Another sci-fi fan in the making

[docm]

Erik, our 9 year old math freak, just discovered my collection of Jules Vern stories. Tonight he was so buried in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" we couldn't even get his attention with food <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />He says his next reads are "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Off on a Comet". If I have my way H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury & Isaac Asimov will be on his list too. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Boris_Badenov]

See if he is interested in this book, James A. Michener's Space <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[docm]

We have it, and by the way he's going through them.... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[spacefire]

give him some Poul Anderson! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[docm]

Our copies are generations old. I'll have to re-read "Off on a Comet" for content. There is also the Classics Illustrated graphic novelization which I happen to have a copy of <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[summoner]

ERB's John Carter of Mars is what got me hooked. BTW, I see that they are making a movie of this as well. Could be interesting. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:271px;background-color:#FFF;border:1pxsolid#999"><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="height:35px"><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/htmlSticker1/language/www/US/MT/Three_Forks.gif" alt="" height="35" width="271" style="border:0px" /></div>

 

[spacefire]

I read that one...ebven though the premise is beyond unrealistic, he somehow made the idea of a comet taking some of Earth and its inhabitants along and then bringin them back perfectly believable to my 10-12 year old self.<br /><br /><br />In general, I think Jules Verne work was more grounded in science than a lot of today's Sci-Fi writers and especially Hollywood movie producers.<br /><br />I can boast that I have read most of his works before I turned 15.<br />My favourites are Two Years Vacation and The Mysterious Island, for the castaway angle and the ingenuity displayed using scarce resources. <br /><br />I liked this oine too, lots of aerial hijinks :<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur_the_Conqueror<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[hracctsold]

Docm,<br /><br />Ah yes, I remember those days. He was one of my first favorite authors to read. I still remember finding a Verne book, when I was a teen and able to buy it on my own, that was about the first atomic bomb made, and wrote by him. <br /><br />Another of my favorites was the Time Machine, and all it could include. That and the classic movie of that time. It still is one of my favorites, and I think that was what caused me to look for any time travel books or shows of any kinds. And that was almost 50 years ago. <br /><br />P.S., John Carter of Mars, or the series by Len Carter about a soldier transported from the jungles of Thaland to Mars and the adventures he encountered there are just as much fun. Len Carter's books were more fun and adventure written in the first person, and sent to Len Carter that was the fastenating part of it, and not the depth.

 

[lampblack]

Sounds like you're bringing him up right! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[vagueship]

The way he's going, he may make some of the sci-fi into sci-reality.