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moominmuppetI know I've encountered lots of lists of modern YA science fiction and fantasy, and I certainly don't mind getting links to such lists and discussions and such, but I'm also curious what you particularly love.
Although not particularly modern, I do enjoy The Lewis Barnavelt Series.
I think it was Marn who introduced me to the Chronicles of Chrestomanci, which I really enjoy immensely. Diana Wynne Jones has a number of other excellent YA titles outside that series, too.
Rather embarrassingly, I actually own City of Ember, and the sequel, but have yet to read them (although I did catch the movie on cable more than once, and enjoyed it a good deal).
I mentioned Madeline L'Engle and Lloyd Alexander in the previous post, as well as some of Anne McCaffrey's work. Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea definitely falls into this category, too, as does a great deal of Jane Yolen's work.
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jajy1979 reminded me of a favorite from our childhood, Little Grey Men, and I also can't believe I forgot to mention marnanel's Not Ordinarily Borrowable, and yuki_onna's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland. I also loved The Girl With the Silver Eyes, although I haven't read it since I was 11 or so.
Oh, and Cycler and (Re)Cycler look potentially interesting -- has anyone read them?
So, that's some moderate number of the "big names" -- who do you have to add?
Although not particularly modern, I do enjoy The Lewis Barnavelt Series.
I think it was Marn who introduced me to the Chronicles of Chrestomanci, which I really enjoy immensely. Diana Wynne Jones has a number of other excellent YA titles outside that series, too.
Rather embarrassingly, I actually own City of Ember, and the sequel, but have yet to read them (although I did catch the movie on cable more than once, and enjoyed it a good deal).
I mentioned Madeline L'Engle and Lloyd Alexander in the previous post, as well as some of Anne McCaffrey's work. Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea definitely falls into this category, too, as does a great deal of Jane Yolen's work.
Edit to add: My brother
jajy1979 reminded me of a favorite from our childhood, Little Grey Men, and I also can't believe I forgot to mention marnanel's Not Ordinarily Borrowable, and yuki_onna's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland. I also loved The Girl With the Silver Eyes, although I haven't read it since I was 11 or so.Oh, and Cycler and (Re)Cycler look potentially interesting -- has anyone read them?
So, that's some moderate number of the "big names" -- who do you have to add?
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Date: 2010-05-10 01:39 am (UTC)The juveniles reflect that idea because they were marketed to 11-15-year-old-boys in a time when you could not market YA fiction to more than one gender. In "Expanded Universe," Heinlein recounted a discussion with an editor who complained of the lack of good YA fiction for girls, and as a result, he created "Maureen," the central character in what he intended to be a series of girls' YA stories. Nobody picked them up because nobody believed that "Rocketship" Heinlein could write for girls.
So, he retired Maureen unused (but for the one short in "Expanded Universe"), changed her name to Podkayne, and moved her to Mars. True story.