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Manok101

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SoulFrenzy

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Actually for me it was the other way around. I always have loved fantasy. For way ever reason I found The Universe on Netflix and I watched it. After the second episode I was hooked and a couple of weeks later my Orion XT8 arrived. I have branched out into reading scifi and I find some of it entertaining. Though fantasy books are still my first love.

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Demonperformer

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Yes [like it].

It all started with reading (all of) John Wyndham's stuff when at school. Got most of Asimov's books as well.

In terms of 'watching', Babylon 5, SG1, Andromeda, ...

But no, it was the apollo moon shots that got me interested in astronomy.

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twotter

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I like sci-fi, books and films, but that interest didn't inspire me to take up astronomy. That was really down to living in a fenland village with views of the night sky, then realising I could see more with a pair of binoculars. Next thing I know I'm hanging around internet forums, downloading Stellarium and then buying a telescope.

I still like Star Wars :)

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Collyer911

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have always liked sci fi have read most of arthur c clarkes books and the asimov trilogy, recommended.

it was on holiday in hawaii in 2005 that i really became interested when we were up in the mountains the sky was filled with millions of stars and from that a passion for tv docs on science physics and the universe developted into an astronomy interest

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beamer3.6m

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I am not sure that astronomy and sci-fi correlate with each other to the extent that seeing a sci-fi film or reading a book would make you buy a telescope to see what was out there.

I think we all realise that sci-fi is just that - fiction - as opposed to astronomy - proper science.

Just my thoughts, but I do like sci-fi, Phillip K. [removed word] books are excellent, especially 'Do androids dream of electric sheep' and Star Wars (the original, not the new stuff which is pants) and even the comedy such as Hitch Hikers Guide which is a very well made film (and obviously the book is good also).

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im obsessed with Sci fi but like to separate it from the Astro stuff

Sci fi is an escape, a relaxer whereas the astro is just plain interesting

thats my 2 pennys worth anyhoo

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Patrick1948

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What an interesting thread, well done Manok101 for starting it....my first interest in Sci-fi was at a very young age when I read my first episode of ....'Dan Dare, Pilot of the future'...in the Eagle comic. In space battles, the evil Mekon, and Dan Dare (RAF) and his faithful side kick Digby, saves the world. I graduated to Jules Verne and then 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., first published in 1960...from then on it was hard science fiction all the way...Azimov, Clark et al. The best thing for me and what got me hooked on Astronomy was watching the science fiction slowly turning into fact with the advent of Sputnick and the space race, with moon landings, Shuttle developement and wider solar system missions......it's so sad that this has virtually stopped with the imminent closure of the Shuttle program .......Anyway thats my story and how I came via messers Verne et al , to love astronomy....Clear skies to you all.

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Kung-Fu_Kills

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I'm not a massive fan of sci-fi, although Red Dwarf is one of the funniest programmes ever. Fact.

For me, astronomy is learning about our place in the universe. My parents are both priests, so pondering the meaning, and begining, of life, started at a very young age.

For the record: I'm not religeous nut. I believe everything can, or will be, explained by science.

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JimBobs63

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Got to agree with DP.

One of my early memories was my Dad waking me up to show me the Apollo 11 moon landing. That was pretty astounding - but I was perhaps too young and tired to really take it in. The subsequent landings were pretty good to watch, and I remember my shock and sadness when they announced that there would be no more.

At that time (about 11 years old onwards) I started reading Asimov, Clarke, Bradbury, Wyndham, then on to Douglas Adams for light relief...!

There have been Sci-Fi series that I have got into in the past such as the original Star Trek, Red Dwarf, Babylon 5, Farscape, etc, but only ever for the first and perhaps second series before I got bored and move on...

Some sci-fi series just seem to get plain daft by series four or five...!! :)

Another reason for my interest in astronomy is that I did Physics at college, including some radio and spectral astro-physics, and earth science (techtonic plates etc etc) which I found interesting.

(Having said that I ended up working in Medical Physics - astro-physics maths is HARD...!!!) :(

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Yes [like it].

It all started with reading (all of) John Wyndham's stuff when at school. Got most of Asimov's books as well.

In terms of 'watching', Babylon 5, SG1, Andromeda, ...

But no, it was the apollo moon shots that got me interested in astronomy.

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kris h

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I do like some sci-fi , but more specificly sci-fi comedy- or even more specificly ...red dwarf!!:)

I have yet to see another decent sci-fi comedy,red dwarf is comedy genius:)

I agree, started watching when iwas a kid with my

dad loved it ever since :eek:

Boyz from The Dwarf :(

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I love Sci Fi - my favourites still have to be the classic 1950's movies - such as This Island Earth and The Forbidden Planet - I still fondly remember sitting on my mum's knee watching these two films as a young child.

My favourite comedy sci fi film has to be Dark Star - It still makes me laugh after all these years - trying to reason with the talking bomb whether or not it should detonate. If you've not seen it - do find it and watch it.

BTW - These are my favourites - it goes without saying that I also love Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Dr Who, Qautermass, Red Dwarf and all manner of other sci fi.

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budski

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As a small boy I used to sit and watch the night sky and wonder what exotic planets and life-forms existed out there. Science Fiction satisfied that wonderment and allowed me to travel to the furthest reaches of space in my Faster-Than-Light spacecraft ... (until Einstein spoiled it all). My craft needed no maintenance, fuel or hundreds of specialists in Mission Control. The Universe was much smaller then ....

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