Tom
An Old Friend
At 5 years old I recall watching westerns with Dad on the old Black & White TV. I don't recall which episode but I remember watching Star Trek when it first aired. I remember throwing a fit when Dad changed the channel. My tactics must have worked because he would sit and watch the space western with me after that.
Then I became infatuated with Lost In Space. I can remember being outside looking up at the night skies dreaming of alien worlds. As I grew older, I delved into the comic books scene. My horizons expanded to the Outer Limits, Night Gallery and Buck Rogers. I was fascinated by all the monster/alien designs.
By the time I reached teen life, my imagination was in full alien/creature mode. I soaked in any movie, tv show or magazine that gave me new images of what monsters could look like.
In the service, aboard ship, a buddy was a member of the Science Fiction Book Club. His parents sent him regular supplies of paperbacks in the SciFi & Fantasy genres. We read those books on deck under the stars.
I finally joined SFBC myself and started my own collection.
I just realized that the SFBC still exists! Science Fiction Book Club
Hmm, Might join again. Raising a family caused me to sort my resources differently and I got out of the club. Perhaps it's time to rejoin?
I raised my children on science fiction and fantasy. I read them short-stories from The Year's Best Science Fiction And Fantasy at bedtime and watched shows and movies with them as they grew older.
When internet came into my life my favorites were filled with SciFi & Fantasy links. I read reams of information on all the supporting sciences from extreme biology to advanced particle physics. I found google scholar and collected folders full of scientific papers written by actual scientists. I collected hundreds of MBs of information and pictures. (Back then a MB was a lot of space)
I collected VHS, Laser disks (big CDs in a plastic case), DVDs and now video files. My MBs have turned into TBs.
Since my eyes are no longer my friends, my 'dead wood' reading has lapsed. All my literature is now on my computer and 100% zoom-able. I still love the genre. I still love monsters and creatures and aliens. I still love concepts that push the limits of science.
At 49 years of Science Fiction and Fantasy my love for it is still strong!
Then I became infatuated with Lost In Space. I can remember being outside looking up at the night skies dreaming of alien worlds. As I grew older, I delved into the comic books scene. My horizons expanded to the Outer Limits, Night Gallery and Buck Rogers. I was fascinated by all the monster/alien designs.
By the time I reached teen life, my imagination was in full alien/creature mode. I soaked in any movie, tv show or magazine that gave me new images of what monsters could look like.
In the service, aboard ship, a buddy was a member of the Science Fiction Book Club. His parents sent him regular supplies of paperbacks in the SciFi & Fantasy genres. We read those books on deck under the stars.
I finally joined SFBC myself and started my own collection.
I just realized that the SFBC still exists! Science Fiction Book Club
Hmm, Might join again. Raising a family caused me to sort my resources differently and I got out of the club. Perhaps it's time to rejoin?
I raised my children on science fiction and fantasy. I read them short-stories from The Year's Best Science Fiction And Fantasy at bedtime and watched shows and movies with them as they grew older.
When internet came into my life my favorites were filled with SciFi & Fantasy links. I read reams of information on all the supporting sciences from extreme biology to advanced particle physics. I found google scholar and collected folders full of scientific papers written by actual scientists. I collected hundreds of MBs of information and pictures. (Back then a MB was a lot of space)
I collected VHS, Laser disks (big CDs in a plastic case), DVDs and now video files. My MBs have turned into TBs.
Since my eyes are no longer my friends, my 'dead wood' reading has lapsed. All my literature is now on my computer and 100% zoom-able. I still love the genre. I still love monsters and creatures and aliens. I still love concepts that push the limits of science.
At 49 years of Science Fiction and Fantasy my love for it is still strong!