"I did," he says, taking his seat. "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and The PowerBook. They were...unusual --in a good way." The style and subject matter were very different from the contemporary fiction in his own world, but he expected that. It's probably one of the reasons why Irene recommended them.

"I liked them both for different reasons, but the second... Parts of it stuck with me." The strange, tumbling words that spoke about love and made a narrative look more like poetry.