Comments on: Interest Your Younglings In Sci-Fi http://galacticwatercooler.com/2009/07/19/interest-your-younglings-in-sci-fi/ The Friendliest People in Geekdom Wed, 09 May 2012 21:26:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Topgun http://galacticwatercooler.com/2009/07/19/interest-your-younglings-in-sci-fi/#comment-308789 Topgun Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:25:15 +0000 http://www.galacticawatercooler.com/?p=2702#comment-308789 Great post, Splatt! In my mind's eye I can still picture the stacks of paperback books my dad used to accumulate in the cellar. He was, and is, a voracious reader, and there were always books on shelves and elsewhere within easy reach. Asimov, Clarke, Herbert...their short story collections were my gateway into science fiction. I still remember the first book of the sci-fi/fantasy genre I ever read as a kid: I Am Legend, which my dad suggested, and pulled from that big book pile in the cellar, after I complained I was bored one sunny summer day. And I remember sitting in a lawn chair in the backyard for the rest of the day, unable to put that book down. And I didn't notice, but I'll bet my dad was smiling. Great post, Splatt! In my mind’s eye I can still picture the stacks of paperback books my dad used to accumulate in the cellar. He was, and is, a voracious reader, and there were always books on shelves and elsewhere within easy reach. Asimov, Clarke, Herbert…their short story collections were my gateway into science fiction. I still remember the first book of the sci-fi/fantasy genre I ever read as a kid: I Am Legend, which my dad suggested, and pulled from that big book pile in the cellar, after I complained I was bored one sunny summer day. And I remember sitting in a lawn chair in the backyard for the rest of the day, unable to put that book down. And I didn’t notice, but I’ll bet my dad was smiling.

]]> By: Rachel http://galacticwatercooler.com/2009/07/19/interest-your-younglings-in-sci-fi/#comment-308666 Rachel Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:19:18 +0000 http://www.galacticawatercooler.com/?p=2702#comment-308666 I came to sci-fi on my own. My mother is definitely not the sci-fi type. My father just didn't know how to communicate his love for sci-fi to his 3 daughters. We share it now, but I wish we could have shared it all along. :) I came to sci-fi on my own. My mother is definitely not the sci-fi type. My father just didn’t know how to communicate his love for sci-fi to his 3 daughters. We share it now, but I wish we could have shared it all along. :)

]]> By: Kimberly http://galacticwatercooler.com/2009/07/19/interest-your-younglings-in-sci-fi/#comment-308590 Kimberly Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:38:47 +0000 http://www.galacticawatercooler.com/?p=2702#comment-308590 See Escape to Witch Mountain is what started me liking Science Fiction. When I was in 7th grade I ran out of steam. I had read all the interesting books in the school library and was having trouble finding books that interested me. Thankfully I had Mrs. Lindsey as my reading teacher. She and Mrs. Woods were the best reading teachers. Each six weeks we focused on a different genre of literature. For Science fiction we read several different short stories as well as Childhood's End and Fahrenheit 451. Since I devoured the books - she loaned a a bunch more. When we did Mystery - they took us to "And Then There Were None". Not one of the for school performances. A evening performance with everyone wearing their Sunday best, we went to a sit down restaurant before then to the performance. It was great. See Escape to Witch Mountain is what started me liking Science Fiction. When I was in 7th grade I ran out of steam. I had read all the interesting books in the school library and was having trouble finding books that interested me.

Thankfully I had Mrs. Lindsey as my reading teacher. She and Mrs. Woods were the best reading teachers. Each six weeks we focused on a different genre of literature. For Science fiction we read several different short stories as well as Childhood’s End and Fahrenheit 451. Since I devoured the books – she loaned a a bunch more.

When we did Mystery – they took us to “And Then There Were None”. Not one of the for school performances. A evening performance with everyone wearing their Sunday best, we went to a sit down restaurant before then to the performance. It was great.

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