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Thread: Good YA Science Fiction for Boys
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02-12-2019, 09:27 PM #51
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02-12-2019, 10:45 PM #52Funky But Chic
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Put some Asimove (not Foundation, try I, Robot), Heinlein, ArthurC. Clarke and larry Niven in front of him and you'll find out if he likes science fiction.
Hitchikers Guide would be a good call too.
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02-12-2019, 10:54 PM #53
I got my SF fanboy start as a kid reading anthologies of short stories from the classic era. Get to a use bookstore and find old Asimov/Greenberg collections; if one story bores him, he can quickly skip to the next one, and get an idea of authors/styles he likes.
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02-13-2019, 08:36 AM #54
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02-13-2019, 10:30 AM #55
^what both of these cats have said...I remember really digging short story collections as a young adult much more than novels. And these collections can easily be found in used bookstores (I've picked up more than a dozen at the two used bookstores in Reno/Sparks over the past year).
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02-13-2019, 10:37 AM #56
Adding to my previous Star Wars themed suggestions...
I just found a copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster on my bookshelf.
Read that when I was 11.
It's the "unofficial" sequel to Star Wars (rumor is that ADF actually ghostwrote the first Star Wars novel...).
So, if your kid digs those first 3 original Star Wars movies, then I'm suggesting Star Wars (the novel), then Splinter of the Mind's Eye, then the Han Solo trilogy.
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02-13-2019, 10:56 AM #57
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02-13-2019, 10:58 AM #58
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02-14-2019, 12:20 PM #59
Thanks to all for the suggestions. They should keep the kid busy for quite some time.
We're going with Star Wars Legends - Rogue Squadron and Chronicle of the Dark Star for the next batch of books.
Thanks again.Charlie, here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well.
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02-14-2019, 12:33 PM #60Registered User
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02-25-2019, 04:40 PM #61
Just picked up the first book in the Chronicles of Prydain series to read to my 8 year old daughter. Anyone read it? Good choice?
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02-25-2019, 06:25 PM #62Registered User
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Great series, I loved it as a kid and later read it to each of my kids. Don't bother with the Disney movie (The Black Cauldron) though.
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02-25-2019, 07:49 PM #63
I recommended this back on Page 1.
I have not re-visited it as an adult, but as a 5th grade boy I loved it.
I actually never knew that Lloyd Alexander was American until recently. I always thought he was Welsh!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Alexander
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02-28-2019, 01:56 PM #64
When I was much younger, I found a lot of YA stuff kinda boring. My mom got me reading some Heinlein, and while it wasn’t bad, it didn’t age well.
What really got me into reading was the simpler NYT Bestseller stuff.
How about getting your kid into some Clive Cussler or James Rollins? They’ve got a scientific element to them, and they’re pretty easy to read. And with Cussler you can almost start with any of his books, and it won’t matter what order you read them in.
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