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julieandrewsSince I got thanked for posting links about this subject, here's some more links. :)
John Scalzi posted again: "Who Lost Scott Westerfeld?". Where he counters the argument that one more sf/f writer writing ya is one less sf/f writer writing adult, which is a sad loss to the adult sf/f market. This post, like Scalzi's first one, has a lengthy comment thread that's worth perusing.
I have no idea who Raph Koster is, but his post is entitled "YA SF/F is rockin'". (Which would look better as a title if you turned off smartquotes in WordPress. Just sayin'.) He gives us some authors and titles to look out for. If you were looking to add to your reading list.
The Website at the End of the Universe has a good roundup of recent blog posts in "Explore the strange new world of YA science fiction". Which also mentions OSC's homophobic, sexist rant at J. K. Rowling.
Don't think I linked to that earlier, so here is Feminist SF - The Blog!'s take on it. "Orson Scott Card is a misogynistic homophobic wanker".
And Googling also dug up this interesting post: "Do teens really prefer their books without eyeballs?". If you usually browse with images off (as all the coolest people do), then turn them on for this one.
John Scalzi posted again: "Who Lost Scott Westerfeld?". Where he counters the argument that one more sf/f writer writing ya is one less sf/f writer writing adult, which is a sad loss to the adult sf/f market. This post, like Scalzi's first one, has a lengthy comment thread that's worth perusing.
I have no idea who Raph Koster is, but his post is entitled "YA SF/F is rockin'". (Which would look better as a title if you turned off smartquotes in WordPress. Just sayin'.) He gives us some authors and titles to look out for. If you were looking to add to your reading list.
The Website at the End of the Universe has a good roundup of recent blog posts in "Explore the strange new world of YA science fiction". Which also mentions OSC's homophobic, sexist rant at J. K. Rowling.
Don't think I linked to that earlier, so here is Feminist SF - The Blog!'s take on it. "Orson Scott Card is a misogynistic homophobic wanker".
And Googling also dug up this interesting post: "Do teens really prefer their books without eyeballs?". If you usually browse with images off (as all the coolest people do), then turn them on for this one.
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Date: 2008-05-07 10:15 pm (UTC)Interestingly, the YA Girl Novel (http://www.amazon.com/serafina67-urgently-requires-life-Susie/dp/0545073308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210198405&sr=8-1) that I'm most looking forward to doesn't have a girl on it. Though the original UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/BIG-WOO-not-so-secret-teenage-Not-so-secret/dp/1407106864/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210198460&sr=8-1) version does, it's a cartoon girl.
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Date: 2008-05-08 10:24 am (UTC)I couldn't honestly tell why some books were in the teen section and others in the adult - except that the adult section also incorporated the Large Print versions, and seemed - by and large - to have older books.