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Which young adult sf/f titles, if any, would you recommend to an adult reader who would not otherwise consider reading YA fiction because they think it's only suitable for kids?

A lot of standards appear, but Scott Westerfield shows up in many answers from the all-star panel.

Some stories we love hearing over and over again. Folktales told worldwide over the centuries have amazing similarities of theme, style and even in presentation. Some of the most dramatic fairy tales capture our hearts and imaginations even today.

Before inviting the web to create a collaborative novel using a wiki in 2007, Jeremy Ettinghausen asked, "Can a community write a novel?" The answer is yes but a terrible one!

But what gets lost—as always with the arts when the philistines arrive—is the art. There is nothing inherently good about a book because it is a translation. There are good books, there are mediocre books, and there are a great deal of awful books: translations fit all three categories.

Romantic Times had an article in their recent issue called "Stop the Series!" What the article didn’t discuss in any depth is how strong the pressure can be to continue a successful series - or invent one. I gave [my editor] a whole laundry list of stand-alone ideas in an email. At the very end of this, I added: "Or I suppose I could write a sequel." "Do that," was the response.

A few times a week, I take a new book with me to lunch and give it a half an hour or so to grab my attention. Lunch Date is my judgment on that speed-dating experience. Who’s your date today? The Gift of Rain, by Twan Eng.

Women stop reading serious literature and turn to 'chick-lit' after having children, research suggests. Mothers were shown to swap novels and non- fiction for lighter reads including celebrity autobiographies by the likes of Victoria Beckham and Jordan.

Winners of this year's Nebula Awards, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, were announced this evening, Saturday April 26, 2008. Best novel: Michael Chabon - The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Click through to see short story and cinema winners.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) will be handing out the Nebula Awards Saturday evening, 26 April 2008, at a ceremony in Austin, Texas. SFScope is not in Texas, but SFWA has announced that there will be a live feed of the ceremony available on line.

Romance writer Cassie Edwards and publisher Signet Books have decided to break up after allegations emerged in January that in she lifted passages in several of her books from other sources. The author told the Associated Press that she indeed "takes" material from other works, but said she didn't know she was supposed to credit her sources.