Encounters of the First Kind

As ignorant as this may sound, the idea of being a science fiction fan had always sounded so nerdy to me.  However, on the first day of class, I was hit with the realization that not only were most of my favorite movies of the science fiction genre, but also most of the countries' favorites as well.

I had been going around thinking that science fiction only included things like Star Wars (which, don't get me wrong...is one of my favorite series), and that something more beautiful and fantastical such as Avatar was strictly fantasy.  Upon reading our first assignment though, I learned that this is not the case.  Science fiction is now for me defined as a story involving our world, and another, but focusing on the difference between the two.  It does not only include outer space and robots as more sheltered me had once believed.

Even the ones that do, such as Liar!, ended up being more exciting to me than I had originally imagined.  What an interesting concept, much more detailed and original than (again) and I had once supposed a science fiction story to be.  

Both of these notions have gotten me so much more excited to be taking this class.  I am a lot more open minded about what I am going to encounter, and even about things I have already encountered.  Things like the Matrix and Back to the Future which have been favorite movies of mine growing up are now included in this enticing new (for me at least) genre.

I don't really have any concerns for this class, as the only thing that may have concerned me (lack of interest for just a bunch of robots and chemicals and outer space items) has been completely disproven.  All that's left is curiosity for what else I am about to discover!!