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Posts Tagged ‘Dream Of Electric Sheep’

Best Fantasy/Fiction/Sci-Fi Books I Ever Read (21 Through 30)

September 23, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

This is a continuation of my previous lists:
Best Fantasy/Fiction/Sci-Fi Books I Ever Read (Top 10)
Best Fantasy/Fiction/Sci-Fi Books I Ever Read (11 Through 20)

21. 1984 by George Orwell

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Categories: Book Reviews, General Things, Good Stuff Tags: 1984 By George Orwell, Ayn Rand, C S Lewis, Continuation, Dream Of Electric Sheep, Fantasy Fiction, Fountainhead By Ayn Rand, George Orwell, H G Wells, Magician, Margaret Weis, Margaret Weis And Tracy Hickman, Nephew, Orson Scott Card, Philip K Dick, Richard Matheson, Sci Fi Books, Time Machine, Time Of The Twins, Tracy Hickman

The Problem With “Young Adult”

July 9, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

I don’t know about anyone else, but I am really frustrated by the category Young Adult, aka YA, in fiction. I swear, if you ask ten different people to define “young adult” you get ten different answers.

The basis is usually the same and the actual definition is that the story must appeal to a teenage audience and be marketed towards them. But then things diverge quickly from there. Some people claim that the main characters themselves must been teenagers (i.e. Young Adults). Some people claim that the characters don’t need to teenagers, but that they must deal with the problems teens face. Some claim that it is ONLY a distinction in how the book is marketed, i.e. to Young Adults as previously stated. Some people even claim that a story being written in cinema style third person omniscient POV makes a story YA.

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Categories: Fantasy, General Things, Science Fiction Tags: Author Friends, Cinema Style, Darkened Moon, Distinction, Dragonlance, Dream Of Electric Sheep, Fool Proof, Hunting, Leap, Literary Agent, Lord Of The Rings, Misenchanted Sword, Naysayers, Personal Definitions, Pov, Sci Fi, Teenage Audience, Teenagers, Third Person, Trilogy, Ya, Young Adult, Young Adults

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