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I would start adding some names like Ursula K. Le Guin, Mary Shelley and Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, STAT, before said YA mentally assigns sci-fi to irrelevance, or worse, actually believes that the genre almost entirely privileges a certain group's world view over everyone else's.
Some resources are here, and there are certainly others to be found via Professor Google.
[feministsf.org]
[www.mamohanraj.com]
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The Stainless Steel Rat books are great for teenagers, I think. #youngadultsciencefiction
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I recently read The Martian Chronicles after avoiding it for the longest (why? I don't know! Biggest mistake I ever made.) Best take(s) on the Martian phenomenon I have ever read. Ray Bradbury is and will always be my favorite science fiction author. #youngadultsciencefiction
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Winner of the Newbery and the National Book Award. #youngadultsciencefiction
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I'm also surprised to see Enders Game on the same list. While the characters are young, the themes are a bit more mature than I think my little one could handle until high school. Though I could be misjudging, as I don't recall how old I was when I first read Ender.
Maybe you feel Pern is fantasy, but what about Decision at Doona? McCaffrey was as active in my early SF reading as Heinlein, and far more palatable when I was a child than Asimov.
And Pip and Flinx, which I am redevouring as an adult, would appeal to many children, no?
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"Citizen of the Galaxy" is excellent for tweens/teens, I think. Nothing unsuitable, but plenty of mental stimulation with the different cultures.
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My child read "war of the worlds "
was quite impressed by it .
Then tried reading Starship troopers , and replied it jump all over the place .
I loved it , But I understood the point . #youngadultsciencefiction
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add in Lois McMaster Bujold's "The Warrior's Apprentice" for softer sci-fi with amazing humanitarian insights,
Asimov's "Lucky Starr" series for fun (if you can find them),
"The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin for some harsh scientific reality that teens in a bullsheet-infested world will appreciate (even though it's just a short story)
and some Sheri S. Tepper (Grass, Raising the Stones, Sideshow) for the sheer beauty of her writing. #youngadultsciencefiction
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I am well prepared to assisst my siblings into SF reading. #youngadultsciencefiction
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TL;DR
series --
L'Engle: Time Quartet
McCaffrey: Talent; The Tower & Hive; Brain & Brawn Ship; Planet Pirates
Schmitz: Telzey
Harrison: Stainless Steel Rat
Lackey: ShipsCat
Foster: Pip & Flinx
specific books --
Foster: Nor Crystal Tears
Card: Ender's Game/Speaker for the Dead #youngadultsciencefiction
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I'm a bit surprised that your list didn't include Asimov's "I, Robot" and Clarke's "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", and some other novels of his.
Even Asimov's Foundation series might be fine for a young adult to read, no? I read the first two volumes also as a teen and I think I turned out ok. :) #youngadultsciencefiction
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all physical paper books too as i refuse to buy DIGITAL books. #youngadultsciencefiction
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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.
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Dear io9, can you do an article on YA horror books? I know it's a little outside your scope, but I have been trying to recall this YA horror writer who scared the bejeezus out of me when I was young. All I know is that the author was prolific, and the paperbacks have Edward Gorey-esque drawings on the cover. #youngadultsciencefiction
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[www.amazon.com] #youngadultsciencefiction
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My parents certainly wouldn't let me read King when I was young (I probably read the Bellairs books when I was about 10), and I don't think I would've understood Lovecraft if I had read him. #youngadultsciencefiction
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