I'LL TRY ANYTHING ONCE....

BUT SCIENCE FICTION?...

Greetings, Earthlings.

Well now, the Blogbrarian likes to think of himself as a cultured, debonair, open-minded sort of chap, happy to indulge in new experiences, and to read almost any genre of book...

Chick Lit?...Bring it on!

Manga?...Groovy, baby.

Supernatural Romance?...Fangtastic.

Mills & Boon?...I`m your man.

Misery Memoirs?...No problem.

Jeffrey Archer?...Er, OK.

But...

But, dear reader, Science Fiction?...I can't quite bring myself to get round to it.

Back at school, when I was a young nipper, I think we were force-fed some HG Wells and John Wyndham. And as a young `cub librarian' I think I did once dabble with Kurt Vonnegut, and that was fine.

But, since then, and with the sad demise of Dan Dare, I've never again dabbled in the dark depths of Science Fiction, or even been tempted to try it again...

Until, dear reader, that was before those bright young things at the British Library alerted the Blogbrary's Research Department to the existence of their wondrous new exhibition - it's OUT OF THIS WORLD.

So, perhaps I'd better get back to a bit of it myself?...Can anyone out there tell me where to start?...(I believe that this Jules Verne chappie is an 'up & coming' new name in the ouevre?)

Just use the cosmic comments facility, below.

TTFN, then..."To infinity, and beyond!"