On 27 Aug 2007, at 17:08, Dave Land wrote: > On Aug 26, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: > >> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Nick Arnett wrote: >> >>> Oh... it's a "Young adult novel." I'm adult and read novels... but >>> having passed the half-century mark a bit over a year ago, I'm not >>> sure this is for me. >> >> A well-written young adult novel is still good, just takes less time >> to read, is all. :) > > The "Tiffany Aching" stories in the Discworld series by Terry > Pratchett are aimed at "young adults", but it is some of Pratchett's > best writing -- he obviously loves this story line and character and > puts a lot of tenderness (as well as his trademark wit) into it.
Many people think RAHs young adult novels were his best work. Many SF and fantasy writers have produced their best work writing for and about teenagers and young adults. Thomas M Disch argued that SF was a branch of children's literature and the BBC (as an example) seems to agree with all SF programming traditionally relegated to the child- friendly early evening. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate. - Richard Dawkins _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
