D. C. Frandsen Jr wrote:
Thanks to all those who have said Hi!
I have been a lurker for awhile but have decided it is time to jump into
the online world with both feet. Though time may restrict how often I post.
I am 58 yrs old. I have 5 kids( two of my own, two of my wife's and an
unofficial adopted daughter) between them we have 5 grandchildren. I am
a West Point grad and a Pepperdine MBA living in Austin, TX. Well South
Austin anyway, down here in Bubaland we wonder if the City Council
really knows we are incorporated. We presently own a parent teacher
store called Teachers' Alley.
Just looked it up on Yahoo, and yikes! that's a bit of a haul from me --
but if someone's asking after a teaching supply store and they're in
that part of town, I will definitely tell them to check it out. (I have
twins and belong to Austin Mothers of Multiples, and that's the sort of
thing that comes up now and again.)
Bubbaland sounds nice some days. :)
Just like you Rob the first science fiction book that I read was Tom
Swift jr and the Flying Hydrocopter. It was given to me by the next
door neighbor who was an Army helicopter pilot. I believe I was in 4th
grade and a very poor reader at the time. After that book I was hooked
on reading. I read all the Sci Fi books in the school library by the end
of 5th grade. I believe that Asimov, Clarke and Heinlein in a very
really way influenced my way of groking the world. In the 90's it was
the three B's when I had time.
The first SF I can remember was Asimov's _The Best New Thing_ which we
checked out of the library repeatedly. My father figured out the best
way to hook me in my pre-teen years was stuff like Andre Norton and Anne
McCaffrey (the first book with a cover price over $2.50 that I bought
with my own money was _Crystal Singer_), and then encouraged me to read
the harder stuff. :) I like space opera a lot, if it's well done, and
harder SF. Not much patience with fantasy anymore, although I've had
some *good* stuff recommended in the last few years, so I'm at least
willing to try it.
Benford's Deep Time made a very lasting impression on me and I would
never have read it if it had not been for his fiction books. I believe
that many of our country's problems today stem from the lack of long
term thinking. This brought me to the Long Now foundation and the
podcasts of its seminars and David Brin's talk there. and that led me to
his blog and this group. I look forward to our conversations.
have a great day!
Chris Frandsen
It's nice having you here!
Julia
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