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The thing about this list is that to me it's pretty fuzzy and across the board. Whereas you don't want to hand "Flow my Tears, the Policeman Said" or "Imajica" (hello, hot descriptions of anal sex [incredibly well-written, too]) to a 12-year-old, it seems to try and make a list like this is a little odd because so much great science fiction for adults is easily read by kids and vice-versa that in a lot of ways a list seems moot. There is still an innocence there, at least in the classics, like Foundation and even the recently articled Demolished Man; and if as an adult you're avoiding Bradbury or L'Engle that's just a shame.
If we're going make the cutoff being adult situations and such for this list, that seems pretty fair, but I'm not sure "Ender's" fits that well at all in that case.
As far as me, I'll put Silverberg's "Lord Valentine's Castle" here, and I think the first three "Wrinkle in Time" books are far superior to the ones mentioned.
I'd also like to say that P.L. Travers Mary Poppins series has so much alternate-reality awesomeness, it stil falls under this heading as opposed to fantasy. The 14 Wizard of Oz books as well. Reply
If we're going make the cutoff being adult situations and such for this list, that seems pretty fair, but I'm not sure "Ender's" fits that well at all in that case.
As far as me, I'll put Silverberg's "Lord Valentine's Castle" here, and I think the first three "Wrinkle in Time" books are far superior to the ones mentioned.
I'd also like to say that P.L. Travers Mary Poppins series has so much alternate-reality awesomeness, it stil falls under this heading as opposed to fantasy. The 14 Wizard of Oz books as well. Reply
@Lassus: You make a lot of points that I agree with. I don't like the whole new YA division of literature (new for me - I graduated high school in 1990, and left the country for greater China 2 years later)
Wikipedia says that they are designed for age 14-21, and several librarians and educators I have talked to recently are insistent about making sure that kids are reading at their developmental level, not trying to read things to advanced for them - so they would be highly discouraging my own kid from reading anything "above" his level. So no "full adult" literature until at least after high school? How is someone supposed to make this transition? "now that I'm halfway through college, I think I'll pick up some David Brin or Greg Bear, even though I've never read anything more advanced then K.A. Applegate before"?
And how is it that "coming of age" stories are now relegated to YA? I have to be immature if I want to read them? #youngadultsciencefiction Reply
Wikipedia says that they are designed for age 14-21, and several librarians and educators I have talked to recently are insistent about making sure that kids are reading at their developmental level, not trying to read things to advanced for them - so they would be highly discouraging my own kid from reading anything "above" his level. So no "full adult" literature until at least after high school? How is someone supposed to make this transition? "now that I'm halfway through college, I think I'll pick up some David Brin or Greg Bear, even though I've never read anything more advanced then K.A. Applegate before"?
And how is it that "coming of age" stories are now relegated to YA? I have to be immature if I want to read them? #youngadultsciencefiction Reply
@Lassus: I found the Wrinkle in Time series boring as a kid, once you got past the first book; then she started sneaking in some serious religious themes (warped beyond a traditionalist's recognition, but still there). So those are things you want to consider, depending on your parenting style and religious affiliations or lack thereof. #youngadultsciencefiction
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@bookwench: On the one hand, religious connotations. On the other hand, I was the only one in fifth grade who knew what a mitochondria was.
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@UstinBon Jovi: Or a happy medium... the puns were my favorite bits. #youngadultsciencefiction
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