Comments on: MIND MELD: Rebranding Fiction as Young Adult

By: Rudy

Rudy — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:33:09 +0000

Well, McCaffrey’s Harper Hall trilogy (Dragonsong, etc.) was originally published by Aladdin, I think, Atheneum’s YA imprint, so it wouldn’t be a a rebranding.

By: X2-Eliah

X2-Eliah — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:27:30 +0000

Heh. Across the answer spectrum, this MM serves well to outline just how meaningless the YA designation seems to be.

By: I jest

I jest — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:15:16 +0000

Looking over all those answers, it seems the common point is to see various favorite novels reassigned under the YA label, with sometimes the most flimsiest of excuses. Hell no. But I actually agree with the notion of republishing 1984 and Brave New World as YA. These youngster can’t have enough “How to” novels to create a shiny new future.