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Day 2 of 10 of Sci/Fi Fantasy books that influenced me.

I bought the first 3 Robotech novels before going on a cross US car trip in junior high. I had grown up on transformers and had always been interested in Robotech but never got to watch it because it was always aired on Sunday mornings when I was growing up. I fell in love with the books which led to the Role Playing Game by Paladium, and even a subscription to Protoculture addicts. When I finally got to watch the whole cartoon years later when I bought a bootleg VHS off Ebay I was actually disappointed in the series. I think the books are better than the cartoon and they do a far better job of weaving 3 unrelated anime into a single story. I decided to reread the Macross series a couple years ago and was surprised how well it stood up after all these years. I have these novels to thank for my current love of anime, and for getting me other role playing games back when I wasn't allowed to play D&D. I can now admit that Palladium games were awful but high school was populated with Robotech, Rifts and Top Secret because of these books. When I ran out of Robotech books I eventually found Battletech which has been another great book and game series that still plays a big role in my life.