradise
  • Stray Bullets
• reading poetry, especially if it's by
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Wendy Cope
  • ee cummings
  • T. S. Eliot
  • Robert Frost
  • George Hitchcock
  • A. A. Milne
  • Dylan Thomas
  • Sharon Olds
  • Richard Wilbur