The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens: First Annual Collection
Award-winning anthologists Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have combed through a year's worth of books and magazines and websites to find the most outstanding fantasy and science fiction stories of 2004—and collected them into a single volume aimed specifically at teens and young adults.\ Many of today's most popular authors are represented here, including:\ * Garth Nix, author of Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen, who presents an unforgettable tale of two swords, two daughters, and two...
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Award-winning anthologists Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have combed through a year's worth of books and magazines and websites to find the most outstanding fantasy and science fiction stories of 2004—and collected them into a single volume aimed specifically at teens and young adults. Many of today's most popular authors are represented here, including:* Garth Nix, author of Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen, who presents an unforgettable tale of two swords, two daughters, and two endings....* S. M. Stirling, author of Island in the Sea of Time, sends a likeable young barbarian across the Channel to Alba, for a confrontation with a wizard from faraway Nantucket that will change his life forever...* David Gerrold, creator of "The Trouble with Tribbles," who takes you to a remote countryside surrounded by a mysterious darkness, whose secret has yet to be revealed...Publishers WeeklyAlso for young adult readers, The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens, edited by Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, offers nearly a dozen selections "the majority of them.. gleaned from adult magazines, Web sites, collections, and anthologies," according to Yolen. Still, names of contributors such as Garth Nix-who pens an eerie tale of the double-edged sword of Joy and Sorrow-and Rudyard Kipling will likely be familiar to YA readers. The coeditors use the tales as a jumping-off point to suggest other books readers might enjoy. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
\ Publishers WeeklyAlso for young adult readers, The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens, edited by Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, offers nearly a dozen selections "the majority of them.. gleaned from adult magazines, Web sites, collections, and anthologies," according to Yolen. Still, names of contributors such as Garth Nix-who pens an eerie tale of the double-edged sword of Joy and Sorrow-and Rudyard Kipling will likely be familiar to YA readers. The coeditors use the tales as a jumping-off point to suggest other books readers might enjoy. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ School Library JournalGr 9 Up-This superior collection is sure to be enjoyed by fans of both genres. Although every story has merit, two are exceptional: David Gerrold's "Dancer in the Dark," an eerie tale of life in a world without light; and Bradley Denton's "Sergeant Chip," an unusual account of the horrors of war and the loyalty of soldiers. Four stories-"The Faery Handbag," "Sleeping Dragons," "CATNYP," and "The Wings of Meister Wilhelm"-feature female protagonists. In addition to the selections being enjoyable to read, they defy stereotypes of the genres, and each one has an excellent introduction that provides background information and recommends similar kinds of stories/novels.-Jessi Platt, Auburn Public Library, AL Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\ \
