Extollager
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Aug 21, 2010
- Messages
- 9,273
Or library discards.
My first science fiction novel was Dune by Frank Herbert.
So I bought a copy of Dune and proceeded to get pulled in way over my head.
I read it a second time right after I read it the first time. For me, it was just so different, I felt I needed to re-read it to understand it better.
Loved it the second go-round even more!
But at any rate the kids' section included sf juveniles by del Rey, Wollheim, Silverberg, Heinlein, etc. I believe I found The John Wyndham Omnibus in the kids' section. The adult shelves included Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions and a number of anthologies -- Galaxy, Magazine of Fantasy and SF... I remember Fred Hoyle's October the First Is Too Late being there, but I don't suppose I read it through. I don't know if there was all that much sf in the CB library, but there was some; and they had the Narnian books, Tolkien's fantasy, etc.
Not my first book, but very early in my reading experience, I got hooked on Captain Future. Mostly written by Edmund Hamilton, IIRC.
"IIRC"? Please explain (beep).
If I Recall Correctly.
Not my first book, but very early in my reading experience, I got hooked on Captain Future. Mostly written by Edmund Hamilton, IIRC.
Those have been out of print for awhile.
Ah, but never out of print in my mind!
Star Trek: Mission to Horatius, when I was 11. It was written by Mack Reynolds, who is still one of my top 5 favorite science fiction authors to this day.