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<blockquote data-quote="sckeener" data-source="post: 2995790" data-attributes="member: 8801">well, not reading Lord of the Rings or Conan....or Elric or Amber isn't ususal....they were written before many gamers were born and except by word of mouth [excluding LotR-movie], how would they even know about them?&nbsp; I mean school never required me to read them.&nbsp; I hadn't read any of them when I started gaming.&nbsp; It wasn't until I was an adult in fact that I read any of those above.The first sci-fi book I ever read was Dune and that was because the movie was coming out.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; My dad activily dislikes fantasy and sci-fi.&nbsp; I wish my parents had tried different genres with me as a kid.&nbsp; As it was they stuck to non-fiction.&nbsp; You'd think they would have gotten a clue by my interest in mythology, armor, weapons and castles.&nbsp;&nbsp; Admittedly I did have gaming books....but one can't consider a monster manual a fantasy book since it was a book about gaming...non-ficition.&nbsp; My parents had a hard time getting me to read....and if it wasn't for the lexicon of AD&amp;D and the fact that my parents were lawyers, my vocabulary would be limited.I was a late bloomer Sci-fi/fantasy-wise.&nbsp; It wasn't until the Crystal Shard that I was hooked on reading....I was 16.I feel I have a lot of time to make up for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sckeener, post: 2995790, member: 8801"] well, not reading Lord of the Rings or Conan....or Elric or Amber isn't ususal....they were written before many gamers were born and except by word of mouth [excluding LotR-movie], how would they even know about them? I mean school never required me to read them. I hadn't read any of them when I started gaming. It wasn't until I was an adult in fact that I read any of those above. The first sci-fi book I ever read was Dune and that was because the movie was coming out. My dad activily dislikes fantasy and sci-fi. I wish my parents had tried different genres with me as a kid. As it was they stuck to non-fiction. You'd think they would have gotten a clue by my interest in mythology, armor, weapons and castles. Admittedly I did have gaming books....but one can't consider a monster manual a fantasy book since it was a book about gaming...non-ficition. My parents had a hard time getting me to read....and if it wasn't for the lexicon of AD&D and the fact that my parents were lawyers, my vocabulary would be limited. I was a late bloomer Sci-fi/fantasy-wise. It wasn't until the Crystal Shard that I was hooked on reading....I was 16. I feel I have a lot of time to make up for. [/QUOTE]

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