| Re: What initially inspired you to get into Fantasy or Science fiction??
In grade 6 we had to read a number of books and write a number of book reports. I read all the books and wrote none of the book reports. At that time I read anything about animals, Gentle Ben, everything by Marguerite Henry, Watership Down, Call of the Wild... but one of the books in the book cupboard was A Fall of Moondust. I read it and was completely hooked. After that my mom started buying us novels for stocking stuffers, and she bought me The White Dragon one Christmas because of the cool cover by Michael Whelan, and that hooked me on Pern. The next Christmas it was Dragon on Pedestal by DK Sweet, and I was hooked on Xanth. Both series have since disappointed me, but I am still a rabid Sci-Fi/Fantasy fan |