How did you fall in love with sci-fi?

My mother read a lot of science fiction in the 1960’s and she introduced me to authors such as John Wyndham, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut and Frederik Pohl. She also owned a copy of the short stories of H G Wells which I read and loved in my younger days and though the hard copy she owned has been lost I have since bought my own paperback version.

I also liked watching “Flash Gordon” when I was a kid and later “Doctor Who”.

My dad was a serious aficionado even before it was called “science” fiction, when it was still referred to as “speculative” fiction. He got me and my sisters hooked big time, it’s been a life long passion for me. I remember analyzing Dune around the dinner table when I was about 12.

As a child of the 80’s I’m sure it was Star Wars (even though it’s more fantasy than Science Fiction). I loved the creativity that went into it and the endless possibilities. Later I came to appreciate how Science Fiction holds a lens up to humanity and allows us to ask questions of ourselves in ways that are difficult/impossible in other genres.

My uncles liked Star Trek and collected comic books. From Superman to Wonder Woman, I love it all.
To this day I still enjoy it. I rewatch Riddick and various favorites often.

Pre-TV. Read tons of books – HG Wells, Robert Heinlein, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, and many more.

Star Wars came out when I was a kid. I went BANANAS for it. When it went to HBO years later, my family had a betamax VCR, and I recorded Star Wars: A New Hope on a cassette. My friend and I watched and rewatched it so often we wore the tape out.

Jules Verne when 11 or 12, Issac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and Ursula K. Le Guin when I was in high school and Frank Herbert in college..

The very first book I read was about robots and aliens.

June of 1977, my older cousins took me with their friends to see the original Star Wars at a local drive-in. I was 5-years-old and fell in love with it. That was the beginning.

Christmas 1978, I got the Millennium Falcon play set from ‘Santa’ and never looked back.

My Dad liked Science Fiction too and we watched The Black Hole, Alien, 2001, Flash Gordon, and more together, over the years.

I thought they were all so beautiful to look at with a mix of poetic and heroic stories.

Star Wars is still my main love though and watch everything to this day. Currently watching Andor which is fabulous!

It all fell into place for me after Star Trek TOS

That’s hard to say, since I think I’ve always loved it!

I originally fell in love with fairy tales by Hans Christian Anderson and the Brothers Grimm. My dad was an original subscriber to Astounding Stories (Analog) and I read them.

Growing up, I read every book I could get my hands on. With three older siblings, that spanned most genres. I don’t remember ever not liking science fiction?

Though the first science fiction that really resonated with me was probably Ender’s Game.

@YARNLADY I think fairy tales fall under Fantasy?

@raum Yes, but it was a precursor or gateway.

Dad watched Star Trek and we got to stay up late on Sunday nights to watch with him and we saw all the movies. I read Douglas Adams in high school. I was a big X-files fan.