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MIND MELD: Speculative Fiction Books That Should Be Assigned in School

Source: SF Signal

Nov 04, 2009

Summary

I hated being force-fed books in school because they rarely suited my tastes in speculative fiction reading. Today's generation, however, has a much better chance of being assigned genre books in school. The following question was asked of this week's panelists:

Q: If you were teaching a high school literature class, which science fiction or fantasy books first published within the past 10 years would you include on your syllabus?

Read on to see their what books should be on every high schooler's radar...

Elizabeth Bear

Elizabeth Bear was born on the same day as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. This, coupled with a childhood tendency to read the dictionary for fun, led her inevitably to penury, intransigence, the mispronunciation of common English words, and the writing of speculative fiction.

The trick, of course, is finding books teenagers will love, which also reveal the diversity of the genre and its literary aspirations. And "high school" is a broad range--what's appropriate for an eighteen-year-old is not always what's right for a f ...Read the full article

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