bright future

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   Edi

   6 Nov 2010 Reply

   This is significant, Zetta especially given how few POC we've seen in speculative fiction.
   Didn't Okorafor write adult this time? Could any of these cross over to YA?

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   elliottzetta

   6 Nov 2010 Reply

   Four out of ten's pretty good, right? Who Fears Death is an adult title, though she also has a new YA novel coming out--Akata Witch. I'm not sure how adult novels crossover, but teens definitely could get into The 100K Kingdoms! and the next book in the series is out now, too!

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   Doret

   7 Nov 2010 Reply

   3 out of 10 is very good. I think Who Fears Death would work as a crossover as well. I will have to check out Redemption Indigo. Somehow I missed your review.

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  elliottzetta

  7 Nov 2010 Reply

  You didn't miss it, Doret--I failed to write up my impressions! it reads like a folktale; quiet, not much dramatic action, and I didn't fully understand the value/purpose of the chaos stick--let me know what you think if you read it. Can't wait to read book 2 by Jemisin!

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   Shadra

   7 Nov 2010 Reply

   I am amazed at how much reading you do. I need to step up my game.

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   elliottzetta

   7 Nov 2010 Reply

   It's not much, really...if I'm taking the train uptown a lot, I get more reading done. Otherwise the darn TV's on all the time (PBS, but still).