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  What's the first SF book you read? alal65536@gmail.com - 2016-06-08 04:36 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) - 2016-06-08 12:06 +0000
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-08 13:52 +0000
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-08 11:38 -0400
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-08 15:54 +0000
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 10:19 -0600
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? 103134.3516@compuserve.com - 2016-06-08 09:24 -0700
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-08 20:51 +0000
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-06-08 22:00 +0000
          Re: What's the first SF book you read? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-08 23:17 -0700
            Re: What's the first SF book you read? Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2016-06-08 23:46 -0700
              Re: What's the first SF book you read? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-09 03:55 -0600
              Re: What's the first SF book you read? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-09 08:09 -0700
              Re: What's the first SF book you read? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 15:53 +0000
            Re: What's the first SF book you read? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-09 03:54 -0600
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-09 03:51 -0600
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-09 03:45 -0600
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 09:29 -0700
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 12:16 -0700
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? Richard Botting <rjbotting03@gmail.com> - 2016-06-12 11:46 -0700
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-09 03:58 -0600
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) - 2016-06-08 18:37 +0100
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-08 17:43 +0000
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-09 04:00 -0600
          Re: What's the first SF book you read? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 16:01 +0000
            Re: What's the first SF book you read? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-09 09:26 -0700
            Re: What's the first SF book you read? David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2016-06-09 23:51 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> - 2016-06-08 14:39 -0400
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-08 13:30 -0700
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-08 17:13 -0400
          Re: What's the first SF book you read? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-08 18:40 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Harold Hill <kyle.pellarkosbar@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 11:56 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-08 14:05 -0500
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 12:09 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? P. Taine <user@domaine.invalid> - 2016-06-08 17:15 -0400
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? P. Taine <user@domaine.invalid> - 2016-06-09 10:19 -0400
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-08 14:22 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-08 17:42 -0400
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-08 18:37 -0400
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-09 04:05 -0600
    What's the first SF book you read? "artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 18:18 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2016-06-08 20:46 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@pants.btinternet.com> - 2016-06-09 09:04 +0100
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-09 03:42 -0600
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 06:55 -0700
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 16:16 +0000
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-09 09:50 -0700
          Re: What's the first SF book you read? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 18:39 +0000
            Re: What's the first SF book you read? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-09 13:05 -0700
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? alal65536@gmail.com - 2016-06-10 02:08 -0700
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-10 14:56 +0000
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Will in New Haven <willreich_77@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-09 10:43 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Michael Stone <mikestone1948@gmail.com> - 2016-06-10 03:04 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2016-06-10 05:09 -0700
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-11 04:51 -0700
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-11 15:08 +0000
          Re: What's the first SF book you read? Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-06-11 18:57 -0500
            Re: What's the first SF book you read? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-06-12 07:15 +0000
          Re: What's the first SF book you read? T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2016-06-12 05:56 -0700
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-11 12:36 -0700
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-11 17:40 -0700
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2016-06-12 05:53 -0700
          Re: What's the first SF book you read? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-06-12 17:42 +0000
            Re: What's the first SF book you read? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-12 14:52 -0700
          Re: What's the first SF book you read? William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-13 13:32 -0700
      Re: What's the first SF book you read? Michael Stone <mikestone1948@gmail.com> - 2016-06-27 00:06 -0700
        Re: What's the first SF book you read? T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2016-06-28 12:09 -0700
    Re: What's the first SF book you read? Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> - 2016-06-12 10:27 -0400

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#441451 — What's the first SF book you read?

What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.  The first work I remember reading when I was about 5, are the Indian classics "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana".  Truly they are mythology, and not really traditional SF.

I remember reading "Lord of the Rings" when I was about ten.  That got me hooked into reading fantasy.  As far as science-fiction, I cannot remember which was the first book I read.  Probably Asimov or Heinlein.

Abhinav Lal
Writer & Investor

Author of "Humanity" and "Imaginary Worlds"

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#441452

alal65536@gmail.com wrote:
> What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.  The first work I remember reading when I was about 5, are the Indian classics "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana".  Truly they are mythology, and not really traditional SF.
> 
> I remember reading "Lord of the Rings" when I was about ten.  That got me hooked into reading fantasy.  As far as science-fiction, I cannot remember which was the first book I read.  Probably Asimov or Heinlein.
> 


The first two science-fiction I read were Lester del Rey's 
Tunnel Through Time and Robert Silverberg's Planet of Death.  
I don't remember which one I read first. I was around 10 yrs 
old, and I remember both fondly.  Shortly after that I read
The War of the Worlds[1] and Journey to the Centre of the Earth,
the latter of which is still a favorite.

Shortly after those four, the first fantasy I read was 
Felix Salten's Bambi.  I thought it was excellent,
re-reading it many times; however, my spec-fic reading 
stayed pretty heavily skewed to science fiction until 
I read The Hobbit in high school.

Tony
[1] The edition with Edward Gorey's cover & illustrations:
    http://tinyurl.com/os6dpu3
    Now that cover stands up and says "hi".

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#441468

In article <nj91nf$jlp$1@dont-email.me>,
Anthony Nance <nance@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>alal65536@gmail.com wrote:
>> What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.  The first
>work I remember reading when I was about 5, are the Indian classics
>"Mahabharata" and "Ramayana".  Truly they are mythology, and not really
>traditional SF.
>> 
>> I remember reading "Lord of the Rings" when I was about ten.  That got
>me hooked into reading fantasy.  As far as science-fiction, I cannot
>remember which was the first book I read.  Probably Asimov or Heinlein.
>> 
>
>
>The first two science-fiction I read were Lester del Rey's 
>Tunnel Through Time and Robert Silverberg's Planet of Death.  
>I don't remember which one I read first. I was around 10 yrs 
>old, and I remember both fondly.  Shortly after that I read
>The War of the Worlds[1] and Journey to the Centre of the Earth,
>the latter of which is still a favorite.
>
>Shortly after those four, the first fantasy I read was 
>Felix Salten's Bambi.  I thought it was excellent,
>re-reading it many times; however, my spec-fic reading 
>stayed pretty heavily skewed to science fiction until 
>I read The Hobbit in high school.

Oh Lord.

The first two science fiction *books* I read were Coblentz's _Into
Plutonian Depths_ and Farley's _The Radio Man_ (retitled _An
Earth Man on Venus_).  They had been reprinted in the 1950s but
dated from the 1920s.  It is a wonder that I ever read any SF
again ... except that my mother subscribed to _Astounding._  So I
was reading SF *stories* before those dreadful books.  I can
remember looking over her shoulder to read a story which must
have been Schmitz's "Space Fear" (1951, if memory serves).

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#441474

On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 04:36:02 -0700 (PDT), alal65536@gmail.com wrote:

>What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember. 

I'm fairly sure it was Heinlein's _The Green Hills of Earth_.  Novels
were too intimidating at age seven, but a book of short stories was
something I could manage.

I had no idea what was going on in several of the stories; "Delilah
and the Space-Rigger" doesn't make much sense to a second grader.  But
I liked the whole feel of the book, anyway.





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#441475

Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> writes:
>On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 04:36:02 -0700 (PDT), alal65536@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember. 
>
>I'm fairly sure it was Heinlein's _The Green Hills of Earth_.  Novels
>were too intimidating at age seven, but a book of short stories was
>something I could manage.
>
>I had no idea what was going on in several of the stories; "Delilah
>and the Space-Rigger" doesn't make much sense to a second grader.  But
>I liked the whole feel of the book, anyway.

My father asked a coworker for a recommendation and gave me
_Have Spacesuit Will Travel_ when I was 10.  I was hooked thereafter.

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#441477

On 6/8/2016 9:38 AM, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 04:36:02 -0700 (PDT), alal65536@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.
>
> I'm fairly sure it was Heinlein's _The Green Hills of Earth_.  Novels
> were too intimidating at age seven, but a book of short stories was
> something I could manage.
>
> I had no idea what was going on in several of the stories; "Delilah
> and the Space-Rigger" doesn't make much sense to a second grader.  But
> I liked the whole feel of the book, anyway.
>
>
>
>
>

Ignoring specifically children's books with fantastic elements, Ben 
Bova's "The Dueling Machine/Star Watchman".

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#441479

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 7:36:06 AM UTC-4, alal...@gmail.com wrote:
> What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.  

The first SF book I actually remember was _The Runaway Robot_ by Lester DelRay. I don't know how old I was, but I'd guess 9 or 10, and I sure liked that book. I can still remember the cover art.

The first book I ever liked was _The Littlest Rabbit_ by Robert Kraus. I don't really remember it at all, but the family story is that I was in second grade (so probably 8 years old) and took it to school for show-and-tell and was hooked on reading ever after.

JimboCat
-- 
"The memory goes second; I forget what's first."

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#441510

103134.3516@compuserve.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 7:36:06 AM UTC-4, alal...@gmail.com wrote:
>> What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.
>
> The first SF book I actually remember was _The Runaway Robot_ by Lester
> DelRay. I don't know how old I was, but I'd guess 9 or 10, and I sure
> liked that book. I can still remember the cover art.

Same here. Same book somewhere around the same age.

Four teachers taught my cohort in four separate classrooms at my
elementary school. The English hour was special in that most students
had to go to a different class room. For English, the cohort was
re-divided by merit, all of the best students got together in one class
room, all of the worst students got together in another class room, and
the rest of the students were split between the two remaining rooms.

My home room was also the top English class room. That spared me from an
alien desk for English. IIRC we spent some of the time reading whatever
grabbed our interest. _The Runaway Robot_ was available in the room and
at some point its cover grabbed me.

--
Don Kuenz KB7RPU

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#441523

In article <20160608a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz  <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:
>
>103134.3516@compuserve.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 7:36:06 AM UTC-4, alal...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.
>>
>> The first SF book I actually remember was _The Runaway Robot_ by Lester
>> DelRay. I don't know how old I was, but I'd guess 9 or 10, and I sure
>> liked that book. I can still remember the cover art.
>
>Same here. Same book somewhere around the same age.
>
>Four teachers taught my cohort in four separate classrooms at my
>elementary school. The English hour was special in that most students
>had to go to a different class room. For English, the cohort was
>re-divided by merit, all of the best students got together in one class
>room, all of the worst students got together in another class room, and
>the rest of the students were split between the two remaining rooms.
>
>My home room was also the top English class room. That spared me from an
>alien desk for English. IIRC we spent some of the time reading whatever
>grabbed our interest. _The Runaway Robot_ was available in the room and
>at some point its cover grabbed me.
>
>--
>Don Kuenz KB7RPU

Pretty sure it was a Tom Swft Junior because I was just learning to
read and there was an exciting illustration of Tom's ship "The Sky Queen"
raking the ground with it's belly thrusters to deal with some sort
of menace.

At elementary school, I think I wore out _Space Cadet_ & _Raiders From The
Rings_.  ANd I did read _The Runaway Robot_, of course.

But you could also certainly ask "what is SF", because: Dr Seuss.
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#441556

On Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:00:38 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
> In article <20160608a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz  <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:
> >
> >103134.3516@compuserve.com wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 7:36:06 AM UTC-4, alal...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.
> >>
> >> The first SF book I actually remember was _The Runaway Robot_ by Lester
> >> DelRay. I don't know how old I was, but I'd guess 9 or 10, and I sure
> >> liked that book. I can still remember the cover art.
> >
> >Same here. Same book somewhere around the same age.
> >
> >Four teachers taught my cohort in four separate classrooms at my
> >elementary school. The English hour was special in that most students
> >had to go to a different class room. For English, the cohort was
> >re-divided by merit, all of the best students got together in one class
> >room, all of the worst students got together in another class room, and
> >the rest of the students were split between the two remaining rooms.
> >
> >My home room was also the top English class room. That spared me from an
> >alien desk for English. IIRC we spent some of the time reading whatever
> >grabbed our interest. _The Runaway Robot_ was available in the room and
> >at some point its cover grabbed me.
> >
> >--
> >Don Kuenz KB7RPU
> 
> Pretty sure it was a Tom Swft Junior because I was just learning to
> read and there was an exciting illustration of Tom's ship "The Sky Queen"
> raking the ground with it's belly thrusters to deal with some sort
> of menace.
> 
> At elementary school, I think I wore out _Space Cadet_ & _Raiders From The
> Rings_.  ANd I did read _The Runaway Robot_, of course.
> 
> But you could also certainly ask "what is SF", because: Dr Seuss.

Oh yeah.  Talking cats; green egss and ham -

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#441559

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 4:17:20 PM UTC+10, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:00:38 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:

<snip>

> > But you could also certainly ask "what is SF", because: Dr Seuss.
> 
> Oh yeah.  Talking cats; green egss and ham -

There's nothing SFinal about green eggs and ham - I've made it. Ingredients: eggs, ham, food colour.

ObSF: First SF book.  Excluding the standard kid's fantasy far such as The Faraway Tree or The Lion, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Witch and the Wardrobe etc, it was *probably* Robert Silverberg's "Lost Race of Mars".  The other alternatives would be John Christopher's "The Lotus Caves" or maybe even Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt".

-Moriarty

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#441573

Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> wrote:

>ObSF: First SF book.  Excluding the standard kid's fantasy far such as The Faraway Tree or The Lion, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Witch and the Wardrobe etc, it was *probably* Robert Silverberg's "Lost Race of Mars".  The other alternatives would be John Christopher's "The Lotus Caves" or maybe even Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt".

Now that you've tangled fantasy into an SF thread, I'm trying to
remember whether I read A Wrinkle In Time before or after Rocket Ship
Gallileo.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#441592

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:46:05 AM UTC-4, Moriarty wrote:
> On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 4:17:20 PM UTC+10, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:00:38 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > > But you could also certainly ask "what is SF", because: Dr Seuss.
> > 
> > Oh yeah.  Talking cats; green egss and ham -
> 
> There's nothing SFinal about green eggs and ham - I've made it. Ingredients: eggs, ham, food colour.
> 

...but, if they were naturally occurring?  

"Horton Hatches an Egg," has a chimera. There's no strict SFnal 
explanation for that, so, maybe Fantasy. "Horton Hears a Who" has 
what is to the SF reader's eye, a microworld, complete with sapient
alien life!

> ObSF: First SF book.  Excluding the standard kid's fantasy far such as The Faraway Tree or The Lion, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Witch and the Wardrobe etc, it was *probably* Robert Silverberg's "Lost Race of Mars".  The other alternatives would be John Christopher's "The Lotus Caves" or maybe even Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt".
> 

Kevin R

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#441595

In article <7418781b-ca1e-4793-86d9-24a92a34718f@googlegroups.com>,
Moriarty  <blues95@ivillage.com> wrote:
>On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 4:17:20 PM UTC+10, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:00:38 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> > But you could also certainly ask "what is SF", because: Dr Seuss.
>> 
>> Oh yeah.  Talking cats; green egss and ham -
>
>There's nothing SFinal about green eggs and ham - I've made it.
>Ingredients: eggs, ham, food colour.


And there are medieval recipes involving spinach.


-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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#441572

Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>On Wednesday, 8 June 2016 23:00:38 UTC+1, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:

>> But you could also certainly ask "what is SF", because: Dr Seuss.
>
>Oh yeah.  Talking cats; green egss and ham -

I would think more of the engineering throughout so many of the books.
Machinery to add or remove star tattoos.  Inventing a new season.
Complex machinery thoughout most of his books.

I can never see the Green Ham book anymore without visualizing a
cartoon -- Miss Piggy and Kermit are asking "Sam" if he's seen their
son anywhere.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#441571

Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:

>Four teachers taught my cohort in four separate classrooms at my
>elementary school. The English hour was special in that most students
>had to go to a different class room. For English, the cohort was
>re-divided by merit, all of the best students got together in one class
>room, all of the worst students got together in another class room, and
>the rest of the students were split between the two remaining rooms.
>
>My home room was also the top English class room. That spared me from an
>alien desk for English. IIRC we spent some of the time reading whatever
>grabbed our interest. _The Runaway Robot_ was available in the room and
>at some point its cover grabbed me.

My Grade 2 was arranged by perceived merit into three levels.  As an
arrival from outside the school district who had missed most of a
month at the end of Grade1 due to the moving, I was tossed into the
lowest of the classes.  About three weeks into Grade 2, they moved me
to a different class.  Another week into the new class, the teacher
told me to take the book home over the weekend.  "If you can read
through to at least page xx on your own, we'll put you into the blue
group."  (And no, the blue group wasn't famous for percussion music
humour in the sixties.)
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#441569

103134.3516@compuserve.com wrote:

>The first book I ever liked was _The Littlest Rabbit_ by Robert Kraus. I don't really remember it at all, but the family story is that I was in second grade (so probably 8 years old) and took it to school for show-and-tell and was hooked on reading ever after.

We're already diverging from the SF thread that was asked for.  The
"... of Adventure" books by Blyton were the thing that pulled me from
picture books into novels.
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#441482

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 7:36:06 AM UTC-4, alal...@gmail.com wrote:
> What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.  The first work I remember reading when I was about 5, are the Indian classics "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana".  Truly they are mythology, and not really traditional SF.
> 
> I remember reading "Lord of the Rings" when I was about ten.  That got me hooked into reading fantasy.  As far as science-fiction, I cannot remember which was the first book I read.  Probably Asimov or Heinlein.

'Tom Swift and the Mysterious Planetoid' when I was 7.

The first non-juvenile was probably a JG Ballard anthology, 'The Disaster Area',
when I was 11 or 12. I was unfamiliar enough with the genre at the time that
I did not immediately realize that it was a collection of disconnected stories,
and kept trying to figure out how they formed a single novel.

pt

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#441503

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 12:29:49 PM UTC-4, Peter Trei wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 7:36:06 AM UTC-4, alal...@gmail.com wrote:
> > What's the first SF book you read?  If you can remember.  The first work I remember reading when I was about 5, are the Indian classics "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana".  Truly they are mythology, and not really traditional SF.
> > 
> > I remember reading "Lord of the Rings" when I was about ten.  That got me hooked into reading fantasy.  As far as science-fiction, I cannot remember which was the first book I read.  Probably Asimov or Heinlein.
> 
> 'Tom Swift and the Mysterious Planetoid' when I was 7.
> 
> The first non-juvenile was probably a JG Ballard anthology, 'The Disaster Area',
> when I was 11 or 12. I was unfamiliar enough with the genre at the time that
> I did not immediately realize that it was a collection of disconnected stories,
> and kept trying to figure out how they formed a single novel.

Now that I think about it, I certainly read '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' at
around 9-10.

pt

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#441834

Probably my first SF was Jules Verne too. Or perhaps H G Wells. 

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