I don't know YA SF anywhere near as well as fantasy (YA fantasy is very, very healthy indeed), but Phoebe North, who reviews YA SF, has a pretty good column on the state of same. I think it's not all grim and dystopic. (And also, that not all that is dystopic is grim, and not all that is grim approves of what it needs to be grim about.)
Current teens' children won't like what their parents read, either. :-) Tastes change, and what feels relevant changes. It's just what happens.
I doubt most of us in our 40s, 50s, or 60s were reading what our parents read, either. I know I wasn't ...
I should did through YALSA's lists. I keep thinking they have a YA SF list.
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Date: 2011-11-14 07:42 pm (UTC)Current teens' children won't like what their parents read, either. :-) Tastes change, and what feels relevant changes. It's just what happens.
I doubt most of us in our 40s, 50s, or 60s were reading what our parents read, either. I know I wasn't ...
I should did through YALSA's lists. I keep thinking they have a YA SF list.