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hawkwing_lb) wrote2011-10-13 08:36 pm
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Books 2011: missed a spot....
Books 2011: 146
146. Anne Osterlund, Academy 7.
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tanaise recommended this to me as an example of YA space opera. And it is space opera, albeit of the sort when the space opera setting is rather sketchily-framed stage dressing for a story of friendship and hinted romance.
Academy 7 is the most famous and exclusive school in Alliance space. Entrance is restricted to fifty students and permitted solely on the basis of test scores. Aerin Renning is a fugitive; Dane Madousin is the son of privilege. They both have dangerous secrets.
You can already guess where this is headed, can't you? It's a decent story about two young people learning to trust, and I've always had a soft spot for school stories. Come to think of it, why aren't there more SFnal school stories?
(No one mention Ender's Game. I'm not joking. I managed to read the first thirty pages once, and hated them.)
146. Anne Osterlund, Academy 7.
tanaise recommended this to me as an example of YA space opera. And it is space opera, albeit of the sort when the space opera setting is rather sketchily-framed stage dressing for a story of friendship and hinted romance.Academy 7 is the most famous and exclusive school in Alliance space. Entrance is restricted to fifty students and permitted solely on the basis of test scores. Aerin Renning is a fugitive; Dane Madousin is the son of privilege. They both have dangerous secrets.
You can already guess where this is headed, can't you? It's a decent story about two young people learning to trust, and I've always had a soft spot for school stories. Come to think of it, why aren't there more SFnal school stories?
(No one mention Ender's Game. I'm not joking. I managed to read the first thirty pages once, and hated them.)