“I think a lot of kids get scared by 'E.T.' Sometimes when I do the science-fiction conventions, I'll have a 35-year-old guy with tatts and piercings all over, and he comes up and says, 'You know, it scared me so much I still can't watch it.” ThinkingKnowsYearsStillsSometimesKidsGuyFictionWatchesScience FictionScaredCome UpConventionsPiercingsOld Guys Author:Dee Wallace
“I am trying to come up with some "adult" reads, but I mostly read young adult fiction (my job), which, by the way is excellent. I will post about some of my favorites that should appeal to adult readers” WayShouldTryingJobsYoungFictionReaderAdultsYoung AdultCome UpPostsAppealsExcellent Author:Megan McCafferty
“In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms come up to me at book signings and describe how they're telling their daughters, 'These were my favorite books,'?" she says. "I say, 'Quit it! That's the biggest turnoff!'"You want to get them to read them, leave them around the house and every so often, say, 'You're not ready to read this yet.'” WantBookKidsYoungHouseFictionAdviceNew YorkReadyMomDaughterAdultsMy FavoriteYoung AdultCome UpQuittingPostsInterviewsNot ReadySigningFavorite Book Author:Judy Blume
“Science fiction, as I mentioned before, writes about what is neither impossible nor possible; the fact is that, when the question of possibility comes up in science fiction, the author can only reply that nobody knows. We haven't been there yet. We haven't discovered that yet. Science fiction hasn't happened.” KnowsWritingFactsFictionImpossibleHappenedHavensPossibilityScience FictionCome UpNobody Knows Book:To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction Source: To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction