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Originally Posted by HarryT
What does being British have to do with it, as a matter of interest?
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Perhaps some people think of the British as being more mature? Not me for sure as I have been to Britain (England) and if there are a funnier and more lighthearted (apparently) people I want to meet them.
Still the British do have their dark and gruesome moments and do them well
and excel at urban fantasy.
I probably read 100 British authored books a year and am pretty sure that many could be labeled YA as they are well written, unpretentious, and not overtly disgusting. Just my opinion mind you. Many of my (still) favorite British authors I started reading before I was 16 and I have a slight preference for British TV even if I sometimes need subtitles to understand the dialects. Long live the BBC.
And while I don't read the classic dystopian literature these days (done that already for much of it) the term was coined by British MP John Stuart Mill in 1868.
Helen