YA Highway's road trip topic this week:
What is your favorite line from your WIP (or from a book you read recently)?
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE came out yesterday (already ordered it on Audible). I'm so excited to see YA venture into Sci-fi (and not just because my WIP, an idea I've put off writing for years, is Sci-fi).
I grew up watching Star Wars, Battle Star Galactica (the original) and even Buck Rogers in the Twenty-fifth Century...boy, does that date me. But I didn't truly fall in love with Sci-fi until high school when I read Kurt Vonnegut. There I found out that Sci-fi doesn't have to be just a different setting for an action adventure. It can be a way to give us new perspectives on ourselves.
So, I have an alien protag named Lorina, and she has two perspectives to share here...I wish they could stand on their own, but it is sci-fi, so some world-building is required ;)
First, after the principal has said that he hopes he doesn't see her in his office again:
"I considered it a strange measure of his success as a principal to never have to see a student again, but I nodded my agreement..."
And next, when she enters her Earth dwelling with its peeling wallpaper missing edging:
"Here, they made houses out of things that wore out and drank from throw-away bottles that lasted forever."
Any other Sci-fi fans out there? Why do you like the genre?
I LOVE the second one! LOVE! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI like them both! Very intriguing!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting excerpts! I like sci-fi, but I'm not a hardcore fan. Recently tried one myself, and it ended up as LIGHT sci-fi. Same with fantasy when I write fantasy; it tends to be light fantasy. Go figure. Does this mean I'm just lazy with my world-building? Ha.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I love the line about throw-away bottles. So good.
ReplyDeleteI've never thought of myself as a sci-fi fan, but somehow I always love sci-fi when I read it. I'm definately looking forward to reading ACROSS THE UNIVERSE.
ReplyDeleteI'll read any genre if it's a good story. Though historical fiction has to have the right voice for me to read the whole thing. I loved the opening to Personal Demons. Something about how highschool is hell. I loved her puns!
ReplyDeleteI think you should finish this book!
ReplyDeleteThe principal line is GREAT! And I hear you on sci-fi in YA! We need more!
ReplyDeleteI like the second one. It's always great to see a different perspective.
ReplyDeleteThe second one is particularly amazing.
ReplyDeleteI watched Buck Rogers, too-- though I've wiped most of it from my memory!
ReplyDeleteThese lines are so good. I LOVE them!
I'm not big into sci-fi, but I'll probably check out Across the Universe anyway.
ReplyDelete"Throw-away bottles that last forever" - whoa. Love that line!
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