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I remember reading my encyclopaedia, thesaurus and world atlas for fun

I saw this today, and the responses were amusing, so I thought you might want to answer here.
I remember reading my encyclopaedia, thesaurus and world atlas for fun

Up to around 14 years of age the first. After that, both.
I don't know if this is a typical autistic thing, but clothing fashion and mass-market 'Top of the Pops' music I found to be a very definite turn off. If anything was hugely popular, I immediately disliked it. However, I eventually found more cerebral and niche music and became obsessed with it. I was hooked by 'Yes', 'Genesis', 'Pink Floyd' and 'Led Zeppelin'. My musical tastes have broadened massively since, but it was the 'Progressive Rock' groups who 'turned me on'.
When I was 18, I was introduced to Kraftwerk's "The Man Machine".
That "we are the robots" track on headphones just GRIPPED me.
I used to play the music video so much on the video jukebox at the fancy restaurant our parents would sometimes take us to. That and the music video for the invisible man. Of course my dad would always insist on putting on Annie I'm not your daddy after. ... And Vienna.