Likewise I've also been reading sci fi since the 60s - 1963 to be precise. Day of hte Triffids. John Wyndham Then Analog, etc. Asimov, and all that followed. Was totally addicted.

I read Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring in 1970, and I've been an enivornmentalist ever since. We have all the tech to clean up our earth. Some people don't have the will...