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If you asked my parents... (don't,... but if you did) they'd remember my early fascination with Gulliver's Travels, at the age of 6 or 7, (yes, the unabridged version), and my avid pursuit of each "Hardy Boys" mystery novel as it came within my orbit. It didn't last, after all, the number of "Hardy Boys" novels is finite, and though the puzzle of the mystery intrigued me, I was more fascinated by the unknown - by the haunting of the restless spirits. Nothing disappointed me more than discovering the manmade causes of the haunting. I truly believe "that there are more things on Heaven & Earth...." and sometimes things have to be believed to be seen.

By the age of 12, I was lost beyond redemption. I had delved into the realms of Robert Heinlein & Andre Norton, and nothering was going to pry me out.

My mother was wont to cry out in despair, "But what about the classics?" Been there - done that. By that age, I had glided through the complete works of Shakespeare, strode undaunted through Dante's Inferno, and slogged through an english translation of the "Nibelungenlied". I was bored, tired of wading thorugh the past...I wanted to sample the future.

The psychologist that my parents consulted tried to reassure them, stating that "it is only a phase", that I would "grow out of it". Almost three decades later, I am inclined to disagree with him. I still look to the stars in awe, wondering what's out there; and peek around each corner in anticipation of the unexpected. I scan the trees for that illicit glimpse of a unicorn.

Here is what I've found during my wanders:

Science Fiction Book Club: I want one of everything! Love these guys.

Science Fiction Weekly: Sci-Fi Internet Magazine

Fifth Dimension: Welcome to the Twilight Zone

Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5: Much better than the official site

The Dominion: The Sci-Fi Channel & all sorts of cool sites

4th Rock: Welcome to Mars

Xena: Weak on mythology, but tons of fun to watch

Hercules: Way too much fun to watch. Go Kevin!

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