I never read any library books until I was in grade 5 and my older brother brought home a sci-fi book called "Star man's son". I tweaked onto sci-fi and read prolifically after that. What I enjoy about UT and Unreal maps is the sense I get of being able to "really" go to see these "other planets". That's what playing UT (or Unreal) is about: being in my OWN science-fiction short story, without knowing the ending in the way that you know most single player mode games are going to force you into their version of "the end".