For the last stop in our Curiosity Quills October Blog tour, we’re heading over to adult dystopia sci fi to look at Dead Girl Running, the start of a new series by author Ann Noser to be published on October 26. DEAD GIRL RUNNING, by Ann Noser Genre: dystopian, science-fiction, action-adventure Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press […]
Tag: dystopia
TLA: Notes from Science Fiction and Dystopia Panel
Last Wednesday at the Texas Library Assocation, I had the extreme pleasure to attend the Explore the Science in the YA Science Fiction and Dystopia Genres panel. Speaking was Kiera Cass (The Selection Series), Lauren Oliver (Derlium Series, Vanishing Girls), Jessica Brody (Unchanged), Cecil Castellucci (Tin Star, Stone in the Sky), and Lydia Kang (Catalyst). Science behind […]
NTTBF: Bumps and Screams Panels
We’re counting down to the NTTBF (two days away) and today’s focus is what I call bumps and screams- the dystopias, horror, and paranormal panels and authors speaking on Saturday. Which ones are you interested in? 10AM HORROR IS THE NEW BLACK Find out if you scare easily Rachel Caine, A. G. Howard, Carrie Ryan, […]
The Jewel: Review
The Jewel means wealth. The Jewel means beauty. The Jewel means royalty. But for girls like Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Born and raised in the Marsh, Violet is a Surrogate- one of the select few chosen to have the offspring for those in the Jewel, and in the Jewel, nothing is more important than […]
Dystopia and Gamer Genre Posters
I think that in all the libraries where I have been a teen librarian (and this is from 2001 on), I have created the teen/young adult space. Either it started as a shelf, or there wasn’t one at all, and by sheer determination I’ve carved out a nook or an area or a complete section […]