Re: What's the first SF book you read?

From	ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written
Subject	Re: What's the first SF book you read?
Date	2016-06-08 22:00 +0000
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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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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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