first book you ever read

Originally posted by Suzianne
The last Poul Anderson I read was Tau Zero, a nice bit of hard sci-fi.

I'll have to check out this Brain Wave.



(As an aside, and just for you, sonhouse, check out this link and let me know what you think. There are people out there who are trying to get us to the stars.) https://tauzero.aero/

Duly noted and bookmarked! I see Karen Andersen (Poul's wife) is one of the main characters in this quest.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Duly noted and bookmarked! I see Karen Andersen (Poul's wife) is one of the main characters in this quest.

Oh, nice! I didn't catch that. Well, maybe she started the effort, since the whole thing is named after one of her husband's books. (Well, to be fair, I guess "Tau Zero" is really a science concept.)

I must have been about 9 when I read Paul Brickhill's "Reach For The Sky" about Douglas Bader. I'd say that was a key book for me when I was young and it led on to me seeking out and lapping up every single non-fiction WW2 POW escape book I could find in the subsequent years.

"Teach your litte bra.t to read" with drawings of hypopothams and lions throwing letters to each eather.

Ok,just kidding, but I will come to this subject later.