I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.
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I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize an astronomy club for my friends at the age of 11. We would meet once a week to learn about the constellations.
I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
I'm really fascinated with anything that takes place between the 1920s up through the 1960s. In some ways it feels familiar, and in other ways it feels like it's from another planet.
I was interested in science or, at least, nature from an early age, learning the names of planets, cutting cartoons with facts about animals out of the newspaper and gluing them into a scrapbook, and, with a friend when I was five or six, trying to design a submarine.
I was fascinated by 'The Lord of the Rings' from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.
My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young.
My father has a great love of science, and he indoctrinated me into it early. I think I was 12 or so when we designed a moon base.
From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.
The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars.
As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early age to become a scientist.