More on the YA.

I've been busier than usual lately, so I've been (surprise, surprise) missing stuff left and right.

That boingboing post about YA led to a whole bunch more, including one at John Scalzi's blog.  This bit made me cheer:

I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it again: The most significant SF writer right now is Scott Westerfeld, whom it seems most adult science fiction fans still have not read and indeed barely know exists. In a sane world, Westerfeld would be a hero to adult science fiction readers, because he’s pretty much single-handedly flown the flag for science fiction to teenagers, thus saving the genre’s bacon for another 20 years. But: He’s YA. So he doesn’t count.

It was the bit about Scott Westerfeld saving the genre's bacon that made me cheer, of course, not the bit about him being YA and therefore not counting. 

(via Omnibus, where, at the bottom of the post, you'll find more related links.)

And I've been thinking about the Alexie comments (also mentioned at Omnibus), and I've gotta say, I really don't read them as condescending.