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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 565734" data-attributes="member: 812">I was a dinosaur kid. You know, those kids what know every single dinosaur ever discovered, who discovered it, yada yada yada. I think I must have been about six or seven when I read Roy Chapman Andrew's book about his Mongolia expedition. That and &quot;The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek&quot; -- about two kids who find a living stegosaurus -- really sparked my imagination.I'd still trade it all in for a one-way trip to the Cretaceous. Just to see a dinosaur walking around. Sigh.Sorry, what was the question? Oh yes, got me into fantasy. So going from a love/obssession with dinosaurs to monster movies to fantasy seems like a pretty straightforward line to me.Started with Tolkien. Ended with Tolkien, pretty much, though there's been a lot of floundering around in the interim. But I read LotR when I was ten-- that would be around 1978, I guess -- and somehow came across an article on D&amp;D in a magazine somewhere and insisted my parents buy it for me.Thank heavens for that &quot;Suggested Reading&quot; page at the back of the Player's Handbook. I went on to Zelasny, Leiber, Howard, Burroughs and many many others because of that.Thanks for that, Gary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 565734, member: 812"] I was a dinosaur kid. You know, those kids what know every single dinosaur ever discovered, who discovered it, yada yada yada. I think I must have been about six or seven when I read Roy Chapman Andrew's book about his Mongolia expedition. That and "The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek" -- about two kids who find a living stegosaurus -- really sparked my imagination. I'd still trade it all in for a one-way trip to the Cretaceous. Just to see a dinosaur walking around. Sigh. Sorry, what was the question? Oh yes, got me into fantasy. So going from a love/obssession with dinosaurs to monster movies to fantasy seems like a pretty straightforward line to me. Started with Tolkien. Ended with Tolkien, pretty much, though there's been a lot of floundering around in the interim. But I read LotR when I was ten-- that would be around 1978, I guess -- and somehow came across an article on D&D in a magazine somewhere and insisted my parents buy it for me. Thank heavens for that "Suggested Reading" page at the back of the Player's Handbook. I went on to Zelasny, Leiber, Howard, Burroughs and many many others because of that. Thanks for that, Gary. [/QUOTE]

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