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Deletion Episode 6 Special Edition: Young Adult Science Fiction



In 2004, Farah Mendlesohn posed the provocative question "Is there any such thing as children's science fiction?" Mendlesohn answered that question in 2009 with the claim "Yes, but nowhere near enough" (2009: 4). This Episode of Deletion takes up the issues implicit in Mendlesohn's question-and-answer in the context of science fiction for young adults, celebrating and interrogating the science fictional possibilities of YA literature.



Contents:



Editorial: Is There Any Such Thing as Young Adult Science Fiction? http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/episode-6-young-adult-science-fiction/



Roslyn Weaver<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/dystopian-states-mind-identity-mental-health-private-public-sphere-hunger-games-chaos-walking/>: Dystopian States of Mind: Identity, Mental Health, and the Private-Public Sphere in The Hunger Games and Chaos Walking



Rebecca Hutton, Alyson Miller and Elizabeth Braithwaite<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/invitation-feed-body-environment-selection-dystopian-ya-science-fictions/>: Invitation to the Feed: The Body and the Environment in a Selection of Dystopian YA Science Fictions



Lara Hedberg<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/queer-posthuman-possibility-malinda-los-adaptation/>: Queer Posthuman Possibility in Malinda Lo's Adaptation



Lenise Prater<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/melissa-marrs-faerie-romance-representing-sexual-violence-ya-faerie-fiction/>: Melissa Marr's 'Faerie Romance': Representing Sexual Violence in YA Faerie Fiction



Rebecca Johnston<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/beauty-cage/> (short story): She Was a Beauty in a Cage



Cathryn Perazzo<http://www.deletionscifi.org/episodes/catcher/> (short story): The Catcher





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