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)