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more about #youngadultsciencefiction more comments → poshdeluxe: i really think we're entering a new era of YA lit, and that era is called AWESOME. in spite of trainwrecks like "twilight," there are so many amazing ... more » Sunshineyness: I can't recommend Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle books enough they are just so amazingly well written and have such a great feminist message with great atmo... more » it must be bunnies: I think that YA literature can be a good starting point for kids to give them the confidence to tackle books with more complicated themes. My daughte... more » ctuley: YA literature has gotten a LOT better in the past 10 years. Markus Zusak alone makes up for all the trash from the 60's and 70's (I honestly believe t... more » bookling: Wow, what's with all the YA hate? There is a lot of bad YA out there, but there's a surprising amount of REALLY GOOD YA that I and a lot of adults I k... more » Bill-Lee: When I was young enough for the Young Adult section, I mostly ignored it. The only books I remember reading from that section were Choose Your Own Adv... more » EdificeComplex: There's an article in the Culture & Books section of the current American Prospect on the popularity of Twilight. The author's overall argument was th... more » LittleDragon: Ok so do they explain why all the heroines are beautiful girls who spend all their time moaning about how hard everything is while all the hot guys th... more » Purple Dave: Ooh, ooh, I have a question! With regards to Twilight, do they prefer to call them lamepires, or waaaahmpires? #books more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: One theory? They're easier to read. I don't' mean that as a slight on their quality, but more as a comment on the attention span and reading ability ... more » TheGreenRanger: ray bradbury did the halloween tree, loved that movie as a kid, sadly, never got a hold of the actual book. #youngadultsciencefiction more » seitzk002: This list is really heavy on the white, straight, male authors and heroes, and thus propounds a skewed world-view for any prospective sci-fi-loving YA... more » ulanej: There's more than Clarke/Heinlein/Bradbury/Asimov out there. I just started my son on reading the Tripod Trilogy and I'm a big fan of John Christopher... more » firstanointed: Brave New World is both fantastic and prophetic, but it has some fairly graphic content. 17+ at least. I recently read The Martian Chronicles after a... more » Migg: "House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer. In a dystopian future, a nation between the US and Mexican borders is run by a drug lord who keeps clones of ... more » -
#youngadultsciencefiction
YA Authors Explain Everything — Even Twilight — In New York Tonight
Confused about why young-adult science fiction and fantasy are growing so much faster than their adult counterparts? YA authors will answer your questions in New York this evening. They're even prepared to discuss the popularity of Twilight. More » -
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Where To Start With Young Adult Science Fiction
Where's the best place to start your kids with reading Science Fiction? Here's a booklist of some of the best Sci-Fi for the discerning young adult, because it's never too early to teach them about the dangers of dystopian societies.
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"It Causes Me Pain To Classify My Post-Apocalyptic YA Romance As Science Fiction"
How easy is it to nail down the genre of a novel you're working on? Agent Nathan Bransford polled the readers of his blog about the genres they're writing, and it turned into a free-for-all about the terror of genres. More »
