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Originally Posted by Hitch
Harry:
I don't disagree that Dragonflight, et al, are sci-fi, and certainly Anne McCaffrey--with whom I had the privilege of some emails back and forth, a long time ago--considers them such--adamantly.
Nonetheless, I can't believe that any young person can't imagine themselves a DRAGONRIDER, upon reading the series, or even any one of them...so I think it would be a nice segue into sci-fi for him. (Did I forget to say that?). That, or POM, Verne...any of those are fantastical enough, with adequate perils, fights to save humanity (or whatever)...to fill the bill, I'd think.
I agree that Moreta was one of the best-written books in the series. And I also agree that ATWOP seems to be the climax of the "old" series, before the "new" co-authored by her son.
Hitch
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Oh, I totally agree, Hitch. They're wonderful books, and I read them (on their initial publication!) when I was a teenager
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If you want to widen the scope of the thread to cover SF, I'd also strongly recommend Heinlein's "Juveniles". Great books, many of which are still among my favourites <cough> years after I initially read them when I was a yoof. Books like "Space Cadet" and "Starman Jones" really fired my imagination when I read them:
I wanted (and still want
) to be a space cadet!