tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post6024469137677664953..comments2024-03-28T14:45:19.843-05:00Comments on Stomping on Yeti: The Least Definitive "Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels" List Ever!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-16536365560267182712011-08-08T10:17:32.699-05:002011-08-08T10:17:32.699-05:00Not sure if serious...Not sure if serious...Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546050685623369173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-43276565888023326822011-08-07T17:01:21.962-05:002011-08-07T17:01:21.962-05:00stop picking on Stanek, he is my #1 all time fav
...stop picking on Stanek, he is my #1 all time fav<br /><br />that 100 top list is not legit, since Stanek is not on itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-69486463054049933362011-08-03T11:09:00.790-05:002011-08-03T11:09:00.790-05:00Don't misunderstand my intent. My point is tha...Don't misunderstand my intent. My point is that here (as well as elsewhere) the term YA is applied inconsistently. Why isn't Watership Down considered to be YA while His Dark Materials is? <br /><br />And this is ignoring the suppossed blanket exclusion of "young adult" books in the first place. Just because a book <b>could</b> be considered as "young adult" doesn't mean that it lacks literary relevance.<br /><br />NPR should have included any books that were deemed good enough to be classics regardless of intended (or retroactively assigned) audience. However, if you are going to apply ridiculous eligibility criteria, at least do it consistently.<br /><br />For the most part, my use of captioned photos serves as comic relief in an otherwise serious analysis of the clusterf*** of criteria NPR has used to define the Top 100 SF&F books.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546050685623369173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-87356418036561439912011-08-03T10:49:16.815-05:002011-08-03T10:49:16.815-05:00I reject (and always have) the idea that Watership...I reject (and always have) the idea that <b>Watership Down</b> is somehow a "young adult" novel. I'm convinced it got the "children's literature" label back in the 1970s simply because, hey, fantasy about rabbits. It's a far more mature work than half the <i>non</i>-YA fantasy out there.Salt-Man Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042401821387954296noreply@blogger.com