tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post6816354058014240704..comments2023-06-09T15:16:38.867+01:00Comments on It Doesn't Have To Be Right...: To Put Away Childish Things?Ian Saleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375389971610069381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-83482868129161010112009-04-28T13:45:00.000+01:002009-04-28T13:45:00.000+01:00Genre YA fiction is currently healthier than so-ca...Genre YA fiction is currently healthier than so-called adult genre - well, healthier inasmuch as titles sells more units. But then YA is an artificial marketing category anyway. It's not like teenagers can't read non-YA sf.<br /><br />There is the argument that YA sf is less complex than non-YA - which is of course vehemently denied by readers of YA sf. And indeed most YA sf is probably of equal complexity to most populist sf, of the likes of Asimov, Heinlein, Weber and Kevin J Anderson...Ian Saleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375389971610069381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-52162562043455059352009-04-28T12:36:00.000+01:002009-04-28T12:36:00.000+01:00Personally I am not really sure why I should care ...Personally I am not really sure why I should care about YA SF encouraging young people to read and so I'm not convinced that that's a good or a bad thing.<br /><br />It's a bit like looking at SF in terms of whether or not it encourages people to study science. It may. It may not. Surely this is completely irrelevant to issues such as the health of the genre?Jonathan Mhttp://ruthlessculture.comnoreply@blogger.com