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