Bobby’s Comments (group member since Mar 15, 2013)

Bobby’s comments from the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Richard wrote: "It's impressive that he was still acting at that age."

On the real!

Don't forget The Mummy!

Not too sad. She maxed out her time and made her mark. I'm just glad she was here.

I'm curious. Do Marvel Comics count? I started on those at first. Even my mom started reading those to me first and they were a direct line to science fiction.

Brendan wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Confession: I do not recall reading A Wrinkle In Time as a child. And having been that awkward girl who loved math and science, it does seem strange. I mean, I sometimes think that b..."

Man, as an adult, I went back and read it, still loved it, but I was absolutely shocked by how much religion was in it. I think, because I grew up Catholic, that when I first read it as a kid, it just washed over me because it was the norm anyway.

Oooo, now I'm trying to remember when I read A Wrinkle in Time. Nah, I still think I read The Martian Chronicles first. But Wrinkle was almost as impactful for sure.

Sarah wrote: "The earliest was "The Chronicles of Prydain" and the Narnia books. Then on the "The Once and Future King", "The Last Unicorn" and then Tolkien. For some reason I preferred fantasy novels and scienc..."

Tired of the sameness of fantasy fiction? You should read China Miéville!

Bryn wrote:

Haunting stories. I read it a few times but not for years; shall have to again."

It's funny, that you say that, Bryn. The first story, "Ylla" still seems to me the first time I felt adult, sophisticated emotions. I was like, eight when I read that and I remember distinctly the feeling of looking into something which had previously been hidden from me, something sad and painful but beautiful. I wasn't expressing it like that, but I remember feeling that.

Yeah, well, it's different now. When I read it as a kid, we still didn't know as much as we know now.When Bradbury wrote Chronicles we still didn't know enough about Mars to get away with it. Bradbury didn't care one iota about science. Mars was just a fantastic playground for his imagination, his Middle-Earth. Still, I keep going back because I still think the stories are amazing and the nostalgia factor is pretty intense.

It's ridiculous how often I bring this book up but it was The Martian Chronicles. Still the book I go back to the most.

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

So far it's very dense but intriguing.

I've only read one. *hangs head

I didn't get any. Funnily enough, as per another conversation on Goodreads, I was given $75 in gift certificates to Powell's, the local giant bookstore.

So, I can work with that!

Maria wrote: "Jim wrote: "... unleash the kid to read what he wants ... The kids could read whatever they wanted."

As a teen, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I wasn't, and still am not, allowed to read fictio..."


Maria, if you choose not to answer I completely understand, and I apologize if I'm being dense, but am I right that you're saying your parents don't allow you to read fiction?? Stories that are made up? At all? I've never heard of this. Why?

Gareth wrote: "This month I'm going to be getting started with a few epic series. At least then I have some ideas of what to spend my Christmas money on.

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How are you digging The Hobbit? Quiet as kept, that's my favorite of the four books.

And so far, it's totally fascinating!

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Brenda wrote: "when my daughter was ten she pulled THE WORM OUROBOUROS off the shelf. (I have 14 floor-to-ceiling steel bookcases.) With a fine cunning I said, "Darling, that's a little mature for you." She insta..."


I STILL haven't gotten around to that one! Aargh!

Bobby wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: "So my son needs a sf book for school. I have 1700 books at home. I pick out some Andre Norton, some Robert Heinlein juveniles, some other good sf books for teens and a copy of Sylo,..."

You know what I might add to that? Tell him why the ones that excited you, excited you. If you haven't already (and you probably have.) But I know that Julian read some because I was like, "this one is great because yadda yadda yadda..."

Jeffrey wrote: "So my son needs a sf book for school. I have 1700 books at home. I pick out some Andre Norton, some Robert Heinlein juveniles, some other good sf books for teens and a copy of Sylo, a modern day sf..."

Yeah, I think, you have 1700 books? Just UNLEASH him! Give him a lot of options. He'll make his way on his own and he may very well work his way back around to your favorites. Whether he does or he desn't is totally valid. My nephew, who is fifteen, found Stranger in a Strange Land, Dune, aaaand some other one I can't remember. And he LOVED the first two. Funnily enough, I read those two around the same age and loved them...and they're both about young men coming into their power and changing the world. I don't think that's a coincidence.

Jeff wrote: "Yes.

Tastes have changed. Some of the themes/character that Heinlein worked with don't resonate with younger people as strongly as they did back when they came out. Those themes may still be impor..."

Nice point.