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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Other dystopias, however, are simply crafted to provide a challenge for the protagonist and targets to blow away without much concern.  |
I feel that's the key with Hunger Games. The setting doesn't really even make internal sense, it's just an excuse to have the Hunger Games. I enjoyed all three books, but they're a bit like a blockbuster film, where you come out thinking "hang on..." having been thoroughly entertained by the explosions while you were in there.
Of course, Hunger Games is part of the rapidly growing YA SF sector, and not part of the "declining" adult sector at all. If you're an SF writer, might you not want to dip a toe into YA? Especially now it has become more common for YA works to cross over into an adult audience anyway.