| I never really thought of my dad as a science fiction | | | | of my romance books. |
| buff, but if you go into his house you will notice that | | | | The great thing about science fiction books is that |
| almost all of the books he has are science-fiction | | | | they are possibly the most open type of reading you |
| books. He has a few on the history of Egypt, and | | | | can do. Other genres rely on facts and reality. |
| some on geology and world history, but most of | | | | Though you can run your imagination in many |
| them are science-fiction. Though most people did not | | | | different directions when you are writing fiction, you |
| get into the Lord of the Rings series until just | | | | have to keep things based in some sort of reality. |
| recently with the release of the movies, these books | | | | When you write science fiction books the sky is the |
| have been favorites of my fathers since I was | | | | limit. Anything that you can imagine can be done |
| young. In fact, I remember him trying to get me to | | | | within that type of book. Perhaps this is part of the |
| read these books when I was 12 years old. | | | | appeal of this type of story. |
| I have personally never had a huge interest in science | | | | When you are teaching your children to read and to |
| fiction books. This is not because I do not like | | | | enjoy books, I would suggest that you urge them to |
| science fiction, it is because most of the time I just | | | | read a few science fiction books along the way. I |
| prefer to read something else. I am more of a | | | | would also urge you to introduce them to almost |
| romance reader. Though many say that romance is | | | | every type of book out there. The wider their |
| not exactly intelligent reading material, I really don't | | | | selection of reading when they are younger, the |
| care. I get enjoyment out of them and that is all that | | | | better off they are going to be later on. Most people |
| matters. Romance is not the only thing I read, and I | | | | cannot appreciate something until they have tried it. |
| will admit that there are a few science fiction books | | | | If your children have to read science fiction books |
| in my house. However, they tend to be something | | | | for book reports, they are going to enjoy the |
| that I read once and put away. I may have enjoyed | | | | experience all the more because you have |
| the story very much, but they are not something | | | | encouraged them to keep an open mind while |
| that I choose to read over and over again like many | | | | reading. |