I was also a science fiction fan, growing up in the 1950's and early 1960's. First in England, then in Australia.
Thing is I never really got tired of it and in much more recent times I even started writing some:
www.StrategicBookPublishing.com/ScienceFictionandAlternateHistory.html
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Reading-Science-Fiction-Scholes/dp/1449581889/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261366245&sr=1-1
Cheers
