I am a keen backyard astronomer and love all things to do with space and the night sky.  I even have my own observatory.  It's disguised as a garden shed, but the roof rolls off ! I also take pictures of the night sky, including the ones I used here for my background and profile.
As such, it's not surprising that I love reading and writing about subjects like other worlds and alien civilisations.  Don't even get me started on parallel universes !
My favourite literary influences, fiction and non-fiction, include Isaac Asimov, Julian May, Stephen King, Greg Bear, Michael Crichton, John Wyndham, Douglas Adams, Brian Greene and Stephen Hawking.