Re: Awfully quiet in here...

On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:26:51 -0000 (UTC), Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:

Titus G wrote:

Lynn McGuire wrote:

Terry Austin (gutless,jinbini)

[ Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha] ran me and several others out of here

back in 2000 or so with his antics.  I did not come back until 2010 ???
when he had calmed down and he stopped nymshifting.

>
What a laugh. Did these several others have names or were they perhaps
your imaginary friends?
I recall events differently.
1. That the insult in his latest signature he had had for some years was
to accuse someone of being stupider than Lynn.
2. That he never calmed down.
>
I find your positivity and enthusiasm for young adult SF incredible and
it almost outweighs your regular arrogant misinterpretations, (eg
Murder Bot), and your primitive political and religious views, (Covid,
AGW, Glossolalia). I also think you are a welcomed institution here and
I would be sad if you didn't or couldn't post.

>
  According to January 2023 WordsRated statistics, 51% of YA books are
  purchased by people between the ages of 30 and 44, and 78% of those
  buyers said that they intended to read the books themselves. In recent
  years, librarians report that more middle grade readers (traditionally
  eight- to 12-year-olds) are "reading up" to YA books.
>
<https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/93417-who-is-ya-for.html>

That should be no surprise: they can see themselves as the
protagonists in a few years. What 12-year-old girl /wouldn't/ want to
be Katniss Everdeen? (That's a rhetorical question, BTW'; no need to
nominate some candidates.)
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"