A Trip Through The Minefield
I lost my parents over twenty years ago. I've been alive longer without them than with them, and I'm not an old guy. So yes, from time to time my thoughts wander across the minefield as I wonder things like "how would Mom feel about this?" or "I bet Dad would have figured this out by now."
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Locus' comment system lost my post twice, so here goes again. Good job, Sandra, on your Locus article.
Jane Yolen comes to mind first - she's still writing juveniles, and I think some of her books would fit your bill... Commander Toad was a part of a baby shower gift my first child got from Howard DeVore's wonderful daughters - a bookshelf and a pile of books.
The top shelf has a bunch of books pulled from my shelves that I consider appropriate by the time my son is interested in them... lots of Pratchett juveniles, and older stuff, Narnia, Sword in the Stone... I was just thinking I should move one of my copies of Screwtape Letters in there.
Is your concern that modern juvenile SF is too dark? I know one former SF writer who does mostly juveniles nowadays... but they have no SF elements at all that I can think of. Of course, her SF was incredibly dark... have you met Kathe Koja? We should all sit down and have this conversation in person the next time you're in Detroit.
Perhaps the English-speaking SF field just can't imagine a future with moon colonies anymore. I wonder what Chinese SF is like?
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