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⌈ Secret Post #2627 ⌋

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[Malcolm In The Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, Home Improvement, Rescue Me, Prison Break]

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[Michelle Kwan]

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[Bear Nuts by Alison Acton]

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[Supernatural]

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[OP note: pic credit to Ksenia Nurtdinova]

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[Seanan McGuire, Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman]

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[Karen Gillian/Doctor Who]

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[Mary Poppins (1964 movie)]

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[El Goonish Shive]

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[Noragami]

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I read a variety of stuff at a variety of ages, because I was one of those kids (and still am one of those people) who would read anything that happened to be in my general vicinity. This only got worse when I joined the library at seven, and got permission to read from the adult section at twelve.

My understanding of what I was reading, though, did vary a lot. My general approach with things I didn't understand was to bring the book to my parents and ask them what was going on. I read my first lesbian kiss at around twelve-ish in an adult sci-fi book, which was an interesting conversation. I'd usually get most things intellectually with some explaining, but a lot of the emotional or thematic content of some of those books went over my head until much later in life. As in, I'd get what was going on once it was pointed out, but often I'd still be confused about why it mattered. Some things don't really mean anything to you until you've lived them, I think?

More technical issues, science and things, I got most of those, or got enough from the explanation to get the gist and go back to the story. It's probably where I learned how to get the shape of something enough to go with the flow, without necessarily needing to understand in detail - served me well with technobabble and/or unfamiliar jargon later on.

You can pick up a lot from osmosis and context, even at that age. Most of the stuff I had trouble with (and still have trouble with) is usually things more relating to life experience and emotional intelligence, rather than conceptual difficulties?

There's multiple levels you understand things on, and I think age is only a direct factor in some of them.

do you remember what sci-fi book that was?

Unfortunately no, because I have a terrible memory for names. Including both author names and titles. I'll remember the entire plot of a damn thing, and can't for the life of me remember what it's called or who wrote it. It makes refinding books incredibly frustrating.

This one was fifteen years ago, so I remember even less than that. But if it helps any, it was definitely space opera, and the kiss was between the ship's captain and her lover, who I'm almost positive was an alien of some kind. I think their crew was also not necessarily on the side of angels, I'm thinking either bounty hunters or out-and-out outlaws. There was definitely shady dealings going on.

well, it sounds fantastic. Perhaps someday I will stumble upon it.

I've had remarkable luck with this site: http://www.whatsthatbook.com/

Not above anon though.

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