>> I sometimes wonder how any self-respecting author of speculative fiction can find fulfillment in writing novels for young readers. <<
To quote Ursula LeGuin (and this is from memory, so it may not be word-perfect): "Sure, writing for children is easy. Just as easy as raising them."
I feel for any children this man has, or may have at some future time. And I'm really sorry that his own inner child seems to have decamped a long time ago.
(FWIW, I didn't like Interworld that much either. But I'm wondering whether my classic-rock-loving almost-16-yr-old knows about Sid and Nancy - likely not. And you won't get anywhere with me by making snide remarks about what Gaiman, who has a young teen, a college student, and a recent college grad of his own, understands about his young readers.)
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>> I sometimes wonder how any self-respecting author of speculative fiction can find fulfillment in writing novels for young readers. <<
To quote Ursula LeGuin (and this is from memory, so it may not be word-perfect): "Sure, writing for children is easy. Just as easy as raising them."
I feel for any children this man has, or may have at some future time. And I'm really sorry that his own inner child seems to have decamped a long time ago.
(FWIW, I didn't like Interworld that much either. But I'm wondering whether my classic-rock-loving almost-16-yr-old knows about Sid and Nancy - likely not. And you won't get anywhere with me by making snide remarks about what Gaiman, who has a young teen, a college student, and a recent college grad of his own, understands about his young readers.)