| Dystopian Futures in "young adult" fiction
So, I'd thought I'd see if we could maybe get a discussion up and running here about the presentation of dystopian futures in (as i said in the title) young adult fiction. Or any fiction, really. Though this would be pertinent as, oi believes, Julie will be taking part in a duscussion about "Apocalyptic Scotland" in the Edinburgh Book fest along with Catherine Forde and James Jauncey.
Thoughts, anyone?? The first thing I think of is that we are moving swiftly away from the shiny shiny, neon-light, lycra jump-suit future that used to be favoured into a far more disturbing and "gritty" future, for a ridiculously large number of reasons. This is really beginning to show in fiction, but no one seems to be noticing... |