From: Laura Bashlor <lauralou@gatecoms.gatecom.com>
Subject: Juvenile Sci-Fi Literature
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 17:40:14 -0400
Folks, >From a request made by one of my partners, I have been looking for juvenile books on Mars. Unfortunately, I did not keep a list of the various ones suggested here. However, I did search the database at PALS at Georgia State U. library. This is what I found during a Sunday of surfing. **Please note the two sites for creative writing and contacting some authors via e-mail. **Juvenile Literature -- MARS A Book of Mars for You -- Branley, Franklin M. -- 1975 Exploring Mars -- Baker, David -- 1988 If You Lived on Mars -- Berger, Melvin -- 1989 Let's Find Out About Mars -- Knight, David C. -- 1966 Mars -- Asimov, Isaac -- 1967 (I believe this is a 36 volume set) Mars, Planet Number Four -- Branley, Franklin M. -- 1962 Mars, The Red Planet -- Asimov, Isaac -- 1977 Mars -- Simon, Seymour -- 1987 Mars : Our Mysterious Neighbor -- Asimov, Isaac-- 1988 Mars -- Fradin, Dennis B. -- 1989 Mars -- Cattermole, Peter Jo -- 1989 Mars -- Corrick, James A. -- 1991 Viking and the Mars Landing -- Vogt, Gregory -- 1991 Mars -- Brewer, Duncan -- 1992 Mars -- Vogt, Gregory -- 1994 Mars -- Simon, Seymour -- 1987 The Mission to Mars and Beyond -- DeSomma, Vincent V. -- 1992 The Red Planet : Mars -- Asimov, Isaac -- 1994 The Voyage of the Ruslan : The First Manned ... -- Stoff, Joshua -- 1986 The Third Experiment, Is There Life on Mars? -- Fisher, David E.--1985 Viking and the Mars Lander -- Vogt, Gregory -- 1991 **FROM ANOTHER LIST -- http://www.internet-ireland.ie/maryanne/kidsf.html Juvenile Science Fiction -- I chose the ones that seemed to fit Live >From Mars Author Unknown (SF) The Tom Corbet Books (plucky young lad and his companions blazing a path through interplanetary space as members of some solar patrol squad) Cameron, Eleanor (SF) (3rd grade) The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet ...other Mushroom Planet books Christopher, John (SF) -- (This series always disturbed me. Rather bleak, boy against the aliens if I remember correctly) When the Tripods Came (prequel telling of original invasion) The White Mountains (a young hero escapes a mechanical tyranny of the future) The City of Gold and Lead The Pool of Fire Davies, L.P. (SF) Dimension A (very engaging alternate dimension story) Engdahl, Silvia Louise (SF)(Girl from advanced civilization is part of contact team observing natives undercover on less advanced worlds. Deals with growing up, responsibility vs love, the pain of watching tragedy that you can't do anything to fix -- the second book is extremely moving) Enchantress from the Stars The Far Side of Evil (sequel to Enchantress) Trilogy: (same universe, different characters, same sorts of stresses on protagonists) This Star Shall Abide (winner of the Christopher Award) Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains The Doors of the Universe Heinlein, Robert A. (SF) (5th and up?)(Somewhat militaristic, but a classic delight. Highly individualistic smart kids carving a path through the universe) Have Space Suit -- Will Travel Podkayne of Mars (female protagonist!) Rocket Ship Galileo The Rolling Stones Space Cadet Starship Troopers Tunnel in the Sky ...and many more Hoover, H.M. (SF) (6th grade and up) The Lost Star Return to Earth The Children of Morrow This Time of Darkness The Bell Tree Orvis Rubinstein, Gillian (SF) Space Demons Skymaze Galax-Arena Service, Pamela F. (SF/F) Stinker From Space (An alien crashlands on Earth and its body is dying. The only creature around with enough brain capacity is a skunk. He must return to his planet with secret information...) Stinker's Return (Upon returning to his planet Stinker finds he is in trouble. He had landed in another planet's area of authority, and war is looming...) Sleator, William (SF/F) Interstellar Pig (boy discovers people next door are aliens) The Boy Who Reversed Himself (multi-dimension) The Duplicator (boy can duplicate himself) Snyder, Zilpha Keatley (F) Green-Sky trilogy (about the descendants of children taken from Earth to another planet to start a society free of violence) Below the Root (in a society that has survived near-total destruction, a teenage boy explores an underground civilization) And All Between Until the Celebration **AND YET ANOTHER LIST -- Juvenile SF by Robert A. Heinlein, including The Rolling Stones, Have Space Suit--Will Travel, and many others. Ages: Upper Elementary School to Adult. Why Recommended: Engaging characters and good scientific grounding. The Time Machine and other works by H.G.Wells. Recommended By: Dane Johnson (dane@frame.com). Ages: "Jr. High+." Why Recommended: Fascinating stories and interesting historical projections. Sacrifices science fact for characterization, which frequently makes him a better read than his contemporary, Verne." Works by Edgar Rice Burroughs, including John Carter of Mars, Carson of Venus, Pellucidar, and many other series. Ages: Upper Elementary School to Adult. Why Recommended: Engrossing adventures in fantastic settings; later books sometimes have rich satiric elements. Problems: Dated language, female characters are hostages more often than not and thus not useful as role models. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. Recommended By: Dane Johnson (dane@frame.com). Ages: "Jr. High and up." Why Recommended: "Generally good science and interesting characters." Orbital Resonance by John Barnes. Ages: Junior High School to Adult. Why Recommended: Interesting near-future SF with adolescent protagonists; explores, among other things, the role of adolescents in an experimental society. Science Fiction Robinson, Kim Stanley "Blue Mars" -- Elisabeth Sherwin's interview with Kim Stanley Robinson can be found in "Robinson completes Mars trilogy, turns to Antarctica" the January 21, 1996, PRINTED MATTER column. and on http://virtual-markets.net/~gizmo/col21.html **Write directly to many published writers with e-mail addresses. Find those addresses at... http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu/ims/wri-full.html. **ALSO: For those teaching creative writing... http://www.interlog.com/~ohi/www/sf.html#writing Here is part of that site: On Writing SF Books on Writing Speculative Fiction courtesy Speculative Fiction ClearingHouse Speculative Fiction Writing Resources World-Building: By Karl Schroeder. "This page summarizes some of the ideas about world-building that came out of the two years I spent teaching SF writing at George Brown College in Toronto." Other writing resources/info to be added in the future. From, Laura Bashlor (MI)