The Era of Childhood: (IE, want to say 1988 to 1995.) I was so little when Babylon 5 first hit. Awww.
Parents used to read to me.
Cat in the Hat, Boxcart Children, the Hobbit and even:
- ET
- The Last Unicorn
- Inspector Gadget
- The Smurfs
- Gummiebears
- Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
- Gundam
- Samurai Pizza Cats
- TMNT
- Ghostbusters
- Biker Mice from Mars
- Mighty Max
- Dad's old Superman Comics
The Era of Teen Fundamentals: (1996 to 2003) cause even at the end, with 20 yrs I still felt like a big kid.
- John Carter
- Black Company
- The Hobbit
- HP Lovecraft
- J. Verne
- C. J. Cherryh
- Dad's App. N Army Footlocker. I mean, its a good thing I have a tried and true pulp geek for a father.
- Andre Norton
- Lensmen
- Gargoyles (Back when Disney was Fun.)
- Stargate
- Babylon 5
- ST DS9
- ST Voyager, (Loved the Doctor, he was fun.)
- Space Above and Beyond
- Dad getting me old runs of Flash Gordon, Star Trek, OG BSG and many others. It was like having a sci fi retrospective at my house. It was great. :D
- Waiting for Mr. Weber to finish Honor Harrington. It wouldn't happen for a while. Even I was put aback by the level of doorstopper Weber was putting out.
- Starting to wonder why certain sci fi books weren't interesting me as much.
- Re-read Dune!
- Re-read Revelation Space
- Carl Sagan
- Find Silver Age Superman collections, giggle and have fun with it.
- Get worried about the Direction of DC comics.
- Survive Book Readings/Assignments in college like the Golden Compass or "Early Influences of X, Y or Z" topic that was dry as dirt.
- Survive College and still remain kool-aid free. It helped that I didn't live on campus.
- University did introduce me to Dashiell Hammett though so it wasn't a total loss.
- Enjoyed some of the SW EU for what it was. NJO=Please, someone slap Jacen Solo 24/7. Shut up Jaina, who cares. Oh look, Anakin Solo, the only decent one. Shit.....he gonna die.
The Era of Electronic Library of Sci Fi Alexandria and Pulps: (2013-2020) aka I am the crypt keeper. But still on 2nd breakfast. Still feel like I'm young at heart when it comes to somethings.
- Kindle, that was a game changer for me. Because my rooms and even back in the Navy, I was like, I need more space for books. SO now I have a library of awesome that travels with me.
- Indie Boom.
- 2014: Sads, Mads, and the Hugos (Love him, hate him or not care: Vox Day got a whole lot of things flushed out into the Open. In more ways then one.)
- Realize that a fair amount of "trad" sci fi sources were soapboxing.
- Start looking into indie sci fi: Space Operas esp.
- Still give Trad consideration though: Esp if its Baen. Not all is lost. Or wanders.
- Start Humming "All Along the Watchtower" BSG style.
- See old hobbies teeter on the edge and fall over. Realize that its hard to let go but it must be done. Esp. since it means I can put my energy into other arenas. Or projects.
Sure there's def. a nostalgia factor of what formulated my earlier years but going back to old favorites I have a new appreciation for them. Esp. in the light of current shenanigans.
Do I want to re-live yesteryear? Nah, I find that my life is pretty good. Sure I don't have middle level income but I have no debts. The booming economy has me at 4k more per year atm + I'm helping my family with food, bills, grandma mis-adventures. Yea, the only thing I would really want to do is be able to project my mind into the past, warn my younger self of the one biggest mistake I made: Write sooner dangit. :P
In fact, the only thing that made school tolerable was finding new and interesting books to read. Being a "nerd" in the 80s and 90s was not popular or part of the overall pop culture. In a good way that is.
I would never want to repeat school ever again. As an adult, I find I can still have fun with old stuff but on my own time now.
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