[Belderan]

ok just curious, does anyone remember the first fantasy/ sci fi book they ever read?
mine was the hobbit. ah i was young and nieve, those were the days. any way have just reread it after a six year break, forgot how good it was!
Bel http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Chuck C]

My first sci-fi/fantasy book was "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" by Robert H.
Ahhh the good old days!

[Barbarossa]

My first was the Hobbit, too, and you Belderan wasn't even born back then.
Pah, now you made me feel old and grumpy http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Bardos]

My first was LotR.

[Duke_Sandre]

It was Magician by Raymond.E.Feist. A friend reccomended it.

[Shadowen]

Mine was the Hobbit too. I was 7, so that was 26 years ago.

That is really scary.

[Zsinj16]

My first Sci-Fi novel was "Star Wars: X-Wing:Rogue Squadron" by Michael Stackpole, the book that started my Star Wars and sci-fi novel fandom! http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif That was about three years ago.
My first fantasy novel was "LOTR: Part I: The Fellowship of the Ring" I read the LOTR Trilogy before I read "The Hobbit". And believe it or not, "The Hobbit" tied up a few loose ends for me! But not as many loose ends as will be tied up when I read "The Silmarillion", which is definitely one of the novels on my "TO BUY AND READ" list!
It was about two years ago when I started reading fantasy novels, of which I owe a big debt to my good friend, Jonathon, who introduced me to the genre! http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Ancalagon the Black]

Does "The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe" count? If not, then it was some TSR book for junior readers... don't remember the name anymore. First Sci-Fi book was Bionic Commando ... (written by F.X. Nine, and based on the Bionic Commando nintendo game... kik a$$!)

[FitzChivalry]

I have no idea what was my first sci fi book...
My first fantasy book was The Hobbit, and i like it more than i like The Lord of the Rings.
Although i did read some books that might be considerd fantasy before that, some Tarzan books were prettty fantastic and Erich Kastner's The 35th of May was pretty fantastic too.
Edgar Rice Burroughs and Erich Kastner are two of my favorite childhood authors...

[Brendan]

Id say that the lion the witch and the wardrobe counts, it was my first one, if it doesnt well then the hobbit