'Favourite Young Adult Science Fiction Books'

[jeffreyab]

I work in a library and I like to recommend science fiction books to young adults.
However many of the authors I enjoyed, like Robert Heinlein and Andre Norton, are no longer publishing.
Who are the modern authors of note in young adult science fiction?

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Comments

[nubianamy.livejournal.com]

I'm amused that the first hit on Google for "young adult science fiction" is my web site.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

You are famous!

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

On Google Canada you get beat out by Amazon.uk

[benet.livejournal.com]

Do you want science fiction specifically, or spec fic (fantasy also permissible)?

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Science Fiction, its harder to define what is good.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Well I really like Bruce Coville and his "Full Cast Audio" are great unabridged books on tape. I think he writes both SF and F??

I'm woefully out of date on YA and Children's Lit though since my kidlit major days as an undergrad. alas! I still enjoy it but have been reading mostly children's stuff for little kids since mine are 4 and 6.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Some info from your kidlit days would be good to show the evolution of YA SF.

[aramis307.livejournal.com]

According to Wikipedia, Heinlein has had some things published after his death, and even has something coming out later this year.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

You can't keep a good writer down.

The latest would have been better left buried I think.

[aramis307.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. Really it is people like us, who think of him as The Man, who keep it from being so. Still, when it comes out, I am buying it.

It will probably be his last.