What initially inspired you to get into Fantasy or Science fiction??

One of the first times I went to the movies as a kid was to see Stanley Kubrick's 2001. I was drawn in by the speculative nature of the film. Also in High school back in the 1970's I was required to read The Hobbit as part of my English class. after that I read the Lord of the rings on my own. I was so hungry for more after that, so I took the bus to the local Mall,( not old enough to drive yet), and luckily there was a book store with a large Science Fiction and fantasy section. I am so thankfull for that English class because since then I have been transported to other worlds, alternate realities, Orc filled realms and deep within my own imagination. I read other genres but always find my way back to science Fiction.
 
Wyndham without a doubt. I tried others when I was knee high to a flea, but they were mostly American and the references they used were (this was late 50s) alien to me. When I found Wyndham wrote similar things which were terribly, terribly British, I was hooked. Never looked back.
 
As a kid I loved all the cartoons like D & D, Thundercats and Lost Cities of Gold (aaaahaha), and picked up a book called Pawn of Prophecy when I was about twelve.Cos it looked quite magical. Little did I know that there were more books, and the adventure went on and on- so I picked up more books that looked similar and went from there. The Stainless Steel Rat got me into sf, although I'm picky about what I read sf wise. Some just loses me completely and I feel dumb.

Give me a map, and a world in peril and I'm happy.

I still read in other genres, but love finding different styles of fantasy-stand alones that are little shiny nuggets of wonder. Yum. :D

I love the idea that anything is possible.
 
daisybee said:
As a kid I loved all the cartoons like D & D, Thundercats and Lost Cities of Gold (aaaahaha)
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Me to ha ha I used to love those cartoons, my girlfriend bought me the entire D & D collection for my Birthday after I said how much I used to love them. Still enjoy re-watching them although was gutted they never completed the last series before it was axed!

Thundercats!! Why do they not make cartoons or kids T.V. that good anymore or is it just me. The stuff today my nephews watch is politically correct rubbish where the female characters are amazing and lads are dumb!!

:confused: . . .
 
Or completely commercial shows that are based round the merchandise that sells off the back of the shows rather than decent plot lines and characters, i.e. pokemon cards etc . . . (Rant over.)
 
:D

Old cartoons seemed to have a more fantastic edge to them-epic sort of scope too, which led nicely to reading longer books and following them as a kid.

Dr Dolittle was a cool cartoon, and Dogtanian. That went on forever.
 
Memnoch said:
politically correct rubbish where the female characters are amazing and lads are dumb!!
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Politically ... err ... correct?? Sounds like Positive Political Correctness to me. The world is going to spiral into a political correctness nose dive any --- second ......... now!
 
I know-lol, Milady was the best though. :D

Recently remembered my collection of Enid Blyton books-The Magical Faraway Tree was a favourite so that probably sowed a few seeds of interest in magic and stuff as a kid.
 
Wow, I'd forgotten about The Magical Faraway Tree books, those where favourites of mine when I was a kid. Hmm, wonder if my sister still has them and can I get them off the niece?
 
Saying that when I was in my first years of school we read some books as we learnt to read (funny that eh? Learning to read with books!!) Can't remember the names of them HELP ANYONE, each one was dedicated to finding a different precious stone, ruby, emerald etc . . . there was definatley a Griffon in them, which captured this young boys imagination!! Just can't remember the name of them, they seemed truely magical.
 
The name doesn't ring any bells but have googled them and it seems you may be correct, although a thread I found in another forum said, they are out of production and sell for up to £40 each!!! Unreal. Although there is a serious fanbase out there by the look of it!! Alot of parents want their four/five year olds to experience the joys they had at that age.

I started reading them when I was about ahem . . . 12 but hey we have to start somewhere lol. :p

Only Joking had moved onto "The Worst Witch", by 12. Sheesh do I seem dense!! ;)

Thanks for that Vlad I will investigate further.
 
daisybee said:
I know-lol, Milady was the best though. :D

Recently remembered my collection of Enid Blyton books-The Magical Faraway Tree was a favourite so that probably sowed a few seeds of interest in magic and stuff as a kid.
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Wow, that definitely takes me back.:) I remember reading that when I was very young. I wish I'd kept books like that when I was younger.
 
I started out reading / playing fantasy gamebooks, Jackson & Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy and Joe Dever's Lone Wolf series being particular favourites. From there I moved onto the Dragonlance books, and I've been hooked on SF & fantasy ever since.
 
Downright spooky that Memnoch, Deathtrap Dungeon was one of my favourites too. Some secret Lancastrian cloning experiment gone awry perhaps.
 
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