Worlds Without End Blog

It’s a new month, and time for a new theme here at Worlds Without End! During the month of October we filled in a major lacuna by including Horror as a major genre category, and by adding relevant award and book lists that show off the best of the genre. This November we’re adding and promoting a similarly popular group of fiction, which can’t quite be categorized as a genre or subgenre: Young Adult Fiction. Our more attentive members have probably noticed the addition of many Young Adult novels to the site over the last week. Doing so completes our collection of nominees for the Young Adult category of the Locus Award, and we will be publishing the full list for this award to the site soon.

To supplement the upcoming award and book lists, we will be posting Young-Adult themed book reviews and articles to the blog during the month of November. Young Adult literature stands in that precarious brink between childhood and adulthood, and the books we read during those few years often keep a special place in our memory for the rest of our lives. The books we will be featuring are likely to hold that very place for the next generation.

Few people realize (or remember) just how many Young Adult books are also examples of genre fiction. Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror are all well-represented in Young Adult fiction, and we at Worlds Without End wish to celebrate this representation all month, so we are dubbing November “Young Adult Genre Fiction Month.” Check back regularly for new updates and articles!

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