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Aug. 16th, 2013 07:25 pmHey, dudes!
My friend the English teacher is trying to figure out what kind of science fiction books to teach to her 9th graders. She is not well-versed in science fiction herself, so she was wondering about my ideas. I came up with the list below. However, as you can probably guess from the list, I'm not really good at gauging age-appropriateness (or, equally important around here, Mormon-appropriateness, which explains a lot of my "dude, there's swear words here" warnings)--I figured I'd give her some broad outlines and she could take it from there. I also am not sure how Classic or Literary she wants them to be, so I included a few just plain fun pieces. I also tried to steer clear of the somewhat more obscure like CJ Cherryh's Chanur Saga or Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books or Poul Anderson's anything--I'd have read them in 9th grade, but probably they wouldn't work for a class. And I know there have got to be more. So! Care to help?
I've got to say, giving brief outlines of books is surprisingly difficult. I wonder how those back-of-the-book writers do it.
Also, I totally forgot to steer her toward Edgar Rice Burroughs and Douglas Adams. God DAMMIT.
( Amelia's Sci-Fi For 9th Graders, As Emailed To Her Buddy )
So! That's my list! Anyone want to add any?
ETA: Dammit, also forgot Ringworld! I have no idea how 9th graders would react to that one.
My friend the English teacher is trying to figure out what kind of science fiction books to teach to her 9th graders. She is not well-versed in science fiction herself, so she was wondering about my ideas. I came up with the list below. However, as you can probably guess from the list, I'm not really good at gauging age-appropriateness (or, equally important around here, Mormon-appropriateness, which explains a lot of my "dude, there's swear words here" warnings)--I figured I'd give her some broad outlines and she could take it from there. I also am not sure how Classic or Literary she wants them to be, so I included a few just plain fun pieces. I also tried to steer clear of the somewhat more obscure like CJ Cherryh's Chanur Saga or Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books or Poul Anderson's anything--I'd have read them in 9th grade, but probably they wouldn't work for a class. And I know there have got to be more. So! Care to help?
I've got to say, giving brief outlines of books is surprisingly difficult. I wonder how those back-of-the-book writers do it.
Also, I totally forgot to steer her toward Edgar Rice Burroughs and Douglas Adams. God DAMMIT.
( Amelia's Sci-Fi For 9th Graders, As Emailed To Her Buddy )
So! That's my list! Anyone want to add any?
ETA: Dammit, also forgot Ringworld! I have no idea how 9th graders would react to that one.
