I find this tag from Books with Emily Fox
1. What is your sci-fi origin story? (How you came to read your first sci-fi novel)
In my seventh grade English class I was introduces to Ray Bradbury. We read some of the story from The Martian Chronicles.
In eight grade I read the first three books in the John Carter of Mars series, thanks to my older brother talking about them. Absolutely love that series. I never seek out more books like it as a teen and think it was because I was stupid gullible teen who was given the impression that sci-fic is an all boys club.
For a while I read mostly contemporaries and cozy mysteries. It was a long gap. As I grow more independent minded I took my middle finger and shove it to the people that give me that false impression of what sci-fic is.
So begin going on the internet and finding people that talk about the book they want to read and not because their popular. Find some booktubers that interduce me to some good pulpy sci-fic.
The rest is history.
2. If you could be the hero/heroine in a sci-fi novel, who would be the author and what’s one trope you’d insist be in the story?
I want to be a red headed sword welding barbaric princess maiden, equivalent to Conan or Elric. Who lives on a far distance planet with weird looking aliens. I will have a space ship to go to other planets and a dog cat hybrid alien creature as my sidekick. As well as a muscular man with long blonde hair as my servant but, also love interest and he does not know it.
The three author that can pull this book off are Leigh Bracket, C.J. Cherryh, and Tanith Lee.
3. What is a sci-fi you’ve read this year, that you want more people to read?
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl – Well this is a book for young readers it does have mature theme older readers might pick up on. Plus this is a good sci-fic book for people that are new to the genre.
4. What is your favorite sci-fi subgenre? What subgenre have you not read much from?
I don’t think I read enough sci-fic to have a favorite sub-genre. I like the older science fiction where elements of fantasy are blended in. From the few books I read, I enjoy reading space opera.
5. Who is one of your auto-buy sci-fi authors?
Auto-buy? I see book. I buy book. I am more focus on reading my books before going out to buy all the books by one author.
6. How do you typically find sci-fi recommendations? (Goodreads, Youtube, Podcasts, Instagram..)
Mainly from the booktubers I hang out with on Discord. Also when I go to used book sales I make a beeline straight to the sci-fic/fantasy section and grab as many books as I can and run out without paying (just kidding). Sometimes a used book sale does not have a SFF section and it makes me sad and think why can’t they separate the fun books from the boring ones.
7. What is an upcoming sci-fi release you’re excited for?
I don’t pay any attention to new releases.
8. What is one misconception about sci-fic you would like to lay to rest?
That sci-fic and fantasy in the past is all written by men. There are some wonderful and great women who wrote classic SFF. The sad thing is most people don’t know that because they don’t dig around and seek these authors out.
9.. If someone had never read a sci-fi before and asked you to recommend the first 3 books that come to mind as places to start, what would those recommendations be?
Why is this question so hard to answer?
1. Enchantress from the Stars – I already give a reason. Readers young and old can read this book and get something out of it.
2. Where Late the Sweet Birds Singed by Kate Wilhelm – This book came to my mind. It a weird book but, can prepare you for how weird sci-fic can get.
3. The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster – A short story that everyone should read.
10. Who is the most recent sci-fi reading content creator you came across that you’d like to shoutout?
Booktubers:
Pulp Mortem – reviews classic sci-fic and has a great sense of humor.
The Book Graveyard – Reviews classic vintage horror.
Michael K. Vaughan – Reviews pulps and is a big fan of Robert E. Howard and Edger Rice Burroughs.
I tag…
Emily – Words and Peace
Nic – Dragon Ramble
Jak Laurel – Lost in the Nerrtive
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