Did Steve Jobs read science fiction and, if he did, did he have any favorite authors?

No, but he (apparently) DID like Star Trek. He mentioned Star Trek on two separate product launches, played a clip from the reboot when introducing the iPad and a shot from the newest Star Trek was used to promote the (then new) 27″ iMac on multiple Apple web pages (and there was no “corporate synergy” in play – he chose to showcase Star Trek for other reasons).

Seeing as many (including myself) see some similarities of Apple’s devices to some of those that were on the series (iPhone being a “tricorder” of sorts, and the iPad being very close to the Trek PADD device), I wouldn’t be surprised if he enjoyed an episode or two.

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