tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post1846906721622275458..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Nostalgia Trip.Neal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-14940328151417892642011-12-25T11:26:02.237+00:002011-12-25T11:26:02.237+00:00Alex, Windham and Lymington were also early reads....Alex, Windham and Lymington were also early reads. Enjoyed C. S. Lewis as a kid, but not much liking the films. I guess now I'm older the message is as leaden as a bick hammer on the head.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-21347604546189343772011-12-25T10:19:33.351+00:002011-12-25T10:19:33.351+00:00For me, the Narnia books, The Hobbit and LOTR were...For me, the Narnia books, The Hobbit and LOTR were powerful early influences. But slightly before any of these was seriously weird novel The Owl Service by Alan Garner, which made a strong impression on the 6 or 7-year old me. <br /><br />Then I started reading SF - The Crysalids by John Wyndham may have been the first SF novel I encountered. Happy Days!<br /><br />By the way, wishing Neal and everyone else a Merry Xmas and a very happy 2012!Alex Cullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00138628377297964672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-63737386109734664592011-12-24T10:12:20.109+00:002011-12-24T10:12:20.109+00:00Bascule, you've reminded me. I read one or two...Bascule, you've reminded me. I read one or two Perry Rhodan books early or pre-teens. And I have just about all the Moorcock fantasies.<br /><br />Conan, luckily my English teacher was not such a snob. It was arguably a compliment from her, on that piece of creative writing I mentioned, that set me on my present course. And my 'project' in English was alphabetically listing SFF writers and waffling on about them.<br /><br />Thud, I left school with an O Level in English language, and no idea what a sentence was.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-6351586644722543072011-12-23T22:04:39.281+00:002011-12-23T22:04:39.281+00:00I seem to have pretty much followed the same path ...I seem to have pretty much followed the same path to science fiction nirvana as yourself except for the fact I unlike you can barely write my name!Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-38402622140208357992011-12-23T18:27:24.557+00:002011-12-23T18:27:24.557+00:00Either "Have spacesuit-will travel" or &...Either "Have spacesuit-will travel" or "Welcome to Mars" for SF. Fantasy it was Moorcock too, "Elric of Melnibone".<br />I remember being told off for reading Perry Rhodan by my English teacher...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-38161271140901239922011-12-23T17:08:15.117+00:002011-12-23T17:08:15.117+00:00My first proper genre book was "Mad Gods Amul...My first proper genre book was "Mad Gods Amulet" by the legendary Mike Moorcock. I was 11 and spotted it in the local library. When I went to check it out, the librarian looked at my mum as if to say it was a bit old for me. My mum just said it would be fine. Good old mum. <br /><br />From there I think it was Perry Rhodan #5, but may have been Princess of Mars.basculehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938136045940835797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-15329803889549586852011-12-23T16:36:16.046+00:002011-12-23T16:36:16.046+00:00Ahah, it's occurred to me that I must put my b...Ahah, it's occurred to me that I must put my book collection up on the website. I've already done it here, but of course it's buried deep.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.com