Yesterday I started to reread the book “Orphans of the Sky”, written by Robert A. Heinlein (in Dutch called “Verdwaald tussen de sterren”, originally published in 1963). As one can see on the picture above it is an old book…
True. When I was a boy (around 11 or 12) I was member of the Public Library (“De Openbare Bibliotheek” as it is called in Dutch). My parents thought that this would be good for me and I think they had a point there. Around that time I was mostly interested in more technical books.
So every now and then the Library would sell of there old and damaged books for very cheap. I always loved to go there and look for technical books. On such an occasion I got a book called “Lost between stars”. I was convinced that this was some kind of technical book about spaceships….
How wrong I was. At home I started to read the book…. but what? It was a story. But for some reason I kept reading and story grabbed my completely… I was amazed to read about the generation-ship (a spaceship that would travel over many generations), the mutants and everything that happened.
With this book my love for Science Fiction started. Now, many years later, I have bookcases full with Science Fiction and Fantasy books. I have many DvD’s and BluRays of this genre…
And I still love it as much as the day long ago I started to read this book of Robert Heinlein…
I hope this works out. Sounds as you will have fun again!