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    Young Adult Books Will Save Science Fiction

    The biggest growth in science fiction publishing these days, hands down, is happening in the young adult market, and that's great news. While the "real" science fiction publishers are chasing a shrinking — and graying — readership, tweens and teens are discovering SF for themselves, thanks to books from a diverse range of writers. Best of all, YA science fiction isn't aimed at a subculture, but at everybody of a particular age. More »
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    Comment by happysquid: YA fiction > Adult Fiction. As a rule, you can find more compelling and awesome and mind-seizing books in the... more » | Other threads

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    Screw Superheroes — Just Give Me Darkness

    The Dark Knight succeeds as a film because it fearlessly trashes the idea of heroism, and turns hopelessness into a motivation so pyrotechnic that even torture is a kind of seduction. Nothing escapes corruption. Even the poignant anguish of loss is an emotion summarized by gleeful beatings in police stations, innocent faces burned down to bone, and brute-force surveillance that turns an entire city into one giant spy camera. This is a movie that grabs you by the hair and mashes your cheeks against the cold, flat reality that nobody will ever save the day again. Your only joy from now on will be in destruction. And what glorious destruction it is. Spoilers ahead. More »
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    Comment by RoxanneManius: Annalee, I'm not a commenter on io9 so I'm unable to allow my views to be heard by the community. Despite... more » | Other threads

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