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What do you think of when this genre is mentioned, do you have a positive or negative mental image?
I generally have a positive image of SciFi, and have since I first read Space Cadet by Heinlein in the late seventies. It took me a while to realize he had written his juveniles lang before the Neil Armstrong took a lunar stroll.
Do you gravitate to this genre, or stay clear?
I periodically look for new authors or new books by favorites.
What is your favorite piece?
It is hard to say. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is probably it. All of Heinlein's work feels like an old friend to me.
Do you have any treasured childhood memories on the topic?
I remember having just a minute to choose a book off a small shelf in reading class. Nothing much appealed to me, but Space Cadet caught my eye. I was afraid to choose it because the title and cover art seemed goofy. I picked it up and it changed how I selected my reading material forever.
How do you view the portrayal of women by the genre?
It varies, but I tend to enjoy literature with strong female characters.
How do you respond when you meet a woman with interest in the topic?
I am still waiting for this too happen.
I just finished rereading Requiem about Heinlein. I would recommend it to SciFi fan and it made me relook at his early stuff as well as his social predictions. I really enjoy Scalzi. Old Man's War is really imaginative. I loved Asimov's Robot series, but I was never a big fan of Foundation. I read Hitchhiker every few years. Whenever someone comes up to me at work and says they have a question, I always give the same answer.......42.
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I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.
Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"
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