Sadly, this post isn’t really about the intersection of those things. (Though if you can think of one, I know a few people who’d want to read it!) I’m just smooshing these two links into one post:
Eldritchhobbit at the LJ community YALitLovers has posted a lengthy list of YA dystopias. (I’ve read a scary number of these. I think there’s something wrong with me that 1980s YA dystopia is my comfort reading.)
My friend Kate and her friend Anneliese have just re-launched their blog, Damned Scribbling Women: “Brainy Bombshells. Red-Hot Romance.” Take a look!
5 responses so far ↓
1 eldritchhobbit // Apr 11, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Thanks so much for the shout out! FYI, I’ve posted my updated list here.
2 Martini-Corona // Apr 11, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Maybe reading House of Stairs at a young age is why the entire concept of “Dollhouse” gives me the screaming heebie-jeebies.
3 Sam // Apr 11, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Dollhouse reminds you of House of Stairs? Is there a social experiment aspect to Dollhouse that I missed? (I only watched the first couple of episodes.)
4 Kate Diamond // Apr 14, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Yay! Thanks for the shout-out.
Perhaps I shall write you a dystopian teen romance in thanks.
5 Sam // Apr 14, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Kate:
Yes, please!
(I thought of one that does exist, actually: The Diary of Pelly D, by L. J. Adlington. It’s basically a Holocaust story, only it’s science fiction ’cause it’s about genes. Since it’s told using the “I found a mysterious diary!” device, it also does a neat job of making the world seem very normal… until it ISN’T ANYMORE. Dun, dun DUN!)
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