Discusses two passages from novels (Sheri Tepper's "After Long Silence" and Cynthia Voight's "A Solitary Blue") that feature music. Discusses ways language arts teachers might use these passages in the classroom. (SR)

Summarizes 10 books recommended for young adult readers in the genres of fantasy, supernatural phenomenon, and science fiction. (MM)

A controversial best-selling Chinese novel of the mid-1980s is discussed in terms of the main character's antiheroic qualities, the narrator's ambivalent voice, and the interplay between sexual impotence and cultural regression. (18 references) (LB)

Discusses numerous young adult novels that use the Second World War as a background. Notes that war books proliferated in the late 1960s as authors who were young during the war years began to come to terms with their war experiences. (RS)

Relates the author's personal experiences growing up with and writing science fiction. Discusses symbols that work themselves out in the writing of science fiction. (PRA)

Explores what it feels like for a science fiction writer to have reality alone to hold the reader's interest. Discusses the author's novels "Interstellar Pig" and "Spirit Houses," the influence of the Thai culture on the second work, and the influence of the Thai culture on the author's ideas about fantasy and science fiction.…

Provides 10 tips on things not to do when writing stories, including not believing any of the other 9 "don'ts." (SR)

Describes the best young adult novels of 1993. Outlines the contents of the books and evaluates the books as suitable for middle and high school readers. (HB)

This supplement/newsletter contains booktalks, news, and other information of interest to librarians and adult readers. This issue includes reviews of fiction and nonfiction books for adults; an article, "How I Turned into a Booktalker--Overnight!" by Kaite Mediatore; and a new feature, "Talking with the Talkers," which focuses…

Explores the collaborative learning partnership between science fiction writer Robert Heinlein and his wife Virginia. Shows how Virginia's self-directed learning projects complemented and enabled Robert's writing. (SK)

Provides different, somewhat unconventional and provisional answers to some concerns about narrative, its place in explanation and argument, its relationship to description, its function in storytelling, "its role in the self in coming to terms with itself," its role "as the vicar of culture," and its role in fictive literature. (RS)

Describes approximately 60 fiction and about 10 non-fiction young adult literature books and other print media about sports. Notes the importance of sports in American society. (SG)

Provides a comparative analysis between the work of Kenneth Grahame and Enid Blyton. Finds that a truly unbiased comparison is impossible. States that Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" is most often seen as a "classic," and that Blyton's work is seen as "popular trash." Cautions that definitions of…

Describes a way of teaching the theory of relativity with the help of a novel. Aims to contribute to the formation of didactic theories by means of an evaluation of alternative methods. (AIM)

Discusses the potential technology has for playwrights today, especially "technology as special effects" and "technology as subject matter." Finds it curious that very little science fantasy has found its way into the theater, and even less science fiction. Advocates exploring the world of technology through theater. (PA)