What is "New Adult?" - Page 5

hidari · 03-03-2013, 07:09 PM

Key Point. Amazing the number of Jane Austin fans that I have met that don't see the satire. To me that is one of the best parts of her writing...Taking the piss out of society....among other things

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Yes. Romance is a genre predominantly aimed at female readers. Not exclusively, though; I'm a big "Jane Austen" fan myself. But her books are an awful lot more than "romance".

DiapDealer · 03-03-2013, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Joykins

I've never seen a Nancy Drew in the YA section; always the children's section. Even though Nancy is theoretically 17...

Before the advent and general acceptance of YA, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys and the like were in the Juvenile section of my library. We had a Juvenile section and we had an Adult section. That's it. Until 13/14, you were stuck with a juvenile library card (unless you got explicit permission from a parent). The age of the protagonist wasn't really a factor (except incidentally) in which section of the library a book was shelved. It was based on content, language and reading level (who decided, I have no clue).

meeera · 03-03-2013, 07:22 PM

When do people think YA had its advent as a category? I know I was browsing/borrowing in the YA section of the public library in the early 1980s (possibly late 1970s). But I see a lot of people speaking as though it's something that was invented by marketers around the turn of the century or something.

DiapDealer · 03-03-2013, 07:47 PM

I graduated from High School in the mid-eighties and YA certainly never appeared anywhere in my public library's card catalog. If it was around before that, it wasn't universally accepted/utilized... regardless of when the term might have been coined. Because I lived in libraries/bookstores during the '70s, '80s and most of the '90s.

Joykins · 03-03-2013, 08:17 PM

I haunted the libraries from 1979 and there was always a YA section. Adjacent to the romance sectio as it happens. That's where I discovered my predilection for racy historical sagas

(they were in both sections!) Luckily my mom signed that I could check out anything.

androidrooting · 03-05-2013, 05:22 AM

I think it is referring to 18 and above age.
When you are already 18 I think it opens up all the privileges in life.
especially "LOVE"

DiapDealer · 03-05-2013, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by androidrooting

When you are already 18 I think it opens up all the privileges in life.
especially "LOVE"

Bowm chicka bowm bowm.

elemenoP · 03-05-2013, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by androidrooting

I think it is referring to 18 and above age.
When you are already 18 I think it opens up all the privileges in life.
especially "LOVE"

and getting drafted.

Joykins · 03-05-2013, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by elemenoP

and getting drafted.

The last time an American soldier was drafted was in 1972. I doubt it's high on the minds of young people these days.

xg4bx · 03-05-2013, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Joykins

The last time an American soldier was drafted was in 1972. I doubt it's high on the minds of young people these days.

Not to get political but it kinda should be. There's a few ''mandatory national service'' bills floating around in D.C.

http://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/m...6#.UTbMGt1OnDk

JSWolf · 03-06-2013, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Bowm chicka bowm bowm.

That's not love. That's porn. Bad 70s porn at that.

Joykins · 03-06-2013, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xg4bx

Not to get political but it kinda should be. There's a few ''mandatory national service'' bills floating around in D.C.

http://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/m...6#.UTbMGt1OnDk

not to go on too much of a digression, but it's well-known that the military doesn't want a draft (weird old Charlie Rangel notwithstanding). They don't need a huge supply of warm bodies; they want professional soldiers who can fight high-tech wars.

DiapDealer · 03-07-2013, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's not love. That's porn. Bad 70s porn at that.

Suddenly, I'm hearing that sound that's used when adults are speaking in the Peanuts cartoons.

03-05-2013, 05:22 AM	#66
androidrooting Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: United States Device: kindle	New Adult I think it is referring to 18 and above age. When you are already 18 I think it opens up all the privileges in life. especially "LOVE"

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meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,862 Karma: 68407974 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	When do people think YA had its advent as a category? I know I was browsing/borrowing in the YA section of the public library in the early 1980s (possibly late 1970s). But I see a lot of people speaking as though it's something that was invented by marketers around the turn of the century or something.

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DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,880 Karma: 207000000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I graduated from High School in the mid-eighties and YA certainly never appeared anywhere in my public library's card catalog. If it was around before that, it wasn't universally accepted/utilized... regardless of when the term might have been coined. Because I lived in libraries/bookstores during the '70s, '80s and most of the '90s.

03-03-2013, 08:17 PM	#65
Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,612 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	I haunted the libraries from 1979 and there was always a YA section. Adjacent to the romance sectio as it happens. That's where I discovered my predilection for racy historical sagas (they were in both sections!) Luckily my mom signed that I could check out anything.