Bill Gates wants you to read more science fiction.
On Monday, Gates released his annual holiday book recommendation list — along with a blog post explaining why two of his five selections are science-fiction books. As a child, he wrote, he was "obsessed" with science fiction. And though the famous reading enthusiast focused more on non-fiction as he aged, he's lately found himself "drawn back to the kinds of books I would have loved as a kid."
In his youth, the billionaire wrote, he devoured the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert Heinlein — and spent "countless hours" discussing Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy with the late Paul Allen, his childhood friend and eventual Microsoft co-founder.
This year, Gates' holiday book recommendations include a pair of modern science-fiction works that "made me think about how people can use technology to respond to challenges." That's unsurprising: Gates has spent much of the past year touting the need for technological innovations to address climate change. In February, he published his own book on the topic, "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster."
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