I read all the Oz books. I think there were 14 by L. Frank Baum. I read all the Tolkien and that was about it. Those two were for me incredible worlds. When I was in fourth grade, I played my fair share of Dungeons & Dragons and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles role-playing games. (laughs) I certainly watched the Harryhausen movies. Clash of the Titans and all the Sinbads. I wrote a play actually with one of the head writers from SpongeBob SquarePants based on Middle Earth.