i got into time travel so i am reading some time travel science-fiction and a couple classic robert heinlein science-fiction, depends how much time i get to read generally on the airplane. >> host: have you always been a reader? >> i have always been a reader. science-fiction has always been my favorite followed by political thriller genre. >> host: does it help you in your work? >> it helps me unwind. there is a lot of reading to be done here but it is all bills and reports and nonfiction. .. c-span2. booktv, television for serious readers. kareem abdul-jabbar, searching for your book, "writings on the wall: searching for a new equality beyond black and white" you write it is as if we

reading some time travel science-fiction and a couple classic robert heinlein science-fiction, depends how much time i get to read generally on the airplane. >> host: have you always been a reader? >> i have always been a reader. science-fiction has always been my favorite followed by political thriller genre. >> host: does it help you in your work? >> it helps me unwind. there is a lot of reading to be done here but it is all bills and reports and nonfiction. .. c-span2. booktv, television for serious readers. kareem abdul-jabbar, searching for your book, "writings on the wall: searching for a new equality beyond black and white" you write it is as if we invented the most precise and beautiful watch ever created and snapped it to the tail of a wild jackal. >> i'm talking about the fact that most americans don't appreciate the fact that the book means a lot, and their opinion means a lot. so they have the ability to have their voices heard and acted upon in a great democracy but they don't take advantage of it. so we have this reallydon't incredible democracy that gives the average per