tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420812245298978260.post5078622090751586783..comments2023-05-14T16:46:54.381+01:00Comments on <center>EMOTIONALLY14</center>: What Do You Mean You've Never Read...Rob Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17649224109537004738noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420812245298978260.post-54680673412660160142010-07-13T15:51:26.609+01:002010-07-13T15:51:26.609+01:00I read "The Hobbit" when I was eight - I...I read "The Hobbit" when I was eight - I think that was my first real experience of fantasy, excepting Star Wars. I was reading Poe and M.R. James when I was eleven, and started getting into horror movies about the same time. I quite enjoyed some sci-fi movies, but looking back now, the ones I liked were generally darker ones - and debatably horror movies in space, rather than sci-fi. <br /><br />I didn't really get into fantasy (again, excepting Star Wars, which I've loved since I was born) until I was studying it at University for my Creative Writing module. My tutor, Allen Stroud, leant me some stuff by Terry Goodkind and George R.R. Martin, and I really liked it. Then after I finished university and another friend recommended me the DragonLance series (although only the first trilogy is any good, to my mind). <br /><br />There have been many science-fiction stories, novels, movies and games I've liked - but the genre (as a whole) has never filled me with enthusiasm the way fantasy or horror has.Brad Harmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265150776541607050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420812245298978260.post-4145318170820393442010-07-13T12:42:19.394+01:002010-07-13T12:42:19.394+01:00I grew up with two bookshelves to learn to read fr...I grew up with two bookshelves to learn to read from: my dad's, as mentioned above, which contained nothing but Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein, and my mum's, which contained nothing but Stephen King, Dean Koontz and James Herbert.<br /><br />It wasn't until many, many years later that the thought occurred that this wasn't exactly normal reading material for a kid whose age hadn't even hit double-figures yet.<br /><br />Of course, then we read C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein at junior school and the science fiction/horror/fantasy trio was complete.<br /><br />I didn't stand a chance.P.D.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18169870803046741857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420812245298978260.post-41428144481402799352010-07-13T11:03:28.590+01:002010-07-13T11:03:28.590+01:00I haven't read any, but - as I mentioned to yo...I haven't read any, but - as I mentioned to you this weekend - my knowledge of Classic Sci-Fi is woefully inadequate. I grew up a horror kid, and got into fantasy as a young adult (19 - 21), but with a few notable exceptions, most sci-fi leaves me cold.Brad Harmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265150776541607050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420812245298978260.post-61774603197227659732010-07-12T23:48:41.706+01:002010-07-12T23:48:41.706+01:00My initial reaction to this post was 'WHAT??? ...My initial reaction to this post was 'WHAT??? Surely EVERYBODY has read 'Childhood's End'? It's one of Clarke's most famous books!'<br /><br />Then I remembered two things:<br /><br />1. Not everybody grows up with the complete works of Heinlein, Asimov and Clarke on their father's bookshelf, and<br /><br />2. I'm old.<br /><br />>Goes away to sob quietly to himself in the corner...<P.D.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18169870803046741857noreply@blogger.com