Re: Mainstream Fiction vs. Sci Fi, Children's Books

From: Michael Marc Levy (levymm@UWEC.EDU)
Date: Mon Mar 31 1997 - 21:05:35 PST


Le Guin's also done some wonderful books for younger children, the
Catwings series of low-level chapter books, for example, and several
picture books.

Mike Levy

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, lissa bloomer wrote:

> Judith: Yes... Did my graduate work on children's sci fi -- she wrote a
> trilogy called THE EARTHSEA TRILOGY that she later (20 years or so) came
> back to, writing a fourth book called TEHANU. Pretty complex, and perhaps
> not a young adult book at all. (I'm still thinking it through, anyway.)
>
> Has anyone read Le Guin's essays -- DANCING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD-- ?
>
> -Lissa
>
>
> >Following up on Daphne's comments, did anyone else know that LeGuin writes
> >children's fiction? She's often published in Cricket magazine for 8-12
> >year olds, and has written several children's books that fall in the
> >gender-bender category. (I know because I keep buying them for my 8
> >year-old grandson!)
> >
> > Judith
> >
> >
> >
> >*************************************************************************
> >Dr. Judith Ann Little Philosophy Department SUNY-Potsdam
> > Potsdam, NY 13676-2294 littleja@potsdam.edu
> >
> >***********************************************************************
>
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