Is Young Adult SF/F Too Explicit?

[ellen_datlow]

I participated in this week's Mind Meld:
Is Young Adult SF/F Too Explicit?

Comments

[lupa.livejournal.com]

lots of great answers here, though i resonate most with yours because i also read The Magus at 15. i find it odd that this is coming up again, though - i thought the flap about banning Judy Blume books sort of settled that. ;)

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, banning books as too explicit or offensive in some other way is always coming up--again and again. The only thing we can do is keep arguing against such short sightedness.

[lupa.livejournal.com]

you're very right. i don't like to think of the fact that people don't learn from past events, particularly since censorship is a huge deal for me. therefore i tend to be slightly more flippant about the topic than it warrants.

your comment that young adults are young ADULTS and not children is something i think a lot of adults don't want to hear, and it's somewhat saddening as well.