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
  • John Crowley
  • Jennifer Crusie
  • Samuel R. Delany
  • Harlan Ellison
  • Zenna Henderson
  • Norton Juster
  • Raphael Aloysius Lafferty
  • Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Ellen Raskin
  • Dr. Seuss
  • Cordwainer Smith
  • Theodore Sturgeon
  • James Tiptree, Jr.
  • J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Howard Waldrop
  • 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
• watching and reading plays and musicals—some favorite shows include:
  • A Little Night Music, by Stephen Sondheim
  • Deathtrap
  • Equus
  • Les Miserables
  • 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
• watching movies—a few of my favorites are:
  • After Hours
  • Birdy
  • Casablanca
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Shakespeare in Love
  • The Sting
  • Tangled
  • The Wedding Banquet
• watching TV shows, especially:
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Day Break
  • Gilmore Girls
  • Lost
  • Nikita
  • The West Wing
• reading comic books, including
  • A Distant Soil
  • Albedo (specifically the Erma Felna stories)
  • Amy Unbounded
  • older Cerebus
  • Finder
  • Flaming Carrot
  • Love and Rockets
  • Sandman
  • 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