[HardScienceFan]

Hi Matt
long time no see
Ditto here
I read biographies of great scientists


I liked science


reading about astronomy and geology first
with some other stuff thrown in(archeology,zoology)

didn't consciously start looking for SF/Fantasy
just picked up some Simak,Vance,Anderson,EF Russell,Leinster,Clement and Heinlein juves,Leigh Brackett was brilliant,Kuttner,C.L Moore,Pohl & Kornbluth,
Pohl & Williamson

Heinlein was great with his verisimilitude and attention to detail



Clement was riveting with Close to Critical and MOG