Sorry, that was 30 years, not 3.

I have been reading science fiction for perhaps 3 years. That was all that was left to read at the American Embassy in the country where I lived (Rwanda) and I said, "Okay, I'll try," and I fell in love. I don't like fantasy--only hard science fiction and currently my favorite authors include Octavia Butler (have read all of hers, too bad she has died), C.J. Cherryh (own almost all of hers), Julie E. Czerneda (own almost all of hers), the hard science fiction of Ursula LeGuin, some of Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Alastair Reynolds, Karen Traviss and Vernor Vinge. Hope I will be able to find a sf book club in Bellingham, WA where I am moving to.