As a young guy, I loved the Tom Swift Junior books by Victor Appleton II. Tom was a young inventor that managed to get into very cool adventures. My first real hard Sci Fi book was Against the Fall of Night by Arther C. Clarke. He is still one of my fovorite authors.
Of course, Heinlein, Stanislaw Lem, Herbert, and Zelazny have to be mentioned. These are a bit dark for young teens . . . except for Lem who is hilarious.
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As a young guy, I loved the Tom Swift Junior books by Victor Appleton II.
Tom was a young inventor that managed to get into very cool adventures. My
first real hard Sci Fi book was Against the Fall of Night by Arther C. Clarke.
He is still one of my fovorite authors.
Of course, Heinlein, Stanislaw Lem, Herbert, and Zelazny have to be mentioned.
These are a bit dark for young teens . . . except for Lem who is hilarious.