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

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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
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      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
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          Re: What's the first SF book you read? David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2016-06-09 23:51 -0700
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    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
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  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
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  Re: What's the first SF book you read? Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2016-06-08 20:46 -0700
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  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
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          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
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