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<blockquote data-quote="Azgulor" data-source="post: 5405236" data-attributes="member: 14291">At the ripe old age of 7, the thing that hooked me as a sci-fi junkie was Star Wars (I wouldn't make the distinction between Sci-Fi &amp; Sci-Fantasy until much later).&nbsp; It opened up a whole world of imagination that translated into a love of science, in general, physics in particular &amp; a slow shift from space opera to grittier sci-fi (though I still love space opera).&nbsp; Although I greatly expanded my view of sci-fi over time, I can trace it all back to Star Wars Ep IV.&nbsp; I blame/thank George Lucas for my eventual pursuit of undergraduate &amp; masters degrees in Physics.On the fantasy front, it all started with Terry Brooks' Elfstones of Shannara.&nbsp; Yeah, I know about the Tolkein-re-tread criticisms, but at that age, Brooks was much more accessible than Tolkein.&nbsp; While perhaps not a great book, it's a good book, and one I try to read at least once a year for nostalgia's sake.&nbsp; For all my love of science fiction, the introduction to the fantasy genre was a milestone in my life -- at least in terms of my preferred entertainment &amp; the ongoing drain to my wallet.&nbsp; It was a short walk (about 4' actually) from devouring fantasy novels as fast as I could to reviewing books with red &amp; blue covers labeled Dungeons &amp; Dragons...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Azgulor, post: 5405236, member: 14291"] At the ripe old age of 7, the thing that hooked me as a sci-fi junkie was Star Wars (I wouldn't make the distinction between Sci-Fi & Sci-Fantasy until much later). It opened up a whole world of imagination that translated into a love of science, in general, physics in particular & a slow shift from space opera to grittier sci-fi (though I still love space opera). Although I greatly expanded my view of sci-fi over time, I can trace it all back to Star Wars Ep IV. I blame/thank George Lucas for my eventual pursuit of undergraduate & masters degrees in Physics. On the fantasy front, it all started with Terry Brooks' Elfstones of Shannara. Yeah, I know about the Tolkein-re-tread criticisms, but at that age, Brooks was much more accessible than Tolkein. While perhaps not a great book, it's a good book, and one I try to read at least once a year for nostalgia's sake. For all my love of science fiction, the introduction to the fantasy genre was a milestone in my life -- at least in terms of my preferred entertainment & the ongoing drain to my wallet. It was a short walk (about 4' actually) from devouring fantasy novels as fast as I could to reviewing books with red & blue covers labeled Dungeons & Dragons... [/QUOTE]

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